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The political ideology of indigenous African Political Systems and institutions from antiquity to the nineteenth century -- The influence of Islamic values and ideas on indigenous African political systems and institutions from the tenth to the nineteenth century -- African theories and ideologies of westernization, modernization, and liberal democracy from early West African Nationalism to Humanism -- Pan - Africanism and African unity: from ideal to practice -- The socialist - Populist ideology1: From practice Lumumba to Samora Machel -- Populist ideology 11: From Kwame Nkrumah to Julius Nyerere --The Populist- Socialist ideology: From Frantz Fanon to Steve Biko -- The Africanist- Populist ideology: Popular Democracy and Development in Africa.