ABSTRACT

Colonialism by the westerners is a phenomenon which took place in the African continent. It left consequences in the continent. One of the consequences is that of two unblending cultures of tradition (the traditional culture of Africa) and modern (the culture colonialism introduced in Africa). Having two different cultures at the same time in a community is abnormal. Culture should be whole and systemic to confront challenges from the environment. As the African environment has these two unblending cultures, the result is weakness and lack of focus with the attendant misery and poverty in the continent. Applying the critical method of philosophy, the discourse, upon the strict conception of culture as human's approach to challenges of existence to ensure the good life, submits that to overcome the unblending situation of culture in Africa, it is not enough to think that because colonialism took place long ago, by now Africa should overcome this effect of colonialism. The healing of the ailing African culture by virtue of being two unblending cultures has to be achieved by reducing the two to one systemic culture effective to tackle challenges to bring about the good life in Africa.