• KISHORE KIMAR CHINTALA

African Humanism like any of the other forms of humanism has the welfare or wellbeing of the human person as its key attribute. Nevertheless, in considering this, we should bear in mind that it is not all humanists that are atheistic, iconoclastic and religious. This precautionary measure becomes very crucial because since the 16th century, the term Humanism has been commonly applied to persons “with a set of entirely nonreligious beliefs and values” (Hinnells 225) and here we are making reference to Africans who are acclaimed worldwide as being “notoriously religious” and whose “traditional religions permeate all the departments” of their lives (Mbiti 2; Idowu 5). Among the attributes of African Humanism, it is most apparent that human persons who could be described as being “incurably religious” beings are found at its center. As a matter of fact, the major tapestry which runs through African Humanism in any part of Africa is quite discernible through their religion which informs their basic world views and/or ontology. The present paper exposed the African sensibility through tha concept of humanism in balcks.

African Humanism,

"AFRICAN SENSIBILITY: THE CONCEPT OF HUMANISM IN BLACKS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 9, page no.304-312, September 2016, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701A40.pdf

"AFRICAN SENSIBILITY: THE CONCEPT OF HUMANISM IN BLACKS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 9, page no. pp304-312, September 2016, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701A40.pdf