Proposing A Decolonized Philosophy of Infrastructural Development as Imperative for Authentic Development in Africa

Abstract

African philosophy of infrastructural development is still entrapped in Eurocentric concepts and categories. This indigenous philosophy  now evolves with thoughts and contents that do not derive, inhere or cohere with African cultural values and experiences. The application  of this philosophy by African States is the main reason for unsustainable development in Africa. This shows that colonialism is  a multifaceted phenomenon that merely ended in political and economic sectors but still dominates Africans' psychic and intellectual  domains. Since development is a tangible application of ideas, the Eurocentric philosophy of infrastructural development continues to set  Africa on the path of inauthentic development. This paper analytically examines the African philosophy of infrastructural  development and argues for its immediate decolonisation. The study finds that poor and unsustainable infrastructural development in  Africa primarily results from Western influences on the African philosophy of infrastructural development. This has contributed to  increased unemployment, poverty and poor human condition in Africa. The study notes that relevant decolonisation of the African philosophy of infrastructural development can be swift through overhauling the education curriculum in Africa to reflect indigenous  solutions to the continent's predicaments, experiences, needs and aspirations.