ABSTRACT
The European expansionist ideology, underwritten by the modern foundationalist and dualist metaphysics, was used to justify the slavery and colonization of those perceived as sub- or non-human beings. European expansionism prompted South-North forced migration of enslaved Africans to work on European-owned plantations and the North-South voluntary migration of Europeans to seek opportunity in and to conquer and possess African territories. The North-South migration of Europeans to Africa culminated in 75 years of colonization, consequently creating the African postcolonial predicament, which is one of the critical questions in African philosophy. The South-North migration and colonization also played a vital role in the birth and development of African philosophy. This chapter reviews the main approaches to migration theory and employs meso-level analysis to understand the dynamics in African international migration. This chapter does the following: first, shows that international migration is the cause of the African postcolonial predicament; second, interrogates the intricate relationship between African philosophy and international migration; third, analyzes the influence of the African value system on international migration; fourth, explains the baffling ubuntu-xenophobia paradox in African philosophy; and fifth, assesses the impact of the African idea of the home on the migration decision-making of African diasporas.
