Thank you strong Pan African Ladies... Kwame Nkrumah was in a world of his own in seeing the future... True Nkrumah's work and people of his kind is a Philosophy to be preserved forever
Cheikh Anta Diop explained socialism and capitalism in within the African frame of view in an excellent way. He wrote two pieces that attempted to explain material dialectics and faults with Engels' and Marx"s Idea. "Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology" and "Black Africa: The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated State", this two books in my perspective gave an excellent explanation of this issue from the African perspective.
incredibly useful presentation. Quite interesting also to set the cited critique of Nkrumah (ca 4:00) alongside the history of the Chinese revolution post 1949 - i see a westerner without direct experience of revolutionary struggle demanding a philosophical purity that would have excluded the successful liberation and land-endowing of hundreds of millions of Chinese peasants, on the grounds that in the capital the technocrats were being given special exceptions to stay and help, and the existing commercial networks were not simply shut down. Maoism achieved phenomenal victories for the people - freedom from the landlords and warlords, the virtual elimination of the endemic and deadly opium problem, the radical transformation of daily safety and life possibility for women. And it did not do it according to whatever code that guy has in his head. We can certainly critique many aspects of what has followed. But revolution is in practice, not theory, and it is guided by principle, not mathematical rigidity.
Glad I found this discussion. I just finished this book a couple weeks ago. I feel like he was decolonizing his own mind aloud, deconstructing what he was forced to consume in our Eurocentric education system. Then again, that’s also just me trying to see myself in him.
amazing talk. I've been exposed to a lot of Euro centric Marxism and this helped me with the argument that always comes up about "what is the true marxism" and how to best answer it
Africa’s underlying problem is not neocolonialism but rather official corruption, which started from Nkrumah’s regime,bad governance and absence of technology to extract and add value to our natural resources in Africa,if now fragmented africa becomes a single entity in future and the underlying problems,especially bad governance now inhibiting economic growth in individual Africa countries persist the continent would still be an empty giant. So the focus clearly must be on good governance before long lasting africa union can be achieved.
I dont find a contradiction in Nkrumah's thinking in his comsciencism.analysis. He explained it rather well in my opinion. Nkrumah pointed out the social contention in western philosophy,; that it is not suited for Africa, that an African philosophy is needed.There is no denying the three historical impacts on African life; traditional, Arab-Islamic, and euro Christian. He proposed a positive synthesis of all three in our thinking and actions to use them in our development of the African continent within the African personality. I dont believe that make us anti African nor Marxists in understanding those influences and using them for our purposes of society. Materialism is the "physical universe" as Nkrumah states, "it's basis is matter with it's objective laws" distinguishing that from spirit, and the metaphysical concepts. Furthermore, he revealed the principles that govern socialism are antithetical to those which govern capitalism, as each could in its own way mpact Africa. One exploitative, rapacious (negative), but the other natural (positive), keeping with communalism experienced during the precolonial period, with that positive system (socialism) only sustaining it's purpose under a Union of African states with a planned economy. Embracing Consciencism will move an organized people rapidly forward to enjoy the richly deserved independence they seek.
Excellent seminar!
Thank you strong Pan African Ladies... Kwame Nkrumah was in a world of his own in seeing the future...
True Nkrumah's work and people of his kind is a Philosophy to be preserved forever
Cheikh Anta Diop explained socialism and capitalism in within the African frame of view in an excellent way. He wrote two pieces that attempted to explain material dialectics and faults with Engels' and Marx"s Idea. "Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology" and "Black Africa: The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated State", this two books in my perspective gave an excellent explanation of this issue from the African perspective.
Thank you for the direction you provide!
I like the fact that this was put in public. Yall going back and forth building, most people don't understand this. Good to see what study really is.
incredibly useful presentation. Quite interesting also to set the cited critique of Nkrumah (ca 4:00) alongside the history of the Chinese revolution post 1949 - i see a westerner without direct experience of revolutionary struggle demanding a philosophical purity that would have excluded the successful liberation and land-endowing of hundreds of millions of Chinese peasants, on the grounds that in the capital the technocrats were being given special exceptions to stay and help, and the existing commercial networks were not simply shut down.
Maoism achieved phenomenal victories for the people - freedom from the landlords and warlords, the virtual elimination of the endemic and deadly opium problem, the radical transformation of daily safety and life possibility for women. And it did not do it according to whatever code that guy has in his head.
We can certainly critique many aspects of what has followed. But revolution is in practice, not theory, and it is guided by principle, not mathematical rigidity.
Kwame Nkrumah, the critical thinker whose analysis has prevailed in our present situation as Africans . Take it or leave it.
Glad I found this discussion. I just finished this book a couple weeks ago. I feel like he was decolonizing his own mind aloud, deconstructing what he was forced to consume in our Eurocentric education system. Then again, that’s also just me trying to see myself in him.
A very interesting and important point.
amazing talk. I've been exposed to a lot of Euro centric Marxism and this helped me with the argument that always comes up about "what is the true marxism" and how to best answer it
Where can I get a copy of the books
Glad you asked! monthlyreview.org/product/consciencism/
Africa’s underlying problem is not neocolonialism but rather official corruption, which started from Nkrumah’s regime,bad governance and absence of technology to extract and add value to our natural resources in Africa,if now fragmented africa becomes a single entity in future and the underlying problems,especially bad governance now inhibiting economic growth in individual Africa countries persist the continent would still be an empty giant.
So the focus clearly must be on good governance before long lasting africa union can be achieved.
I dont find a contradiction in Nkrumah's thinking in his comsciencism.analysis. He explained it rather well in my opinion.
Nkrumah pointed out the social contention in western philosophy,; that it is not suited for Africa, that an African philosophy is needed.There is no denying the three historical impacts on African life; traditional, Arab-Islamic, and euro Christian. He proposed a positive synthesis of all three in our thinking and actions to use them in our development of the African continent within the African personality.
I dont believe that make us anti African nor Marxists in understanding those influences and using them for our purposes of society.
Materialism is the "physical universe" as Nkrumah states, "it's basis is matter with it's objective laws" distinguishing that from spirit, and the metaphysical concepts.
Furthermore, he revealed the principles that govern socialism are antithetical to those which govern capitalism, as each could in its own way mpact Africa. One exploitative, rapacious (negative), but the other natural (positive), keeping with communalism experienced during the precolonial period, with that positive system (socialism) only sustaining it's purpose under a Union of African states with a planned economy.
Embracing Consciencism will move an organized people rapidly forward to enjoy the richly deserved independence they seek.
Dr. CBS in african garb? Say what?