Revisiting African Socialism and the Crisis of Post Irikana,
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Charting out the history of the study of African responses to imperialism, crises and underdevelopment in Africa, African Socialism as an Ideology for development was found course social and political) crises. The ideology, which was muted and practiced some decades ago and currently being canvassed through other guises by some African leaders as a panacea for myriads of African retested for its validity in this study. The findings however showed incapacity of the ideology in resolving African underdevelopment crisis. This study attempts to contextualize and situate this failure to the historical experiences, the implications of the experiences and their relationships to deepening contradictions, conflicts and crises. The resurgence of coups d’état, civil wars interstate wars, terrorism and other forms of prote in Africa as well as the visible insecurity of the dominant forces attest very clearly to the dimensions of the Africa’s crisis. To escape from the present crisis, Africa has to embark on a radical break from her colonial past f structures that would guarantee democratization and sustainable development that is domesticated in the continent’s history.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012