Dr. Basil Amarachi Okonkwo
Dr. Basil Amarachi Okonkwo is a LECTURER I in PHILOSOPHY Department, Faculty Of Arts in Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Staff Profile
Rev Fr Dr Basil Amarachin OKonkwo, SMMM hails from Uwakonye Aniche Arondizuogu in Onuimo Local Government Area in Imo State Nigeria. He is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts , Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. He obtained his first degree in Philosophy from Imo State University, Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Imo State University and Bachelor of Arts in Theology from Urban University Rome. Subsequently, he obtained his Masters Degree in Philosophy from Imo State University. He bagged his doctorate degree in Philosophy from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. His research interests include; Social-Political Philosophy, Metaphysics, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Philosophy of Language.
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Address: | Philosophy, Faculty Of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. |
Faculty/Unit: | FACULTY OF ARTS |
Department/Sub-Unit: | PHILOSOPHY |
Social Profiles
Relevant/Working Experience
| 1 | Departmental Exam officer 2025/2026, Department of Philosophy November, 2025 to Present |
| 2 | SUPERVISOR FOR LITERATURE, JUPEB UNIZIK October, 2025 to Present |
| 3 | Departmental Exam officer 2024/2025, Department of Philosophy September, 2024 to November, 2025 |
| 4 | Associate Editor, Journal Of Applied Philosophy July, 2019 to Present |
| 5 | Lecturer II, Faculty of Arts, Department of Philosophy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka March, 2014 to Present |
Creative Output
| Books | |
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| 1 | Basil Amarachi OKONKWO, SMMM, PhD. (2025, July) A LEAVEN OF HOPE: A FESTSCHRIT IN HONOUR OF VERY REV FR. DR. JAMES MICHAEL OKPALAONWUKA, SMMM SOUL SAVING PUBLICATIONS |
| 2 | Basil A. Okonkwo Ph.D.. (2025, September) Noli Timere - A Festschrift in honour of Rev. Fr. Dr. Christian Onyems Okwuru, SMMM |
| 3 | BASIL AMARCHI OKONKWO PHD. (2025, October) A Herald of the Faith - A festschrift in Honour of Rev. Fr. Dr. Innocent Ozoemena Dim Sons Digital Press, Umuahia Abia State |
| 4 | Basil Amarachi OKONKWO, SMMM, PhD. (2024, May) LANGUAGE AND EVANGELISATION Imo State University Press, Owerri, Imo State |
| 5 | Basil Amarachi OKONKWO, SMMM, PhD. (2024, June) PHENOMENOLOGY AND LANGUAGE Imo State University Press, Owerri, Imo State |
| Book Chapters | |
| 1 | BASIL AMARCHI OKONKWO PHD. (2025, August) The Role of the Church in Combating Corruption in the Present Day Nigeria , pp 330-347 |
| 2 | Rev. Fr. Dr. Basil A. Okonkwo. (2025, September) Resemblance of the Igbo Traditional Religion and Catholicism through the Lense of Rev. Fr. Dr. O.Innocent Dim , pp 44-57 |
| 3 | Basil Amarachi Okonkwo. (2023, July) Basic Philosophy and Logic |
| 4 | Basil Amarachi OKONKWO, SMMM, PhD. (2019, August) 42nd International Wittgenstein Symposium 2019; Crisis and Critique: Philosophical Analysis and Current Events. |
| 5 | Basil Amarachi Okonkwo. (2016, May) The Importance of Local Language to the Development of Technology |
| Journal Articles | |
| 1 | Basil Amarachi OKONKWO, SMMM, PhD. (2025, July), "A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW NIGERIAN NATIONAL ANTHEMS", JOURNAL OF FINE AND CREATIVE ARTS, MUSIC, MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES, Vol. 1, (Issue 2), pp 7-13 |
| 2 | Rev. Fr. Dr. Basil A. Okonkwo. (2025, July), "The Practice of Inauthentic Democracy in Nigeria: My Worry", UNIVERSITY OF MAKENI INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (UMIJSS), Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp 161 - 175 |
| 3 | Valentine Obienyem, Basil Amarachi Okonkwo. (2025, April), "Habermas’s Vision for Social Cohesion in a Globalised and Cosmopolitan World", Pinisi Journal of Art, Humanity and Social Studies, Vol. 5, (Issue 1), pp 6 - 12 |
| 4 | Rev. Fr. Dr. Basil A. Okonkwo. (2025, August), "EDUCATION IS NOT A SCAM: EXPLORING OVERSEAS OPPORTUNITIES AND INVESTING BACK HOME", OCHENDO: An African Journal of Innovative Studies, Vol. 6, (Issue 2), pp 126 - 132 |
| 5 | Rev. Fr. Dr. Basil Amarachi Okonkwo. (2025, March), "INTEGRATING MORALITY INTO NIGERIAN POLITICS: A PERSPECTIVE FROM JAMES-MICHAEL OKPALAONWUKA", Nnamdi Azikiwe Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 15, (Issue 1), pp 127 - 134 |
| 6 | BASIL AMARCHI OKONKWO, SMMM. (2025, July), "QUEST FOR MIRACLES AND MONEY IN THE CHURCH: TRIVIALIZING THE WORD AND THE SACRAMENTS", JOURNAL OF IGBO LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, CULTURE, AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES, Vol. 1, (Issue 2), pp 15 - 23 |
