Fidelity to western metaphysics: A challenge to authentic African existence

In this paper, I tried to show how Western attitude to reality can be traced to the divisive exclusivist type of mind-set behind  Aristotle’s conception of the world. I gesture toward some of the severest consequences of approaching the world with such a mind-set, and how such has complicated matters in some of the major debates in African philosophy. By recourse to ibuanyidanda  or complementary philosophy, the author explores ways of addressing some of the challenges approaches of this kind present in view of resolving issues that have relevance for authentic existence.Keywords: Aristotle, ibuanyidanda, complementary ontology, Tempelsian Damage, ihe mkpuchi anya, missing link of reality

Ibuanyidanda (Complementary Reflection), Communalism and Theory Formulation in African Philosophy

This paper avers that most attempts at formulating viable theories in African philosophy are saddled with intrusions of ethnophilosophic and ethnocentric types: The author identifies this as the phenomenon of “unintended ethnocentric commitment”.  He uses communalism, a socio-political theory in African philosophy, to illustrate his point.  He further argues that overreliance on the method of synthetic deduction - as is widely practised in African philosophy - can impact adversely on the universal outreach of theories and limit our knowledge of the world. The paper contends that any theory that aspires to give us a clearer picture of the world should be in a position to contain the distortions arising from the promptings of sense experience. Likewise, such a theory should show clear evidence of analytic insight into the mechanisms and phenomena on the basis of which our knowledge of the world can be broadened and our judgement thereof improved.  By recourse to the method and principles of ibuanyidanda (complementary reflection) philosophy, a systematic methodological approach to theory formulation in African philosophy, the author shows how theories in African philosophy can be articulated more resourcefully with a view to upholding their systematic and universal relevance.Keywords: African philosophy, Ethnophilosophy, communalism, synthetic deduction, ibuanyidandaThought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya (PAK)New Series, Vol.3 No.2, December 2011, pp.9-3

VARIATIONS IN FOOD CONTENT OF CROPS AS INFLUENCED BY BIO STIMULANTS IN AN OIL CONTAMINATED SOIL

A study was carried out at the University of Port Harcourt botanical garden, to determine the influence of bio stimulants on food content of crops grown at two levels of crude oil contamination. Results showed that bio stimulants (sawdust and chromolaena leaves) enhanced protein and carbohydrate accumulation in the crops. However, chromoleana leaves was more effective than sawdust while the test crops-Z. mays and Vigna unguiculata differed in their accumulation potentials in protein and carbohydrate

VARIATIONS IN FOOD CONTENT OF CROPS AS INFLUENCED BY BIO STIMULANTS IN AN OIL CONTAMINATED SOIL

A study was carried out at the University of Port Harcourt botanical garden, to determine the influence of bio stimulants on food content of crops grown at two levels of crude oil contamination. Results showed that bio stimulants (sawdust and chromolaena leaves) enhanced protein and carbohydrate accumulation in the crops. However, chromoleana leaves was more effective than sawdust while the test crops-Z. mays and Vigna unguiculata differed in their accumulation potentials in protein and carbohydrate