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ISBN 10: 1283947412

ISBN 13: 9781283947411

Author: Guy Martin

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

African Political Thought 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions (Antiquity to the 19th Century)

Foundational Principles and Democratic Characteristics

Secular and Sacred Aspects

Power, Authority, and Checks and Balances

Role of Women

Customary Law and Conflict Resolution

Conclusion & Further Reading

Chapter 2: Islamic Influence on African Political Systems (10th to 19th Century)

Islamic Values and Political Ideas

Islamization in North Africa, Eastern Africa, and the Indian Ocean Islands

Islamization in Western and Central Sudan

Ibn Khaldūn’s Concept of Political Power and the State

19th-Century Islamic Theocratic States in Western Sudan

Conclusion & Further Reading

Chapter 3: African Theories of Westernization, Modernization, and Liberal Democracy

European Constructions of Africa

Enlightenment Ideas in France and England

Western Liberalism and African Traditions

Key Thinkers: Kofi A. Busia, Kenneth D. Kaunda

Conclusion & Further Reading

Chapter 4: Pan-Africanism and African Unity: From Ideal to Practice

Pan-Africanism vs. Functionalism

Reconfiguring African States

Conclusion & Further Reading

Chapter 5: The Socialist-Populist Ideology I: From Patrice Lumumba to Samora Machel

Patrice Émery Lumumba

Ahmed Ben Bella

Amílcar Cabral

Samora Machel

Conclusion & Further Reading

Chapter 6: The Socialist-Populist Ideology II: From Kwame Nkrumah to Julius Nyerere

Kwame Nkrumah

Ahmed Sékou Touré

Modibo Kéïta

Julius Nyerere and UJAMAA in Tanzania

Conclusion & Further Reading

Chapter 7: The Populist-Socialist Ideology: From Frantz Fanon to Steve Biko

Frantz Fanon

Thomas Sankara

Muammar Qaddafi

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