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ABSTRACT
Beauty is an important phenomenon in human life that cannot be ignored. Even the sceptic and the agnostics are at abreast with this term. Just as one hears of Greek Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, African philosophy, we also hear of aesthetics, that is, the study of beauty. This could either be from western, eastern or African perspective. This tends to suggest that like philosophy, beauty is culture relative – or relative to culture. The subject of aesthetics appreciation in Western culture for example, is preserved in museums, whereas in Africa culture, the subject of aesthetic culture takes its root in what Placid Temples calls Vital forces the onotological structure which permeates everything. This serves as the basic for communal values and practical reality of life. It is from this perspective that this research attempts a comparison between the Western and African aesthetical appreciation of beauty and argues that the African beauty is best appreciated by means of African standards and paradigms of aesthetics.
