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Also Known As Kwame Anthony Akroma-Ampim Kusi Appiah
Born May 8, 1954 (age 70) • London • England
Notable Works “Another Death in Venice” • “Avenging Angel” • “Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race” • “Experiments in Ethics” • “In My Father’s House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture” • “Nobody Likes Letitia” • “The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen” • “The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity”
Subjects Of Study African American • race

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