The Legacy of Marxism-Leninism and the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Africa
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Past and present African revolutionaries continue to be inspired by Marxism-Leninism as well as ideas from the Russian Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Revolutionary thinkers, such as Frantz Fanon, Aimé Césaire, Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Thomas Sankara (Africa’s “Che” Guevara) and Amilcar Cabral, just to name a few, all drew inspiration from the Bolshevik Revolution and applied Marxist-Leninism to their respective locals and situations. The situation has not changed as in today’s Africa, many political parties, workers, scholars, activists, the unemployed, peasants, students as well as nationalist and revolutionary movements draw from Marxist-Leninist ideas of socio-justice, galvanized by the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Floyd Shivambu, Deputy Leader of the Economic Freedom Party and Member of Parliament in South Africa will reflect on the legacy of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, as well as Marxism-Leninism, in Africa and in South Africa, in particular.
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