Emmanuel Ofuasia
Nigerian-born philosopher and decoloniality research associate at the University of Pretoria specializing in process metaphysics, African philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of religion, and author of Ìwà: The Process-Relational Dimension to African Metaphysics (2024).
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Mar 29, 2026 • 1h 32min
Emmanuel Ofuasia, "Ìwà: the Process-Relational Dimension to African Metaphysics" (Springer, 2024)
Emmanuel Ofuasia, a Nigerian-born philosopher and decoloniality researcher at the University of Pretoria, links Kemet and Yorùbá thought through process-relational metaphysics. He discusses rethinking colonial periodization, proposing an African trivalent logic, comparing primordial concepts like NUN and Ìwà, and arguing for relational ontology, plant sentience, and new directions in African metaphysical historiography.
Mar 29, 2026 • 1h 32min
Emmanuel Ofuasia, "Ìwà: the Process-Relational Dimension to African Metaphysics" (Springer, 2024)
Emmanuel Ofuasia, Nigerian philosopher and scholar of African metaphysics and process thought. He traces links from Kemet to Yorùbá and develops a process-relational reading of African metaphysics. He discusses trivalent Izumezu logic, Iwa as both moral and ontological being, and implications for relational subjects, plant sentience, and decolonizing African intellectual history.
