African Political Thought
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African Political Thought

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African Political Thought

About this book

Focusing on individual political thinkers and beginning with indigenous African political thought, the book successively examines African nationalism, African socialism, populism and Marxism, Africanism and pan-Africanism, concluding with contemporary perspectives on democracy, development and the African state.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. African Political Thought
  3. African Political Thought
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Acronyms
  7. Introduction: African Political Thought from Antiquity to the Present
  8. Chapter 1: The Political Ideology of Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
  9. Chapter 2: The Influence of Islamic Values and Ideas on Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions from the Tenth to the Nineteenth Century
  10. Chapter 3: African Theories and Ideologies of Westernization, Modernization, and Liberal Democracy from Early West African Nationalism to Humanism
  11. Chapter 4: Pan-Africanism and African Unity: From Ideal to Practice
  12. Chapter 5: The Socialist-Populist Ideology I: From Patrice Lumumba to Samora Machel
  13. Chapter 6: The Socialist-Populist Ideology II: From Kwame Nkrumahto Julius Nyerere
  14. Chapter 7: The Populist-Socialist Ideology: From Frantz Fanon to Steve Biko
  15. Chapter 8: The Africanist-Populist Ideology: Popular Democracy and Development in Africa
  16. Conclusion: The Transformative Power of Ideas and Values Toward Peace, Development, and Democracy in Africa
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index