THE IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON IGWEBUIKE PHILOSOPHY AND AFRICAN COMMUNALISM: A PHILOSOPHICAL ASSESSMENT

Abstract

Nowadays, no one hears of the ravages of Corona virus, or crown virus in Africa but one still hears during winter that a strand of the virus is still alive and still cause ill heath in some part of Europe and America. This pandemic, Corona virus, known with the code, COVID 19 spread like a wild fire; in 2019, 2020, and 2021 and its impacts on so many sectors of African life were enormous. Many sectors of the worlds’ economy went into lockdown, likewise so many nations or countries in Africa. And with the introduction of COVID 19 sanitary rules or precautionary measures that were aimed at defeating the virus, like social distancing, staying at home, staying alone to stay safe, one instantly saw a serious problem or challenge and an attack to the foundation of African communitarian life and practice or communalism, also to Igwebuike Philosophy which is within African Communalism. African communalism as an African way is community oriented life it’s never individualistic. Using Philosophical analysis, as the methodology, exposition of COVID 19, African Communalism and Igwebuike philosophy is made, and the most dreadful effect of the pandemic is portrayed, and then, this noble life of African man is x-rayed too, so as to see its benefits to Africans of nowadays. Seeing the challenges posed by the Crown virus, the researcher portrays African Ethics of care as the way forward and this African Ethics of care is rooted firmly on African communalistic principles of living and on Igwebuike philosophy. Not only that the most vulnerable must be catered or cared for, however, African communalism is still in voyage with its solidarity palliatives and assistance from the governments, groups, and well to do Africans. It must reach to the less privileged ones and even to middle class among the privileged ones so as to gain enormous strength to defeat the pandemic together.