TITLE:
African Cosmo-Epistemological Considerations and Environmental Consciousness: An Imperative for Emergence
AUTHORS:
Remi Prospero Fonka
KEYWORDS:
African, Cosmology, Epistemology, Environmental Consciousness, Emergence, Prospects, Perspectives, Cosmo-Epistemological
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.13 No.9,
September
24,
2025
ABSTRACT: The African continent in particular and the global village at large is so concerned about emergence, with defined dates declared in certain circles, states, and regional organizations. Although infrastructural, institutional, and economic factors are inevitable as rightly projected by most African politicians, this paper aims at illustrating the foundational role of cosmo-epistemological considerations and environmental consciousness in achieving societal emergence. Investigations suggest that infrastructural and institutional emergence, and features of social welfare must be complemented by cosmo-epistemological considerations and environmental emergence. The methods employed involve hermeneutical and historical based weapons, epistemological processes and assessment of challenges, functional and projection methods, survey and assessment of planning and projections. Thus, planning to improve upon settlements, transport means, sharing of natural resources, large local markets or economies, and improvement of amenities such as running water, sewage, and electricity, are realizable alongside consideration of epistemological changes (divination, witchcraft, and predestination), hindering emergence. Thus, urbanization, suburbanization, counter-urbanization, and urban resurgence are compelled to align with cosmo-epistemological considerations and environmental consciousness as imperatives to realization of city emergence. There is no gain saying that the following are significant parameters and preliminaries for attaining emergence: foundational cosmological features, environmental consciousness, epistemological challenges, and fundamental reversal factors.