WHEN renowned Ghanaian philosopher Kwasi Wiredu passed on in early 2022, Benin’s Paulin J. Hountondji was left alone to adopt the mantle of “Africa’s greatest living philosopher”. With one possible exception – Congolese philosopher and historian of ideas, V.Y. Mudimbe. Now Hountondji himself has passed on at the age of 82. SANYA OSHA, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town The celebrated Beninese philosopher, politician and academic’s long and gallant campaign to establish and disseminate an African philosophical voice is noteworthy. His first book was African Philosophy: Myth and Reality published in 1976. It introduced…