Mr Olorunyomi said the effect of colonialism on the very fabric of African society is evident in the educational systems, culture, legal...
, a professor at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, spoke at the inaugural lecture of the Lawani Series on Decolonisation, organised by the Uyi and Rachel Lawani Foundation and the West African Transitional Justice Centre. The lecture was moderated by Eric Usifoh, a professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.
“Therefore, decolonisation is not confined to a single aspect of society; it is multi-faceted. It is that motivated endeavour that demands our unwavering commitment. There’s a sense in which we all know most or at least part of these problems.”Mr Olorunyomi, therefore, advocated the inclusion of diverse perspectives, voices and narratives from indigenous systems.
Beyond education, Mr Olorunyomi noted that decolonisation “must extend to our legal and governance structures and many laws and policies that were enacted during the colonial era.”He said the fact that a language is more global than another on account of historical reasons doesn’t mean that it should be abandoned.
He said: “What is the hallmark of the ideas? It should stimulate practical action. Even the most abstract intellectual philosophy would say that philosophy that does not bear relevance to social reality doesn’t ask some fundamental questions. So we have people seeing the need to bring philosophy to the human context. So usually, theory comes first, but outside theory, we need to build institutions whereby those theoretical postulations would be needed for practical actions.
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