Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze (1963 - 2007).

Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze (1963-2007) was a Nigerian-born American philosopher. Eze was a specialist in postcolonial philosophy. He wrote as well as edited influential postcolonial histories of philosophy in Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Influences in his own work include Paulin Hountondji, Richard Rorty, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant. Eze was most recently Associate Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University, where he also edited the journal Philosophia Africana. He died December 30, 2007 after a short illness. . . . More at Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Chukwudi_Eze.