Kwasi Wiredu
Title
Kwasi Wiredu
Birth Date
1931
Birthplace
Kumasi, Ghana
Death Date
2022
Primary Sources
Wiredu, K. (2007) The Need for Conceptual Decolonization in African Philosophy, in Ramose, M.B and Boatamo Mosupyoe. B. (eds.), The Development of Thought in Pan Africanism, Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 76–82.
Wiredu, K. (2006)(Ed) A Companian to African Philosopher, Wiley, Blackwell.
https://www.wiley.com/en-us/A+Companion+to+African+Philosophy-p-9781405145671
Wiredu, K. (2001) Tradition, democracy and political legitimacy in contemporary Africa, In Kurimoto Eisei, K. (Ed) Rewriting Africa: toward renaissance or collapse? Osaka: Japan Center for Area Studies, 161-172
Wiredu, K. (1997) The need for conceptual decolonization in African philosophy." In Philosophy and Democracy in intercultural Perspective/Philosophie et démocratie en perspective interculturelle, pp. 11-22. Brill.
Wiredu, K (1996) Cultural Universals and Particulars : an African perspective, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
https://iupress.org/9780253210807/cultural-universals-and-particulars/
Wiredu, K (1995) Conceptual Decolonization in African Philosophy: Four Essay. Ibadan: Hope Publication.
Wiredu, K (1990) An Akan perspective on human rights, In An-Naim., A.A, Deng, F.M.,(Eds) Human rights in Africa: cross-cultural perspectives, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 243-260.
Wiredu, K. (1983) The Akan Concept of Mind, Ibadan: Journal of Humanistic Studies, 3.
Wiredu, K. (1980) Philosophy and an African Culture, Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press.
Wiredu, K. (2006)(Ed) A Companian to African Philosopher, Wiley, Blackwell.
https://www.wiley.com/en-us/A+Companion+to+African+Philosophy-p-9781405145671
Wiredu, K. (2001) Tradition, democracy and political legitimacy in contemporary Africa, In Kurimoto Eisei, K. (Ed) Rewriting Africa: toward renaissance or collapse? Osaka: Japan Center for Area Studies, 161-172
Wiredu, K. (1997) The need for conceptual decolonization in African philosophy." In Philosophy and Democracy in intercultural Perspective/Philosophie et démocratie en perspective interculturelle, pp. 11-22. Brill.
Wiredu, K (1996) Cultural Universals and Particulars : an African perspective, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
https://iupress.org/9780253210807/cultural-universals-and-particulars/
Wiredu, K (1995) Conceptual Decolonization in African Philosophy: Four Essay. Ibadan: Hope Publication.
Wiredu, K (1990) An Akan perspective on human rights, In An-Naim., A.A, Deng, F.M.,(Eds) Human rights in Africa: cross-cultural perspectives, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 243-260.
Wiredu, K. (1983) The Akan Concept of Mind, Ibadan: Journal of Humanistic Studies, 3.
Wiredu, K. (1980) Philosophy and an African Culture, Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press.
Secondary Sources
Molefe, M., & Allsobrook, C. (2018). Editorial: African Philosophy and Rights. Theoria: A Journal of Social & Political Theory, 65(157), v–vii. https://doi.org/10.3167/th.2018.6515701
Eze, M. O., & Metz, T. (2015). Emergent Issues in African Philosophy: A Dialogue with Kwasi Wiredu. Philosophia Africana, 17(2), 75–87.Osha, S. (2005) Kwasi Wiredu and beyond: The Text, Writing and Thought in Africa. Dakar, Seegal: Codeseria
Extra Resources
Sanya Osha (2022) Kwasi Wiredu and the question of decolonisation. 20 Oct, HUMA Institute for Humanities in Africa, The University of Cape Town: Doctoral Seminar Series, Accessed Dec 10 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbdk5rqmMm0
Sanya Osha, "Kwasi Wiredu", Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, (n.d). Accessed Dec 10 2022.
https://iep.utm.edu/wiredu/.
Osha, S (2020). 'Kwasi Wiredu cleared the way for modern African philosophy', The Conversation, January 19, 2022. Accessed Dec 3 2022.
https://theconversation.com/kwasi-wiredu-cleared-the-way-for-modern-african-philosophy-17491
Sanya Osha, "Kwasi Wiredu", Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, (n.d). Accessed Dec 10 2022.
https://iep.utm.edu/wiredu/.
Osha, S (2020). 'Kwasi Wiredu cleared the way for modern African philosophy', The Conversation, January 19, 2022. Accessed Dec 3 2022.
https://theconversation.com/kwasi-wiredu-cleared-the-way-for-modern-african-philosophy-17491
Collection
Citation
“Kwasi Wiredu,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed November 19, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/29.