This paper examines what constitutes indigenous ideas,
thoughts, values and ethics that drive a peoples’
consciousness, propel dynamic actions and developments,
and worldview thus culminating in a globalized cultural
ideology. Sequel to this, it forms the bases for evaluation of
their perspectives, in music, literature and the humanities.
Attempts at early forms of decolonization by experts are
reviewed in philosophy, sociology and literature towards
decolonization and having an African identity. Among the
African literary writers whose works are established on
indigenous thoughts include; Chinua Achebe, Ayi Kwei
Armah, Sefi Attah (novelists); Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi,
Kobina Sekyi (playwrights); and poets such as Christopher
Okigbo and Niyi Osundare among others. African
indigenous ideologies such as Obafemi Awolowo’s Mental
Magnitude, Leopard Cedar Senghor’s communism, ajogbe
and ajobi and Omoluabi among the Yoruba, Julius Nyerere’s
Ujamaa among others were examined. The paper
concludes that more of our cultural values, ethics and beliefs
should be the bases of our postulations in the humanities in
order to take Africa from all vestiges of colonization.