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Paulin Hountondji

Beninese philosopher

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born: 1942
died: 2024
age at death: 81
known for: politician, philosopher, university teacher

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Paulin Jidenu Hountondji was a Beninese philosopher, politician and academic considered one of the most important figures in the history of African philosophy. From the 1970s onwards, he taught at the Université Nationale du Bénin in Cotonou, where he was Professor of Philosophy. In the early 1990s he briefly served as Minister of Education and Minister for Culture and Communications in the Government of Benin.

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