The Humanities and the Dynamics of African Culture in the 21st Century

John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji is Professor of Philosophy at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. A former Guggenheim Research Fellow, he is the founding editor of the Caribbean Journal of Philosophy. His books include An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (2007); Narratives of Struggle (2012); Black Aesthetics (2013); and The Rule of Law and Governance in Indigenous Yoruba Society (2016).Kenneth W. Harrow is a Distinguished Professor of English at Michigan State University, USA, with specialisations in African literature and cinema. He has previously taught at the University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon, and Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal. He is the author of several books, including Thresholds of Change in African Literature, and he has edited numerous collections on such topics as Islam and African literature. Eunice E. Omonzejie is a Professor of French Studies in the Department of Modern Languages at Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria. She recently completed tenure as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Uyo, Nigeria. Her research interests include women, culture, eco-criticism, masculinities and migration studies. She is the editor of the book Female Novelists of Francophone Black Africa: Views, Reviews, Interviews (2011). She has also published numerous peer-reviewed essays in books both within and outside of Nigeria. Christopher E. Ukhun is a Professor of Philosophy and a former Dean of the Faculty of Arts of Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria, with special interests in African philosophy, metaphysics and gender philosophy. He has to his credit numerous publications in various national and international journals. He is the editor of the book Critical Gender Discourse in Africa (2002), and the author of Philosophy of Mind: Matters Arising (2004).