In Memoriam: KWASI WIREDU

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DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND CLASSICS

University of Ghana

in memoriam

Professor Kwasi Wiredu (1931-2022)

Pioneer in African Philosophy

DATE: WEDNESDAY, 16^th February 2022

TIME: 16:00 GMT

VENUE: FORECOURT of the Great Hall, University of Ghana

StReaming Live on

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/uIIzQNqE0ag

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PROGRAMME

Part I: Opening Ceremonies

4:00pm Arrival of Guests to background “Atentenben”-rendered dirge

4:15pm Welcome and Introduction of Guests

Introduction of Master of Ceremonies

Professor Hasskei Mohammed Majeed, Head, Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana.

4:20pm Appellation of Kwasi Wiredu with “Seprewa” accompaniment:

Mr. Osei Korankye, Music Department, University of Ghana

4:25pm Scripture Reading (Isaiah 25: 7-9)

Dr. Nancy Myles Gyamfi, Lecturer in Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana.

(Musical Interlude: Ephraim Amu’s “Adikanfo mo”)

4:30pm Opening Tribute from the University of Ghana

Professor Nana Aba Amfo, FGA, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana.

4:35pm Tribute from the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences

Professor Sefah-Dedeh, FGA, President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Part II: The life and works of Professor Kwasi Wiredu

4:40pm A friend and academic co-pilgrim

Professor William Abraham, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz.

4:55pm The unique caliber of Wiredu’s philosophy

Professor Barry Hallen, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy & Religion, Morehouse College.

5:00pm Wiredu’s cultural universalism

Professor Paulin Hountondji, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the Université Nationale du Bénin, Cotonou.

5:05pm Wiredu’s place in the African philosophical space

Professor Mogobe Ramose, Research Professor of Philosophy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Department of Clinical Psychology, Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa.

(Musical Interlude: Kwabena Nketia’s “Onipa bɛyɛɛ bi”)

Part III: Engaging in Wiredu’s legacy

5:10pm Wiredu’s Humanism: “Onipa na ohia”

Professor Martin Ajei, FGA, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Ghana

5:15pm Wiredu and the Analytic Tradition in Africa

Professor Dismas Masolo, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University Louisville.

5:20pm Wiredu’s perspectives on Human Rights

Professor Uchenna Okeja, Professor of Philosophy, Rhodes University, South Africa

5:25pm Political deliberation and consensus

Professor Katrin Flikschuh, Professor of political theory at the London School of Economics

(Musical Interlude Ephraim Amu’s “kɔ na kotutu”)

Part IV: Thanksgiving

5:30pm A word from Prof. Wiredu’s family: Akua Wiredu/Agyenim Wiredu

5:40pm Vote of thanks by Professor Emmanuel Ackah, Associate Professor of

Classics, University of Ghana

(Final Hymn: Kwabena Nketia’s “Adanse Kronkron”)

Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Caesar Atuire, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana

Music: Gramophone Choir, University of Ghana.

All are cordially invited

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Richmond Kwesi, PhD

Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy & Classics

University of Ghana

rkw...@ug.edu.gh

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Aribiah Attoe

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Dear Colleagues,

Please see below.

Best,

Aribiah David Attoe, PhD

ORCID No.: 0000-0001-9786-1824

Department of Philosophy

University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Member, The Conversational School of Philosophy, Calabar, Nigeria

Co-author: New Conversations on the Problem of Identity, Consciousness and Mind (Springer, 2019)

Guest Editor: "Special Issue on African Conceptions of the Meaning of Life", South African Journal of Philosophy (2020)

Author: Groundwork for a New Kind of African Metaphysics: The Idea of Predeterministic Historicity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
Co-recipient: John Templeton Fund, via the Global Philosophy of Religion Project Grant, University of Birmingham.

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