William Emmanuel Abraham
William Emmanuel Abraham, also known as Willie E. Abraham or Kojo Abraham (born May 28, 1934) is a retired Ghanaian philosopher.
William Emmanuel Abraham was educated at the Government Boys' School and Adisadel Secondary School in Cape Coast, Ghana. He obtained a BA from the University of Ghana, graduating with first-class honors in philosophy in 1957.[1] Travelling to England to study at Oxford University, he received a B.Phil and was the first African to be elected a Fellow of All Souls College.[2] In 1960 he was nominated to be a Governor of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London University. On his return to Ghana in 1962 he joined the faculty of the University of Ghana, and published his book The Mind of Africa, a philosophical work arguing for Pan-Africanism. He was elected Vice-President of the Ghana Academy of Sciences in 1963.[1] He became a close associate of Kwame Nkrumah, collaborating on Nkrumah's work Consciencism.[2] Abraham replaced Conor Cruise O'Brien as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana in September 1965.[1] However, identified as "Nkrumah's court philosopher", Abraham was arrested in the 1966 coup which established Joseph Arthur Ankrah as President.[3]
Works
- The Mind of Africa, Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1962
References
- 1 2 3 Mobley, Harris W. (1970). The Ghanaian's image of the missionary: an analysis of the published critiques of Christian missionaries by Ghanaians, 1897-1965, by Harris W. Mobley. Brill Archive. p. 64. GGKEY:TXTHNU1BZK1.
- 1 2 Department of Philosophy & Classics, University of Ghana
- ↑ Kevin Kelly Gaines (2006). American Africans in Ghana: Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era. UNC Press Books. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-8078-3008-6.