Why Julius Nyerere's Ujamaa needs a realignment to reinforce its dynamism for African socialism (original) (raw)

African form of socialism was highly respected wherever you see Africans before the world turned into a village through advanced technology and globalization. This was an African society where cultural values made selfishness, individualism, oppression and injustice unthinkable. African socialism was appreciated so much because of its affinity with the genuine concern for the well-being of everyone in the society. In spite of the dynamism of African socialism, some of the effects of colonialism and globalization have bastardized its prized values. Julius Nyerere was one of the prominent outspoken scholars that tried to form a structure on which African socialism can stand and functional everywhere in Africa. The socio-political realities in Africa of today makes his version of African socialism less desirable and utopic.