Kwasi Wiredu

Kwasi Wiredu
Kwasi Wiredu
Born	3 October 1931; Kumasi, Gold Coast
Died	6 January 2022 (aged 90); United States
	Philosophy career
Education	University of Ghana, University of Oxford (Bphil)
Era	20th-century philosophy; 21st-century philosophy;
Region	African philosophy
School	Plato; David Hume; Kant; Russell; Gilbert Ryle; John Dewey;
Institutions	As faculty member: Ghana; South Florida;
Thesis	Knowledge, Truth, and Reason (1960)
Main interests	African philosophy;

Kwasi Wiredu (3 October 1931 – 6 January 2022) was a Ghanaian philosopher. Often called the greatest African philosopher of his generation, his work contributed to the conceptual decolonisation of African thought.

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