African socialism
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African socialism is a distinct variant of socialist theory developed in post-colonial Africa during the mid-20th century. As a shared ideology among several African thinkers over the decades, it enco
Julius Nyerere
Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana
President Senghor meeting with President Rafael Caldera of Venezuela
1988 Soviet commemorative stamp, captioned "Fighter for the freedom of South Africa Nelson Mandela" in Russian
Kwame Nkrumah
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Kwame Nkrumah, was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it gained independence from the United Kingdom
African socialism
…from other socialist movements on the continent or elsewhere in the world. Prominent contributors to this field include Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, and Léopold Sédar Senghor of Senegal. As many African countries gained independence during the 1960s, some of these newly formed governments…
Portrait of Nkrumah
Nkrumah in the Lincoln University yearbook, 1942
60 Burghley Road, Kentish Town, London, where Nkrumah lived when in London between 1945 and 1947
Red cockerel, "Forward Ever, Backward Never": Convention People's Party logo and slogan