African Socialism

African Socialism is an economically left-wing, usually authoritarian and culturally variable ideology. It is a pan-Africanist and socialist ideology that believes in sharing economic resources based on traditional African methods of doing so. There have been multiple conceptions of African Socialism historically, with differing variants coming from many different theorists, leaders and revolutionaries. While African Socialists are typically Marxists, specifically Marxist-Leninists, this is not always the case. It heavily opposes capitalism, colonialism and imperialism.

[[File:Sankara.png]] Sankarism [[File:Sankar.png]]
Sankarism (French: Sankarisme) is the term used for an economically and culturally left to far left ideologies and organizations in Burkina Faso and other parts of French West Africa. Thomas Sankara came to power in what was then the Republic of Upper Volta in a popularly supported 1983 military coup, and ruled until his assassination in a coup led by Blaise Compaoré in 1987.

There is a strong political dissonance between movements which attribute to Sankara's political legacy and ideals, a fact that the unrelated Burkinabe opposition politician Bénéwendé Stanisla Sankara described in 2001 as "due to a lack of definition of the concept. Sankarists range from more moderate communists and socialists to nationalists and populists.

Nkrumahism
Nkrumahism is the ideology of the Ghanian president and revolutionary Kwame Nkrumah. of The goal of Nkrumahism is the expulsion of colonial powers from Africa, and the union of all African foreign colonies under one borderless African superstate. Kwame Nkrumah's Socialist ideology was influenced by Marx, Lenin, and Mao, and he invested into bringing foreign theorists to help develop his specific ideology. There was initial struggle to differentiate it from other forms of Marxist ideology, but eventually, The Kwame Nkrumah institute reached the conclusion that: "Nkrumahism is simply the ideology for the new Africa, independent and absolutely free from imperialism, organised on a continental scale, founded upon the conception of one and united Africa, drawing its strength from modern science and technology and from the traditional African belief that the free development of each is conditioned by the free development of all." Nkrumahism served as the state ideology of Ghana during Kwame Nkrumah's reign. Although Nkrumah and his political scientists heavily invested in the theoretical framework of this ideology, his ultimate goals were never truly realized.

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Ubuntu
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[[File:Cball-Namibia.png]] Socialism with Namibian Characteristics [[File:SWAPO.png]]
A term coined by the SWAPO party of Namibia, Socialism "with Namibian characteristics" is a deviation from the original Marxist-Leninist intent of the party. The party adopted Capitalism, but in 2017, the change to "Socialism" was made. However, many critics of the party describe this change as superficial and even claim that SWAPO espouses market fundamentalism and neoliberalism. Whether this ideologies actually constitutes socialism is debatable.

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 * [[File:Necon.png]] Neoconservatism - Colonialism by another name...


 * [[File:Cap.png]] Capitalism - Capitalism is indistinguishable from Colonialism and White Supremacy!


 * [[File:Whitesup.png]] White Nationalism - RACIST! DOWN WITH THEM!

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