CONVERSATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AS A DECOLONIAL PROJECT

Abstract

This paper seeks to establish that conversational philosophy has contributed tremendously to the growth of African Philosophy. This is evidenced in it’s decolonial capacities of unveiling new concepts and opening new vistas of ideas. We contend that since the colonial era, African philosophy has been inundated with western methods and and categories without much differences from its frameworks and that of the west. We further contend that system building that yields new concepts and thoughts are critical to the growth of African philosophy as a discipline. We discuss the meaning, method, and tenets of conversational philosophy as espoused by Jonathan Chimakonam and endorsed by the conversational school of philosophy. We show that the decolonial project of conversational philosophy has the capacity to address the stunted growth facing African philosophy as a discipline.