Kwasi Wiredu
1931 – 2022 · Ghana · Philosophy
Built modern African philosophy on Akan concepts and consensual democracy.
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- Ali Mazrui
1933 – 2014 · History, Philosophy
African political and philosophical self-definition proceed in parallel from these two.
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