Abstract
AbstractThis essay attempts a critical defense of Kwasi Wiredu’s decolonization program in response to criticisms raised against it by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò in his paper, “Rethinking the Decolonization Trope in Philosophy” (Spindel Supplement 2019). Táíwò claims that decolonization has lost its way as a trope of scholarly discourse owing to some fundamental misconceptions on the part of its pioneering advocates, notably Kwasi Wiredu and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. I limit myself to Wiredu in this essay and argue that Táíwò’s criticisms are misdirected and generally lose their potency because they are based on a less than accurate picture of Wiredu’s decolonization program. Nevertheless, Táíwò’s critique underscores the importance of identifying and separating Wiredu’s decolonization approach, which is pragmatic, from afrocentric decolonization, which is preoccupied with pedigree and hostile to anything of foreign provenance as a result.
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