Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi is a Professor of Philosophy at University of Abuja (since 2011) and founder, Centre for Critical Thinking and Resourceful Research in Africa (www.cectraafrica.org) devoted to African Self-understanding. He has 30 years teaching and research experience in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and The Gambia. Formerly, Visiting Scholar, University of South Africa(2005); Visiting Associate Professor, Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo-Zimbabwe(2014); Fellow: Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh(2021); Visiting Scholar -Centre  of  African Studies,  University  of  Cambridge(2023),he  has 60 academic publications. He is published in South African Journal of Philosophy, Religions, Theoria, Southern Journal of Philosophy, African and Asian Studies and Revista de Estudios Africanos. His research seeks to uncover, discover and recover  the relevance and autonomy of African thought scheme and he brings this to engage issues of environment; humour, ethics and modernity.