Sophie Oluwole's Hermeneutic Trend in African Political Philosophy: Some Comments

The intent of this paper is to discuss hermeneutics as one of the current trends in African political philosophy using the works of the erudite female African philosopher, Sophie A. Oluwole, as an exemplar. This paper explores the nittygritty of the political thoughts of Oluwole on the riveted issues of democracy and human rights in contemporary African socio-political discourse. It identifies the limit of Oluwole's hermeneutic approach and critically exposes some of the shortcomings of hermeneutic thoughts on the subject-matter. Concerned about the dearth of literatures by female African professional philosophers in the area of African political philosophy, the paper concludes that Oluwole's scholarly erudition should inspire more female African professional philosophers in working within any identified emerging trend(s) in African political philosophy, in so far they are moved by it.