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Senghor did not categorically condemn Western society. Rather he viewed the blend of African and European cultural influences to be a practical method of improving Africa.
             In 1962 Julius Nyerere had an objective, or main focus on socialism. He was the ruler of a country called Tanzania. He wanted to build this society so that all members had equal rights and equal opportunities. Nyerere said "all can live in peace with their neighbors without suffering or imposing injustice, being exploited or exploiting; and in which all have a gradually increasing basic level of material welfare before any individual lives in luxury." People in Tanzanian were encouraged it seemed like to live and work on a cooperative basis in organized villages. This idea was to extend traditional values and responsibilities as a whole. It seemed that the socialism Nyerere believed in was a "people-centered." To him wealth was not the main goal for him. "Societies become a better place through the development of people rather than the gearing up of production." This was a matter Nyerere took to be important both political and private terms.
             Marcus Garvey was a man who seemed to have found dissatisfaction and frustration among millions of Negroes pushed northward during the World War 1. This pushed him to come up with the Universal Negro Improvement Association. To him he felt as though people were loosing site of Africa and where they came from. Garvey wanted to build or had plans to build an African-nation state. " The Universal Negro Improvement Association to have established in Africa that brotherly cooperation which will make the interests of the African native and the American and West Indian Negro one and the same." He also believed in an African Aristocracy. "Africa shall develop an aristocracy of its own, but it shall be based upon service and loyalty to race." Garvey's greatness lied in his daring dream of a better future for Negroes somewhere on earth.


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