African Political Thought

by 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.

Genres: Africa, Philosophy

227 pages, Paperback

First published June 17, 2000

About the author

Guy Martin is Professor of Political Science at Winston-Salem State University, USA. He is the author of Africa in World Politics: A Pan-African Perspective (2002); co-editor (with Chris Alden) of South Africa and France: Towards a New Engagement in Africa? (2003); and co-author (with Mueni wa Muiu) of A New Paradigm of the African State: Fundi wa Afrika (2009).

Reviews

[Hagar Badran · Rating 5 out of 5]

a brief introduction to the African political thought, i finished only the part of Pan Africanism , and i liked how he presented the ideas with a simple language.

[Mills College Library]

960.3 M3812 2012