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for Outstanding Research in Philosophy by the International Society for Universal Dialogue. He is African philosophy Area Editor in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. He propounded the theories of Conversational thinking and Ezumezu Logic. He is Postgraduate and Undergraduate External Examiner to University of the Witwatersrand, University of Pretoria and University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. He is external Researcher Assessor for South Africa's National Research Foundation. He is currently collaborating on a manuscript on Conversations between Chinese and African Philosophies with Prof. Keqian Xu of Nanjing Normal University, China. He has in-the-press collaboration with Prof. Uduma O. Uduma on African Philosophy and Feminism; as well as other collaborations with colleagues. Chimakonam is a member of nearly a dozen professional bodies and has given several international conference lectures.



Egbai Uti Ojah, Ph.D, is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, University of Calabar, His teaching and research interests include: Philosophy of Science, African Philosophy and Feminism. Currently, he is the Director of the Centre for General Studies, University of Calabar. He aims to break new grounds in African philosophy, specifically in the areas of conversational philosophy and African feminist thought. Egbai has published in learned journals and has given lectures at different international conferences.



Samuel T. Segun is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg. His research interests include the philosophy of artificial intelligence, philosophy of mind especially neurophilosophy and consciousness, business ethics and African intellectual development. Samuel's doctoral research focuses on developing a robust ethical theory for autonomous intelligent systems that is informed by African values and rivals Western approaches.




He is an affiliate member of the Philosophy Node of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (CAIR) at the University of Pretoria, a member and research fellow of the Conversational School of Philosophy (CSP), and a member of the IEEE's (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Standards Association Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in the Design of Autonomous Systems.

Aribiah David Attoe is a Doctoral Candidate, specialising in African Philosophy, at the Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He also holds a master's degree in philosophy of mind and a bachelor's degree (Hons.) from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. He is also a member of the prestigious Conversational School of Philosophy and a copy editor for the African philosophy journal; Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions. His major research areas of interest spans across; African Philosophy, Neurophilosophy, Ethics, Socio-political philosophy and has given various talks on areas related to his research areas at different international forums and conferences.