Wiredu, Kwasi

Abstract Kwasi Wiredu is one of Africa's foremost philosophers and his most significant contributions to the discipline are in the areas of logic, epistemology, and African philosophy. Wiredu's contribution to the making of modern African thought provides an interesting insight into the processes involved in formulation of postcolonial disciplines and discourses, and it can also be conceived as a counter‐articulation to the hegemonic discourses of colonialism. Through his project of conceptual decolonization, Wiredu advocates a reexamination of current African epistemic foundations in order to accomplish two main objectives. First, he seeks to undermine unacceptable aspects of indigenous cultures embedded in modern African thought so as to make it more sustainable. Second, he intends to subvert the unnecessary Western epistemologies to be found in African philosophical practices.