Meet Prof Anton Wilhelm Amo, the real Black Star in Ghana's national flag colours

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• Dr Mumbi Seraki 1 month ago

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• Benji 1 month ago

  Anton Wilhelm Amo or Anthony William Amo (c. 1703 – c. 1759) was a Nzema philosopher from Axim, Dutch Gold Coast then within what was broadly considered the region of Guinea (region) (the area is now in Ghana). Amo was a pr ...
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  Anton Wilhelm Amo or Anthony William Amo (c. 1703 – c. 1759) was a Nzema philosopher from Axim, Dutch Gold Coast then within what was broadly considered the region of Guinea (region) (the area is now in Ghana). Amo was a professor at the universities of Halle and Jena in Germany after studying there. He was brought to Germany by the Dutch West India Company in 1707 and was presented as a gift to Dukes Augustus William and Ludwig Rudolf of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel,[2] being treated as a member of the family by their father Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. In 2020, Oxford University Press published a translation (into English) of his Latin works from the early 1730s.[3]

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• Anokye your head like kraman trumu. 1 month ago

  This Anokye man should be sent to Ankaful for mental evaluation. Foolish man always lying and telling fabricated stories to the gullible Ghanaian masses.

  This Anokye man should be sent to Ankaful for mental evaluation. Foolish man always lying and telling fabricated stories to the gullible Ghanaian masses.

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• Nana Addo 1 month ago

  You are an idiot.

  You are an idiot.

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• Albert 1 month ago

  What’s the lie ? Can you prove it ?

  What’s the lie ? Can you prove it ?

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• Kwasi Addai 1 month ago

  Anokye is right. Those of us who studied in Germany read about Professor Amo. It was one of my professors who brought me a book about Professor Amo. German academics are very proud of Professor Amo.

  Anokye is right. Those of us who studied in Germany read about Professor Amo. It was one of my professors who brought me a book about Professor Amo. German academics are very proud of Professor Amo.

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• Nana Addo 1 month ago

  Prof. Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1703 – after 1759) was a Ghanaian-German philosopher and one of the most remarkable figures of the European Enlightenment. He is widely recognized as the first African known to have attended a Eu ...
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  Prof. Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1703 – after 1759) was a Ghanaian-German philosopher and one of the most remarkable figures of the European Enlightenment. He is widely recognized as the first African known to have attended a European university and taught philosophy there.
  
  Here’s a concise overview of his life and work:
  
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  Biography
  • Birthplace: Axim, in present-day Ghana (then part of the Akan state of Axim, in the Gold Coast).
  • Brought to Europe: As a child, Amo was taken to Europe—likely as part of the Dutch slave trade—and was later given to the court of the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in Germany.
  • Education: He was educated under noble patronage and eventually enrolled at the University of Halle.
  • Degrees:
  • Master’s degree (1734) in philosophy at the University of Halle.
  • Doctorate (1737) in philosophy at the University of Wittenberg.
  
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  Academic Career
  
  Amo lectured at Halle and Jena, focusing on philosophy of mind, logic, and epistemology.
  He wrote primarily in Latin, the scholarly language of his time.
  
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  Major Works
  1. De Humanae Mentis Apatheia (1734)
  (“On the Impassivity of the Human Mind”)
  • Argued that the mind does not feel pain or sensation — only the body does.
  • Distinguished sharply between mental and physical processes, engaging with Cartesian dualism.
  2. Tractatus de Arte Sobrie et Accurate Philosophandi (1738)
  (“Treatise on the Art of Sober and Accurate Philosophizing”)
  • Advocated empirical rationality and clarity of reasoning.
  • Criticized dogmatism and uncritical thinking.
  
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  Philosophical Significance
  • Amo contributed to rationalist and empiricist debates in early modern philosophy.
  • He was an advocate of critical reason, emphasizing human intellect and freedom.
  • His work engaged deeply with Descartes, Leibniz, and Wolff, placing him within mainstream European philosophical discourse — not merely as a novelty, but as a serious thinker.
  
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  Later Life and Legacy
  • Facing growing racism and social hostility in Europe, Amo left Germany around 1747 and returned to Ghana, where he reportedly lived the rest of his life among the Nzema people.
  • He died sometime after 1759.
  
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  Recognition
  
  Today, Amo is honored as:
  • A pioneer of African philosophy in Europe.
  • A symbol of intellectual resistance and cross-cultural exchange.
  • German universities such as Halle and Wittenberg have established memorials and scholarships in his name.

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• Kwame 1 month ago

  It's a fact that Africans who were taken to Europe as slaves and went through European educational experiment did well.
  Not only Professor Anton Wilhelm Amo, but also Hannibal Abramovich, who was the grandfather of the Russ ...
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  It's a fact that Africans who were taken to Europe as slaves and went through European educational experiment did well.
  Not only Professor Anton Wilhelm Amo, but also Hannibal Abramovich, who was the grandfather of the Russian writer Alexander Sergeivich Pushkin.
  So also was Balzak another Negro European writer in France.
  It is said that Hannibal Abramovich laid down the basis of the Russian army. His grandson Pushkin was the one who laid the basis of the Russian language, he enrich the Russian language, taking oral lessons from his nurse, who was a Russian Serv.

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• GOLDEN 1 month ago

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• Mane 1 month ago

  Blatant lie. The black star on the flag was heavily influenced by Marcus Garvey's Black Star line founded in 1919. Ghana’s first president Kwame Nkrumah in his 1957 biography ‘Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah’, ...
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  Blatant lie. The black star on the flag was heavily influenced by Marcus Garvey's Black Star line founded in 1919. Ghana’s first president Kwame Nkrumah in his 1957 biography ‘Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah’, said: “I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was the ‘Philosophy And Opinions Of Marcus Garvey, Or Africa For The Africans’.” Nkrumah went on to name Ghana’s shipping line Black Star Line, after Garvey's. How do we explain that at some point the flag had two Black Stars and later 3 before the one star.

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• Yaw Wontumi 1 month ago

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• Kweku 1 month ago

  He's the first black man to obtain a phd. I visited the school in Lutherstadt Wittenburg. That's the hometown of the original Martin Luther.

  He's the first black man to obtain a phd. I visited the school in Lutherstadt Wittenburg. That's the hometown of the original Martin Luther.

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• Black Star 1 month ago

  After reading the Wikipedia about this man, I have come to confirm that Ghana is the real pacesetters on the Africa continent,... WOW,, this man was really something special.. May God keep blessing Gold Coast Ghana

  After reading the Wikipedia about this man, I have come to confirm that Ghana is the real pacesetters on the Africa continent,... WOW,, this man was really something special.. May God keep blessing Gold Coast Ghana

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• Sammy 1 month ago

  Bogus historian.

  Bogus historian.

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