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AFRICAN LEGAL PHILOSOPHY (ALP)
African Legal Philosophy is still evolving and developing and is an important part of the decolonization of Africa to be actively involved in this development. It is a philosophy which is older than you might think, because Africa had a few philosophers who contributed to the philosophy, such as the Christian philosopher St Augustine and Amo. The ideas that shaped African thinking were mostly of oral traditions and the written tradition is of fairly recent origin.

Nature of African Legal Philosophy - Debates with regards to ALP
In the first place, there are some who believe from a Eurocentric viewpoint that ALP does not exist due to the fact that ALP does not have a written tradition and has its origin in communal thinking. However, there is some philosophies of the western philosophers which is also communal thought but is still accepted by the westerners. But African philosophers argues that because of the continued survival and thriving of African cultures and societies if more than enough evidence of Africa's sophisticated concepts and ideas. In the second place, there are people who argue that there might be something like ALP but it's not possible to determine its content due to the fact that Africa's history is not written. Due to this they feel that legal rules cannot be recognized by the customs and no legal systems on which to base a philosophy. Thirdly, they argue to say that there is such a thing as ALP but is almost the same as Western Legal Philosophy, but even though there are some similarities but there is a clear distinction between the philosophies. Finally and the debate that we prefer, is that there is a distinctive African legal philosophy. Philosophers is of the view that African philosophy do not have to follow the Western pattern in order to be seen as a philosophy. ALP will give expression to the desire for independence, authenticity and a postcolonial African identity.