Volume : III, Issue : VIII, August - 2014

Kenneth Kaunda and the Quest for an African Humanist Philosophy

Kanu, Ikechukwu Anthony Osa

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After succeeding British rule, the government of Kenneth Kaunda chose ‘Zambian humanism’ as the Zambian national ideology and philosophy. It was a form of African Socialism, which combined traditional African values with Western socialist and Christian values. At the centre of this humanism were God and the human person, for God was known through the human person and also served through human beings, this creates a very strong connection between God and the human person in the humanism of Kaunda. He emphasized the role of education, none-violent resistance and hard-work in the process of liberation. While this piece observes that Kaunda represents a figure among the people of Zambia that cannot be forgotten too soon and his philosophy, a concrete effort towards the restoration of his people, it also raises fundamental questions as to what extent the Zambian humanism worked?

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Kanu, Ikechukwu Anthony (OSA) Kenneth Kaunda and the Quest for an African Humanist Philosophy International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 8 August 2014

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