It is common knowledge that Western moral and political philosophers and theorists generally plan the basic structure and construct the edifice of the Western state on liberal foundation. While some African moral and political philosophers and theorists plan the basic structure and construct the edifice of the postcolonial African state on communitarian foundation, others follow the Western liberal model by planning the basic structure and constructing the edifice of the postcolonial African state on liberal foundation. Consequently, anyone who is interested in planning the basic structure and constructing the edifice of the postcolonial Africa state must either work within the framework of communitarianism, or adopt the Western liberal framework, or justify why her approach neither fit neatly into the liberal framework nor into the communitarian framework. This book’s approach neither fits neatly into the liberal framework nor into the communitarian framework. This chapter explains why this book’s approach is different. It lays the foundation for the basic structure of the postcolonial African state by creating a middle-of-the-road approach in the liberalism and communitarianism debate on the one hand, the radical communitarianism and moderate communitarianism debate on the other hand, and the individual/community dichotomy, and rights/duties dichotomy.