ABSTRACT
This chapter deploys the elements of a socially relevant philosophy to inaugurate a trajectory that leads from social philosophy to social hope. Afolayan interrogates hope as the most fundamental content of any postcolonial philosophy-in-place. Hope therefore becomes the core of the emergence of a community of reflection in Nigeria. The chapter then takes the Nigerian Philosophical Association (NPA) to task on the urgency of becoming an active “community of reflection” that eschew what Afolayan calls “block” and “stock” reflections that freeze thought into a particular mold which leaves out heresies, alternatives and discursive creativity, or regularly congregate Nigerian philosophers into a forum for the mere advancement of their profession through promotions. The challenge for the NPA, the chapter contends, is to nurture enabling and alternative ideologies without being ideological.