| 7 | BASIL AMARACHI OKONKWO. (2025, July), "Many Voices, One Nigeria: A Critique of Nationalism and Nationism", JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, Vol. 1, (Issue 2), pp 73 - 76 |
| 8 | Basil A. Okonkwo Ph.D.. (2025, July), "PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT", JOURNAL OF ARTS, RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURAL STUDIES, Vol. 1, (Issue 2), pp 45 - 49 |
| 9 | Dr. kenechukwu K. Makwudo; Rev Fr. Dr. Basil Okonkwo. (2025, July), "DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH", JOURNAL OF LAW, LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND GENDER STUDIES, Vol. 1, (Issue 2), pp 32 - 38 |
| 10 | Okonkwo, Basil Amarachi, PhD. (2024, March), "FREEDOM FROM EXECUTIVE IMPUNITY AND RASCALITY IN NIGERIA: THE WAY FORWARD", AMAMIHE: Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 22, (Issue 6), pp 1 - 6 |
| 11 | Ignatius Nnaemeka Onwuatuegwu PhD, Rev. Fr. Dr. Basil Amarachi Okonkwo, SMMM. (2024, February), "The Ecosystemic Paradigm: Unveiling the Philosophical Nexus between Nature, Health, and Humanity", Archives of Health Science Research Article, pp 1-9 |
| 12 | Basil Amarachi Okonkwo. (2023, June), "ADUMBRATION AND LANGUAGE USE IN J. OKONKWO: THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL METHOD EXPLAINED", Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development, Vol. 6, (Issue 3) |
| 13 | Basil Amarachi Okonkwo. (2023, June), "THE RELEVANCE OF CULTURE IN NATION-BUILDING", IGWEBUIKE: African Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 9, (Issue 3) |
| 14 | Basil Amarachi Okonkwo. (2023, June), "MONEY: REASON FOR POLITICAL EXCLUSIVENESS IN NIGERIA", OCHENDO: An African Journal of Innovative Studies, Vol. 4, (Issue 3) |
| 15 | Basil Amarachi Okonkwo. (2023, June), "HERMENEUTICS IN GADAMER THE QUEST FOR UNDERSTANDING IN PHILOSOPHY", AMAMIHE Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 21, (Issue 3) |
| 16 | Ikechukwu Anthony KANU, Basil Amarachi Okonkwo. (2023, March), "THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA: THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH", INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF AFRICAN & ASIAN STUDIES (IJAAS), Vol. 9, (Issue 1) |
| 17 | Rev. Fr. Dr. Basil Amarachi Okonkwo, SMMM. (2023, July), "CRITICAL XENOCENTRIC APPRECIATION OF MY CULTURE", Nnadiebube Journal of Education in Africa (NJEA), Vol. 8, (Issue 2), pp 100-106 |
| 18 | Rev. Fr. Dr. Basil Amarachi Okonkwo*, Rev. Fr. Hillary Elochukwu Anaelom. (2023, February), "EMBRACING MORTALITY: RETHINKING THE INTRICATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH", Nnadiebube Journal Of Social Science, Vol. 3, (Issue 1), pp 54-62 |
| 19 | Rev. Fr. Dr. Basil Amarachi Okonkwo SMMM. (2023, June), "THE PRECARIOUS NATURE OF GLOBAL HARMONY AN EXISTENTIAL PREOCCUPATION", Nnadiebube Journal Of Social Science (NJSS), Vol. 3, (Issue 1), pp 63-69 |
| 20 | Basil Amarachi Okonkwo. (2022, December), "THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN COMBATING CORRUPTION IN THE PRESENT DAY NIGERIA", Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development |
| 21 | Basil Amarachi Okonkwo. (2014, December), "The importance of promoting mother tongue in Nigeria", Russian-American Education Forum: An Online Journal, Vol. 6, (Issue 3) |
Academic Leadership Qualities
| Grants | |
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| 1 | Awardee: "ACADEMIC CONFERENCE SPONSPORSHIP" (July, 2019). Completed sponsored grant by SCORE LINE TRADING ENTREPRISES |
| Editorships | |
| 1 | Editor, "UNIVERSITY OF MAKENI INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (UMIJSS) VOLUME 1 NO. 1 2024/2025" (June, 2025) |
| 2 | Editor, "A Leaven of Hope" (July, 2025) |
| 3 | Editor, "A Herald of the Faith - A festschrift in Honour of Rev. Fr. Dr. Innocent Ozoemena Dim" (May, 2025) |
| 4 | Editor, "Noli Timere - A Festschrift in honour of Rev. Fr. Dr. Christian Onyems Okwuru, SMMM" (November, 2025) |
| 5 | Editor, "LANGUAGE AND EVANGELIZATION" (May, 2024) |
| 6 | Editor, "PHENOMENOLOGY AND LANGUAGE" (July, 2024) |
| 7 | Editor, "Amamihe; Journal of Applied Philosophy: Vol.22, No.6 2024" (December, 2024) |
| Contributions to the University/Society | |
| 1 | JUPEB SUPERVISOR FOR LITERATURE, "JUPEB UNIZIK" (October, 2025) |
| 2 | Exam Oficcer, Department of Philosophy for 2025/2026 Academic Session, "Department of Philosophy" (November, 2025) |
| 3 | MEMBER, "FACULTY OF ARTS TIMETABLE COMMITTEE FOR 2024/2025 ACADEMIC SESSION" (December, 2024) |
