Socialism is an economic, social and political theory advocated on state control of the major means of production. It was relatively emerged due to excessive evils made by industrial owners by exploiting the poorest working class. It was based into two types, i.e. Utopian Socialism and scientific socialism.
Utopian was the oldest and earliest form of socialism.that paved the way into the rise of scientific socialism as well African traditional socialism existed after indeepndence.
This was contributed by Thomas More (1478+1535); Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Simon (1760-1825), Robert Owen), Charles Fourier (1772-1837), Edward Bellany, William Morris and Pierre-Joseph Proudhom.