A REVIEW OF IGWEBUIKE AS AN IGBO-AFRICAN ETHIC OF RECIPROCITY BY PROF. ANTHONY IKECHUKWU KANU, O.S.A

Jude Onebunne

Abstract


This piece published in 2017 is a work of great significance. In it Kanu, the writer
sacralised the concept of Igwebuike. He identifies Igwebuike philosophy as the
Igbo-African ethic of reciprocity, entirely expressed in the golden rule
summarizing the good news of Jesus Christ thus: do unto others as you would wish
them do unto you (cf. Mtt. 712). Globalisation and Modern technology are creating
a kind of monoculture affecting the standard of human living and interaction as
well as on our value orientation with clear consequence on evangelization.
According to Benezet Bujo in his Magnus Opus, Foundations of African Ethic:
Beyond the Universal Claims of Western Morality, if the good news of Jesus is to make
its home among every people, it cannot identify itself with one specific culture, not even a
global or monoculture.


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