| 4 | Exam officer, Department of Philosophy for 2024/2025 Academic Session, "Department of Philosophy" (September, 2024 to November, 2025) |
| 5 | Chairman, "DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, ACADEMIC RECORDS AND SERVICES COMMITTEE" (October, 2024) |
| 6 | Academic Adviser, "Department of Philosophy" (May, 2023) |
| 7 | MEMBER, "DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, WELFARE COMMITTEE" (May, 2023 to March, 2025) |
| 8 | Councillor, "American Region, Sons of Mary of Mercy Congregation" (February, 2022) |
| 9 | Councillor, "Liturgy and Socials and Events Committee (Sons of Mary mother of mercy congregation)" (March, 2022) |
| 10 | Member, "Congregation of Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy Vicariate Examination Board" (April, 2022) |
| 11 | Member, "Faculty of Arts Committee on Media" (February, 2022 to March, 2023) |
| 12 | Vice Chairman, "Golden Jubilee celebration Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy Congregation" (July, 2021) |
| 13 | Member, "Board of Trustees Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy Congregation" (February, 2021) |
| 14 | Facilitator and Project Supervisor, "National Open University of Nigeria" (January, 2021) |
| 15 | Council Member, "Sons of Mary, Mother of Mercy Congregation" (September, 2021) |
| 16 | Member, "Wittgenstein International symposium, Austria" (April, 2020) |
| 17 | Staff Adviser, "National Association of Philosopphy Students (NAPS) Department of Philosophy, Nnamdi Azikiwe Unversity, Awka" (September, 2019 to August, 2022) |
| 18 | Parochial Vicar, "St Joseph's Parish Achina, Awka Diocese" (September, 2016 to October, 2019) |
| 19 | Chaplain, "Block Rosary Achina Denary Awka Diocese" (June, 2016 to October, 2019) |
| 20 | Chaplain, "Catholic Youths Organization Nigeria(CYON) St Joseph's parish Achina, Awka Diocese" (June, 2016 to October, 2019) |
Membership of Professional/Relevant Bodies
| 1 | Full Member, "Department of Philosophy, Departmental Welfare Committee" (member since 2023), https://arts.unizik.edu.ng/dept/philosophy |
| 2 | Full Member, "Congregation of Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy Vicariate Examination Board" (member since 2022), https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://smmmcongregation.org/&ved=2ahUKEwi7wrDp56ePAxW5XEEAHeUACQgQFnoECBQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2dtDnuj18tWl6r2sZnIIxd |
| 3 | Full Member, "Board of Trustees Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy Congregatio" (member since 2021), https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://smmmcongregation.org/administration/&ved=2ahUKEwiGyM-W6KePAxV2VEEAHbdmJjAQFnoECBUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3WBO8iCJWremhGvQNTmEUe |
| 4 | Full Member, "Member Wittgenstein International Symposium, Austria" (member since 2020), https://www.alws.at/alws_info/membership/ |
| 5 | Full Member, "ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING NIGERIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURE (APNILAC)" (member since 2014), https://conferencealerts.com/show-events?id=422725 |
Relevant Events Attended
| Conferences | |
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| 1 | "42nd International Wittgenstein Symposium, Austria", (Universitat Innsbruck), 4th August, 2019 to 10th August, 2019; Kirchberg am Wechsel |
| 2 | "6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (2015 UNESCO WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY CELEBRATION)", (The Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Unizik and Society for the Development of African Philosophy, Science and Technology, Nigeria (SODAPSAT)), 19th November, 2015 to 20th November, 2015; UNIZIK |
| 3 | "Association For Promoting Nigerian Languages and Culture (APNILAN) 17th Annual National Conference", (Association For Promoting Nigerian Languages and Culture (APNILAN)), 13th July, 2014 to 17th July, 2014; Imo State University, Owerri |
| Seminar | |
| 1 | "Seminar on Sexual Abuse of Minors and Vulnerable Persons", (Catholic Diocese of Awka), 22nd March, 2021 to 22nd March, 2021; Awka |
| Other Events | |
| 1 | "Efficient And Effective Maintenance Of Accounting Books, Records And Auditing Procedures", (Audit/Quality Assurance Department), 8th May, 2017 to 10th May, 2017; Knights of St. John's Hall, Awka |
| 2 | "Building Peace In The Minds Of Men And Women", (Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka), 19th November, 2015 to 20th November, 2015; Department of Philosophy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka |