...You know I am a Marxist and scientific socialist. But I dont consider myself in this particular sense a Leninist. Leninism is an application of Marxism to the Russian milieu. But the Russian milieu is not the same as the African milieu. What I am trying to do is to apply Marxism - Scientific Socialism - to the African social conditions and situation, in other words, to the African milieu. And here the question of communism comes in - whether I am a communist or not. I am a scientific socialist and a Marxist and if that is tantamount to being a communist then I am. But not a communist of the Marxist-Leninist type.... - Kwame Nkrumah (Letter to June Milne (his research assistant), 04 December 1966). ...I have all respect for Lenin and Leninism, and I have learnt a lot from him. - Ibid. ______________________________________ As I was reading a book titled KWAME NKRUMAH: The Conakry Years as part of my preparation for the writing I vowed to complete late this year, I found the above extract. This I found very interesting for various reasons... Indeed Cde Nkrumah is an interesting character to read... What do you think friend?
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:35:00 +0000
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