A REVIEW OF IGWEBUIKE AS AN IGBO-AFRICAN MODALITY OF PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Abstract

Different nations of the world are continuously bedeviled by conflicts of diverse nature and many international agencies are continuously making effort for restoration of peace in conflict areas. The present paper makes a clarion call for the use of the African indigenous categories to contribute or complement the resolution of conflicts in Africa. The author identified the relationship pattern of the people as a determinant of their worldview and noted accordingly that the Western worldview is exclusivist and analytic, while the African worldview is inclusive and non-personalized. Given the difference in worldview, the author advocates for application of different methods of peace and conflict resolution. It is the author’s firm believe that Igwebuike an Igbo-African peace and conflict resolution technique will resolve conflicts in Africa.