Jeremy Weate

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 was Phenomenology and Difference: the Body, Architecture and Race.

Jeremy Weate
Weate in May 2018
Born1969
Wheaton Aston, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationAuthor

Weate is the author of the children's book A Young Person's Guide to Philosophy[1], 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. He has worked in over twenty-five countries across Africa and Asia on projects related to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative[2], policy and legal frameworks as well as political economy analyses.

During his time living in Nigeria, Weate worked closely with Dele Olojede 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 his partner Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, one of the most influential publishing companies in Africa.[3] He has also written a number of articles about African literature.[4]

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 the Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance. Weate was featured in a December 2017 article on ibogaine in The Observer[5] and was one of the organisers of the European Ibogaine Forum in Vienna in 2017.[6]

He is also a keen film-maker, currently working on two projects - one about an abandoned airfield near Wheaton Aston[7], and the other a documentary about ibogaine - The Ibogaine Stories[8].

References
  1. results, search (13 August 1998). A Young Person's Guide to Philosophy. Peter Lawman. London: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd. ISBN 9780751357790.
  2. "Homepage | Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative". eiti.org. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  3. Evans, Diana (1 September 2006). "'What took you so long?'". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. "Situation is Critical! Bringing African writing back home – By Jeremy Weate - African Arguments". African Arguments. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  5. Hannaford, Alex (10 December 2017). "Dying to get clean: is ibogaine the answer to heroin addiction?". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  6. "entheo-science - lets talk about psychedelics". European Ibogaine Forum. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  7. "Jeremy Weate". Vimeo. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  8. "Home". The Ibogaine Stories-Film. Retrieved 3 June 2018.

Bibliography
  • Jeremy Weate A Young Person's Guide to Philosophy DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), 1998 ISBN 0-7894-3074-6

Tabula Rasa Retreat Centre


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