ABSTRACT
This essay problematizes the place of African thought systems and philosophies of education in the European Canon. It also looks at the theoretical and analytical perspectives this Canon has spread across the globe, which trivialized Africa histories, epistemic realities and epistemologies. The essay engages a brief summary of the works of select but prominent European philosophers and situates them in the context of European colonialism and post-colonial discursive hegemonies that continue to marginalize African worldviews and ways of knowing. To analytically counter-weigh these hollow assertions about Africa, the article introduces new as well as previously well-known, anti-colonial writings by both emerging and established African philosophers and cultural critics. The essay also makes use of other works that are relevant for this exercise. At the end, the essay proposes possible ways of advancing and harnessing the rich and life wise, effective platforms and trajectories of African thought systems and philosophies of education.
