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One of the many slaves to have left the shores of Ghana did so in the year 1730 by GhanaWeb.
Anton Wilhelm Amo is one of the most respected black philosophers in the 18th century
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At age four, the story of his life began, not on a good note, but little did he know it will lead to something great.
Anton Wilhelm Amo was his name, born in 1703 and hailed from Axim in the Western region of present-day Ghana.
According to records, Wilhelm Amo was taken to Amsterdam by a preacher working in Ghana to serve the Dutch West Indies Company...
At the University of Halle, he entered the Law School where he completed his preliminary studies within two years.
Two years after that, Amo received the equivalent of a doctorate in philosophy from Germany’s University of Wittenberg...
Most recently in October this year, search engine company, Google
honored Anton Wilhelm Amo with a doodle on its website illustrated by
Berlin-based guest artist Diana Ejaita to celebrate the Ghanaian-German
philosopher, academic and writer.
Source: GhanaWeb
