Ìwà

In Ìwà: the Process-Relational Dimension to African Metaphysics, Emmanuel Ofuasia offers a historical and philosophical study linking ancient Kemet (Egypt) and Yorùbá metaphysical traditions through a process-relational framework.

The book critiques colonial historiography and the inappropriate use of classical substance metaphysics and bivalent logic in interpreting African thought.

Ofuasia develops a trivalent logical system (building on Izumezu logic) and articulates a metaphysics centered on ìwà (being/character), discussing implications for ontology, epistemology, ethics, plant sentience, healing, and meaning.

Intended for students and researchers, it aims to harmonize and extend recent African philosophical work while resisting deduction from Western frameworks.