from Southern Trajectories
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2022
In 1962 a conference was held in Dakar, Senegal. Its purpose was to discuss ‘African socialism’ and indeed to attempt to define what it was. This proved difficult to do, for in 1962 African political leaders of many and varied ideological positions used the term ‘African socialism’ to describe their vision and policies. But although African socialism appeared to be the dominant ideology of early 1960s Africa, this dominance soon passed. Critics from the left accused it of not being sufficiently socialist, while critics from the right pointed to its shortcomings as a development strategy.
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