On its background, African socialism was introduced after the gaining of independence from the colonial masters in 1960s and 1980s. With a varieties and philosophies of African Socialism i.e. consciencism in Ghana, Negritude in Senegal, Authentism in Congo-Zaire, Humanism in Zambia, Ujamaa Familyhood in Tanzania and Common Man's Charter by Milton Obote in Uganda.
It had been believed that African socialism was present before the coming of white colonialism. The late Pres. Nyerere, Dr. Nkrumah and others had a belief that Africans were traditionally socialists before the coming of European colonial exploitation. So, it was a task for the independent African leaders to revive African socialism imediately after independence.
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All these had been discussed in my books, 'A Revised History for Advanced Level and Colleges - Part Two', (2015), published by Xlibris International Publishers, London, UK.
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