On this episode of Lumumba’s Africa, the professor explores the third wave of African political philosophy, born from Portugal’s brutal colonization of Mozambique, Angola, and Guinea-Bissau. Forced into prolonged armed struggle, these nations turned to the Soviet Union and China out of pragmatic solidarity – leading them to communalism: Samora Machel’s vision of a system where the people, not the state, stand at the center. Stay tuned for a discussion on ideology, decolonization, and Africa’s political future.
