Edwin Etieyibo

Edwin Ekwevukugbe Etieyibo is a Nigerian-Canadian (Afro-Canadian) philosopher dedicated to advancing African philosophy. Etieyibo is a professor of philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.[1] He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta.[2]

Early life and education

Etieyibo was born in Adeje, Delta State, Nigeria, to Samuel Etieyibo and Idolor Etieyibo. He attended Amuane Primary School (Amuane), Ethiope Primary School (Amukpe-Sapele), Okpe Grammar School (Amukpe-Sapele) and Okotie-Eboh Grammar School (Sapele).

He studied in Nigeria, Canada and South Africa. He got admission to the University of Lagos, where he graduated in 1998 with a BA (first class honours) in philosophy (with minor in English and English Literature), an MA in 2001 (cum laude) in philosophy, and an MBA in 2015 (with a research focus on management, work ethics, and motivational theories).

In 2009, Etieyibo received his PhD from the University of Alberta working on the dissertation entitled, David Gauthier’s Moral Contractarianism and the Problem of Secession. His dissertation, under the supervision of Wesley Cooper, Adam Morton and externally examined by Jan Narveson, cuts across a number of disciplines including ethics, political philosophy, economics and decision theory and presents a critical examination of Gauthier’s account of morality that links rationality with preferences explained by expected utility.

In 2013, Etieyibo enrolled for an LLB degree at the University of South Africa and graduated in 2017, writing his portfolio/research essay on law, education and rights, with the title: “School Governing Bodies, Education Departments, and the Constitutionally Guaranteed Access to Education in South Africa.”

Work and research

Etieyibo was a member of the African Philosophy Society’s international steering committee for the third biennial African Philosophy World Conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 2019.[3]

In 2018, he presented one of the keynote addresses at the biennial conference of the International Social Ontology Society in Boston, Massachusetts.[4]

He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Philosophy, the Secretary/Treasurer of the International Society for African Philosophy and Studies and the Secretary of the African Philosophy Society — an organization for which he is a co-founder.[5]

His interests include, social and political philosophy, applied ethics, social and global justice, philosophy for children, African philosophy, African socio-political economy, epistemology, Descartes, rights and disabilities. This has been the focus of his research works in impacting and contributions to Africanising philosophy and the philosophy curriculum in ways that respond to different traditions of philosophy, especially the African philosophical traditions (also referred to as African philosophy) consistent with the demands of intercultural philosophy.[6][7][8]

He is the co-author (with Odirin Omiegbe) of the monograph, Disabilities in Nigeria: Attitudes, Reactions, and Remediation published by Hamilton Books in 2017.

Etieyibo has written and co-authored several books as well as published in journal articles covering a number of diverse, interrelated areas such as: ethics, social and political philosophy, applied ethics, social and global justice, culture, rights and disabilities, social contract theories/and history of, African philosophy, African socio-political economy, epistemology, and Descartes.

Selected publications

Books

  • Disabilities in Nigeria: Attitudes, Reactions, and Remediation. Lanham MD: Hamilton Books. 2017. ISBN 978-0761869054.
  • Co-authored with Odirin Omiegbe of the monograph.[9]
  • Method, Substance and the Future of African Philosophy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2018. ISBN 978-3-319-70225-4. Edited[10]
  • Ka Osi Sọ Onye: African Philosophy African philosophy in the Postmodern Era. Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press. 2018. ISBN 978-1-62273-366-8.[11]
  • Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum. London and New York: Routledge. 2018. ISBN 9781138570368.[12]
  • Perspectives in Social Contract Theory. Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. Washington, DC: Council for Research in Values & Philosophy. 2019. ISBN 978-1565183315.

Book chapters

  • Chimakonam, Jonathan O.; Etieyibo, Edwin (2018). "African Philosophy in the Court of Postmodernism," in Ka Osi Sọ Onye: African Philosophy in the Postmodern Era. Wilmington, Delaware: Vernon Press. pp. 191–205. ISBN 978-1-62273-366-8..
  • Etieyibo, Edwin (2018). "Afri-decolonisation, Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Task of an Africanised Philosophy Curriculum," in Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 8–18. ISBN 9781138570368..
  • Etieyibo, Edwin (2018). Why Ought the Philosophy Curriculum in Universities in Africa be Africanised? In Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 89–102. ISBN 9781138570368.
  • Etieyibo, Edwin (2018). "African Philosophy in History, Context, and Contemporary Times," in Method, Substance, and the Future of African Philosophy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 13–33. ISBN 978-3-319-70225-4..
  • Etieyibo, Edwin; Chimakonam, Jonathan O (2018). "The State of African Philosophy in Africa," in Method, Substance, and the Future of African Philosophy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 71. ISBN 978-3-319-70225-4..
  • Etieyibo, Edwin; Oyowe, Anthony Oritsegbubemi (2018). "Ubuntu and Social Contract Theory," in Perspectives in Social Contract Theory. Washington, D.C: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. pp. 343–365. ISBN 978-1565183315..
  • Etieyibo, Edwin (2018). "Moral Contractarianism, Moral Skepticism, and Agreement," in Perspectives in Social Contract Theory. Washington, D.C: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. pp. 213–230. ISBN 978-1565183315..
  • Etieyibo, Edwin (2018). "Between Contractualism and Contractarianism," in Perspectives in Social Contract Theory. Washington D.C: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. pp. 11–26. ISBN 978-1565183315..
  • Hull, George (2019). "African Philosophy and Nonhuman Nature," in Debating African Philosophy: Perspectives on Identity, Decolonial Ethics and Comparative Philosophy. London, UK: Routledge. pp. 164–181. ISBN 9781138344969..

Journal articles

References

  1. "Edwin.Etieyibo@wits.ac.za - Wits University". www.wits.ac.za.
  2. "If you are serious about decolonising Africa, don't study abroad | Thought Leader".
  3. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329424126_Call_for_Papers_The_Third_Biennial_African_Philosophy_World_Conference_Building_Africa's_Future_on_African_Philosophy https://i1.rgstatic.net/publication/329424126_Call_for_Papers_The_Third_Biennial_African_Philosophy_World_Conference_Building_Africa's_Future_on_African_Philosophy/links/5c07dc78a6fdcc494fdb469a/largepreview.png
  4. Social Ontology 2018, The 11th Biennial Collective Intentionality Conference, August 22–25, 2018, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA (https://isosonline.org/Social-Ontology-2018)
  5. "Executive -".
  6. “Africanizing the Philosophy Curricula in Universities in Africa”, Art Africa Digital (Becoming African) November, 2015
  7. Ebrahim, Shaazia (March 6, 2017). "Xenophobia in South Africa shows a disconnect with ubuntu".
  8. Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum, London and New York: Routledge
  9. Etieyibo, Edwin; Omiegbe, Odirin (2017). Disabilities in Nigeria: Attitudes, Reactions, and Remediation. ISBN 978-0761869054.
  10. Etieyibo, Edwin, ed. (April 16, 2018). Method, Substance, and the Future of African Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan via www.palgrave.com.
  11. "Ka Osi Sọ Onye: African Philosophy in the Postmodern Era [Hardback]". February 28, 2018 via vernonpress.com. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. "Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum". CRC Press.
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