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Open Journal of Philosophy 2013. Vol.3, No.1A, 213-217 Published Online February 2013 in SciRes (/journal/ojpp) /10.4236/ojpp.2013.31A035 Dukor’s African Unfreedom and Moral Responsibility John Ezenwankwor Department of General Studies, Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo, Owerri, Nigeria Email: johnsmart400@ Received September 11 , 2012; revised October 13 , 2012; accepted October 27 , 2012 th th th It is axiomatic for most African scholars that the colonizers are responsible for the present problems fac- ing the African continent. This is given much credence by Maduabuchi Dukor citing a barrage of issues which in summary pointed to the fact that the legacy of the colonizers to the African continent was ill willed to create chaos and therefore to make the African perpetually dependent on the colonizers. This paper accepts this fact but insists that the African as a human being with free will and responsibility can- not continue to blame the colonizers when he has choice either to reject the colonial predetermined events or to accept them taking responsibility for his actions. Keywords: Africa; Freedom; Unfreedom; Moral Responsibility Introduction to morality in most typical academic discussions but we intend to show in the proceeding pages that freedom cannot be di- vorced from morals especially when we need to impute some level of responsibility to an agent. In our discussions of African freedom, we will consider to what extent the African is morally responsible for his woes as well as the culpability of the Afri- can colonizers to the African present problems. The society generally demands that people take responsibil- ity for their actions and in doing this, some particular actions are considered blameworthy or praiseworthy, morally right or wrong. The imputatio