A Review of African Thinkers on Neocolonialism, Cultural Imperialism and Class Struggle in Africa: Toward the Redemption of the African Consciousness

Abstract

The objective of the paper is to review the works of several important scholars on cultural imperialism, neocolonialism and class struggle in Africa. In order to understand the forces of neo-colonialism and the class struggle in Africa along with the development of African consciousness and African Centered Thought, there must be a review of some of the most critical scholarship of African thinkers. To accomplish this objective we review the works of several widely read and appreciated scholars including: W.E.B. Du Bois who was a proponent of Pan-Africanism, Kwame Nkrumah and Frantz Fanon who maintained Pan-African and Marxist-socialist views, Julius Nyerere who was a Pan-Africanist and an African socialist, Jacob Carruthers who maintained African centered perspectives, Claude Ake who held both Marxist-socialist and African centered views, and Walter Rodney who held both a Pan-Africanist and Marxist-socialistic views.