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Title:Reformism, Populism, and Proletarianism in Urban Africa
Author:Gutkind, Peter C.W.
Year:1978
Periodical:Ufahamu
Volume:8
Issue:3
Pages:24-61
Language:English
Geographic terms:Subsaharan Africa
Africa
Subjects:working class
Politics and Government
Abstract:A Marxist perspective, if not a clear Marxist model, is used in order to understand some critical considerations which must be taken into account in order to understand the range and diversity of political and class consciousness and action of African urban workers. The author identifies three types of consciousness among African urban workers: the reformist, the populist (progressive or conservative), and true proletarianism. In his view most African workers form a true proletariat yet their consciousness is situational rather than an expression of a clear understanding of their class position and of the need to engage in the class struggle. Notes.
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