Restorative Justice in Desmond Tutu’s Ubuntu;implication for Alternative Dispute Resolution in Nigeria
Student: Israel Onwe (Project, 2025)
Department of Philosophy
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt , River State
Abstract
This research project epitomizes on the concept of Ubuntu as a restorative justice in Nigeria. Ubuntu philosophy originating from African humanism emphasizes interconnectedness, community and restoration. In the context of restorative justice in Nigeria, Ubuntu principles offers a unique approach to addressing harm, promoting healing and fostering reconciliation. So in this research project, our findings therefore corroborate the thesis that Ubuntu can be applied as a principle of restorative justice in Nigeria. It admonishes justice from the point of view of the relative humanism and altruism in living in mutual harmony of existentialism. It is a form of humanism which can be expressed in the phrase like ‘I think therefore we are’. With the Ubuntu philosophy, humans are inherently connected. Emphasis is on the collective well-being, restorations are focusing on healing and reparation. Here in this work, the qualitative research methodology is used with a focus on analyzing and interpreting Tutu’s (1985) writing on Ubuntu principles of restorative justice.
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- HASSAN USMAN KATSINA POLYTECHNIC (NCE), KATSINA, KATSINA STATE 4
- Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Katsina, Katsina State 5
- Heritage Polytechnic, Ikot Udota, Akwa Ibom State 46
- Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic, Kazaure, Jigawa State 8
- Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State 24
- Igbinedion University, Okada, Benin City, Edo State 2
- Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State 8
- Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, Owerri, Imo State 3
- Imo State University, Owerri, Imo State 45
- Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, Enugu State 11