All-African People's Revolutionary Party
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The All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) is a socialist political party founded by Kwame Nkrumah[1][2][4] and organized in Conakry, Guinea in 1968. The party expanded to the United States in 1972 and claims to have recruited members from 33 countries.[5][1][2][6] According to the party, global membership in the party is "in the hundreds".[7]
Nkrumah's goal in founding the party was to create and manage the political economic conditions necessary for the emergence of an All-African People's Revolutionary Army that would lead the military struggle against "
Concept and philosophy
As described by Dave Blevins and other scholars like
Some of the key concepts include:
- promotion of African unity[2]
- embracing the need and characteristics of African civilization and ideology[2]
- working for economical and technological advancement[2]
The party supports:
- Pan-Africanism — "a total liberation and unification of Africa under Scientific Socialism"[2][6]
- Black Power — "the belief that real black freedom will only come when Africa is politically united"[2]
- Scientific Socialism — "the idea that modern technology can be reconciled with human values, in which an advanced technological society is realized without the social upheaval and deep schisms that occur in capitalist industrial societies"[2][6]
In an attempt to articulate effectively the issues facing
Chapters
The building of the A-APRP began to take form in 1968 with the creation of "the first A-APRP Work-Study Circle in Guinea under the leadership of Kwame -Ture", and later in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, England, France, and numerous countries in Africa. Since 1968, the A-APRP "has recruited Africans born in more than 33 countries."[6]
References
- ^ ISBN 9780761927624 [1](Retrieved 19 July 2019)
- ^ ISBN 9780786424801 [2](Retrieved 19 July 2019)
- ^ ISBN 9780814708606 [3](Retrieved 19 July 2019)
- ISBN 9780195160246, [4](Retrieved 21 July 2019)
- ^ "A-APRP Official Website: Historical Origins of the A-APRP".
- ^ ISBN 9781851097005 [5](Retrieved 19 July 2019)
- ^ Poe, Zizwe (January 2005). "(DOC) All-African People's Revolutionary Party | Zizwe Poe - Academia.edu". Encyclopedia of Black Studies.
- ^ "A-APRP Official Website".
Bibliography
- ISBN 9780761927624 [6](Retrieved 19 July 2019)
- Blevins, Dave, American Political Parties in the 21st Century. ISBN 9780786424801 [7](Retrieved 19 July 2019)
- ISBN 9781851097005 [8](Retrieved 19 July 2019)
- ISBN 9780195160246, [9](Retrieved 21 July 2019)
- Springer, Kimberly, Still Lifting, Still Climbing: African American Women's Contemporary Activism, ISBN 9780814708606 [10](Retrieved 19 July 2019)
Further reading
- ISBN 9780317280678
- Nkrumah, Francis Nwia Kofie / Nkrumah, Kwame, Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare: A Guide to the Armed Phase of the African Revolution, International Publishers (1969)
- Harris, Robert L Jr.; ISBN 9780231510875, [11]
- Upping the Anti, Issue 6 (journal), UTA Publications (May 2008), pp. 35–42,
- Thomas, Greg, The Sexual Demon of Colonial Power: Pan-African Embodiment and Erotic Schemes of Empire, ISBN 9780253348418 [13]
