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Kwame Nkrumah’s Consciencism: A Philosophical Analysis
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1.3: PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
A key purpose of this project work is to
attempt an exposition of Nkrumah’s solution to the African predicament
brought about by colonial presence on African soil.
Another important
purpose of this work is that it will evaluate Nkrumah’s proposed
solution with a view to deciding whether or not it will be useful in the
African quest for moving forward in every sense of it.
1.4: SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
significance of the study is to show that if ‘philosophical
consciencism’ is approached in the way Kwame Nkrumah postulated it, then
there will be no stopping the growth and development of Africa.
1.5: SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The
work in its scope will be limited to an overview of Nkrumah’s ideology
for de-colonization. Nevertheless, in the process of over viewing his
ideology, cognizance will be taken of the influences on him, the work
“Consciencism†itself, and circumstances surrounding the postulation of
the ideology.
1.6: METHODOLOGY
The method we shall adopt in this
project work shall be analytical and critical. It shall be analytical in
that every concept used shall be broken down into simple words.
1.7: LITERATURE REVIEW
In this work, we shall be making use of textbooks and also information sourced from websites.
The
first book under review is one written by Kwame Nkrumah himself and is
titled “Consciencism: A Philosophy and Ideology for De-Colonizationâ€,
published in London in 1964. In this book, Nkrumah makes a case for a
re-structuring of the African society away from colonialism and towards
economic and political success. He posits an ideology that is capable of
processing the old metropolitan ideologies of capitalism and European
socialism and according to him “consciencism is the map in intellectual
terms of the disposition of the forces which will enable African society
to digest the Western, the Islamic and the Euro-Christian elements in
Africa and develop them in such a way that they fit into the African
personalityâ€.7
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]It is popular knowledge that most counties in Africa were at one time or the other under the control of foreign countries after the Berlin conference that partitioned the continent into various parts and acted as guides for the colonial masters. However, the true sons of the soil who happened to be nationalists like Kwame Nkrumah, Obafemi Awolowo, Kenneth Kaunda and others fought bravely for the independence of these countries and hence came self-governance.After the granting of independence and ... Continue reading---
