Ethnophilosophy was condemned for restoring tradition to already-modernized Africans

Evidence

His ethnophilosophy was condemned for undertaking the task of restoring African traditional thoughts on a continent where people had clearly turned to modernity and away from traditional beliefs and practices. The use of reason, the use of science and technology, the creation of democratic societies and secularism were conditions sought after by Africans, including those who were arguing for Africanization in the form of traditionalization. It is against this background that African socialism, of the kind propagated by Nyerere and Nkrumah, was accused of promoting modernization via traditionalization. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 120

Categorization

• QUESTION: The claim that Africans ‘clearly turned to modernity’ is asserted rather than demonstrated — whose voices ground this, and how representative were they?