Outside the shores of Africa, the idea of African Philosophy is rejected and within the confines of Western Universities, it is the usual practice to designate every study that pertains to the continent of Africa as African studies, rather than African Philosophy. Among researchers, teachers, Philosophers in African universities, the debate on the reality or not of African Philosophy is yet to wane. What the issues are and what the solutions can be are what this paper sets to examine. The idea of this venture is to interrogate the contending arguments, people and themes and explore the parameters that can set the tone in constructing and reconstructing African Philosophy to be in line with Western and oriental Philosophies. This paper asserts that African Philosophy can apply the methods of Science to arrive at its foundations and stand on the same platforms with Western and Oriental Philosophy in discussing the same issues but from different perspectives
