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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- Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Sokoto State 42
- St. Albert The Great Major Seminary, Abeokuta. (affl. To University of Benin) 1
- Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa, Jigawa State 4
- Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State 18
- Tansian University, Oba, Anambra State 1
- Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba State 32
- Temple-Gate Polytechnic, Osisioma, Abia State 1
- The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Oyo State 6
- The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State 13
- THOMAS ADEWUMI UNIVERSITY, OKO-IRESE, KWARA STATE 1