The notion of man is at the center of all human problems. Obviously, every philosophy, every religion, every culture, has to take up some position here because, all has a notion particular to them with regards to the notion of man. Thus, we shall in this work, bring out the Igbo notion of the human person—the most paradoxical of all realties. The foremost significance of this work is to respond to the need of a more documented idea on the concept of man as the centre of Igbo Ontological order through the philosophical analysis of the past and present experiences of the Igbo man in his universe; and by all means contribute to knowledge and scholarship by provoking more serious thought on this subject and serving as a meaningful point of reference for anyone who wishes to carry out further researches on the subject. Using the evaluative, analytic, historical and critical research methods, this research work advances the thesis that in Igbo world-view man is conceived as the centre of Igbo Ontological order.

The most prominent essence of this work is centred on the need for a more documented idea on the concept of reality in Igbo Ontology and by all means, helps to bring about profound knowledge and, therefore, contribute to scholarship. Admittedly, by philosophically analysing the past and the present practical contact with and observations of facts or events which leave serious impressions on the Igbo man in his universe, which is the main standpoint within which reality is analyzed in this project, one hopefully geared toward achieving to some extent the conclusions for the emergent African philosophy that goes over and above the Igbo tribal milieu. To this end, any student who wishes to carry out more studies on the concept of the reality in Igbo Ontology will invariably find this research work very expedient. It will serve as a valuable starting point or reference point. If this goal of provoking and inspiring further thoughts and studies on this subject matter is achieved, then the research endeavours would not be in vain. A qualitative research design was adopted for this study. We made use of data gotten from available literatures, unpublished essays, doctoral theses, journal articles and magazines. This thesis adopted the evaluative, analytic, historical and critical research approaches as means to achieve the objectives of the study.