Jeremy Weate (born in September 1969 in
Wheaton Aston) studied philosophy at the
University of Hull, the
University of Liège and the
University of Warwick, graduating with a PhD in European philosophy from Warwick in 1998. His PhD thesis wa
''Phenomenology and Difference: the Body, Architecture and Race''.
Weate is the author of the children's book ''A Young Person's Guide to Philosophy'', which was published by
Dorling Kindersley in 1998 and translated into 9 languages.
After completing his PhD, Weate became an international development consultant, focusing on transparency, accountability and good governance in the
extractive industries
Extractivism is the process of extracting natural resources from the Earth to sell on the world market. It exists in an economy that depends primarily on the extraction or removal of natural resources that are considered valuable for exportation w ...
. He has worked in over twenty-five countries across Africa and Asia on projects related to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, policy and legal frameworks as well as political economy analyses.
During his time living in Nigeria, Weate worked closely with
Dele Olojede
Dele Olojede (born 1961) is a Nigerian journalist and former foreign editor for ''Newsday''. He is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work covering the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. He serves on the board of EARTH University, in Costa ...
to set up NEXT, a pioneering newspaper that aimed to raise standards in Nigerian journalism and challenge vested interests. Weate also co-founded
Cassava Republic Press with
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf Hon. FRSL (born 1970) is a Nigerian academic, writer and editor from Lagos, Nigeria. She co-founder the publishing company Cassava Republic Press in 2006, in Abuja with Jeremy Weate. Cassava Republic Press was created with a fo ...
, one of the most influential publishing companies in Africa. He has also written a number of articles about African literature.
After fifteen years as an international development consultant, Weate switched careers and now runs an ibogaine-assisted retreat centre -
Tabula Rasa Retreat - in Portugal. He is also Executive Director of th
Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance. Weate was featured in a December 2017 article on ibogaine in The Observer and was one of the organisers of the European Ibogaine Forum in Vienna in 2017.
He is also a keen film-maker, currently working on two projects - one about an abandoned airfield near Wheaton Aston, and the other a documentary about ibogaine - The Ibogaine Stories.
References
Bibliography
* Jeremy Weate ''A Young Person's Guide to Philosophy'' DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), 1998
External links
Tabula Rasa Retreat Centre
1969 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Warwick
21st-century British philosophers
University of Liège alumni
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