Published May 13, 2023 | Version v1
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KWAME NKRUMAH'S CONSCIENCISM: A PANACEA FOR POLITICAL TURMOIL IN AFRICA

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The issue of politics and governance has been a challenge to humanity, as many efforts have been made towards coordinating human actions and activities. Various political systems and ideologies have been formulated to meet the end target of people-oriented government. However, the present experience has shown massive failure as even the most advanced societies still have problem of governance. Different interests and perhaps ambitions, continue to create rivalries among people, such that intrigues and catastrophe continue to characterize politics and the act of politicking across borders, and Africa as a continent is not spared of this.  Hence, the search for a National political ideology to serve as a paradigm upon which political systems can stand a test of time. Many scholars, including African thinkers, resorted into finding a solution to this problem. Nkrumah came up with the theory of Consciencism, as a National Ideological Current to which Africans should resort to in order to end the political quagmire bedeviling the continent.  Consciencism as a national political ideology instills national consciousness, where both leaders and the lead are guided by conscience which ensures that national interest takes precedence over that of the individual or partisan interest. In this work, Nkrumah’s consciencism is discussed, using critical analyses to arrive at the need for imbibing Consciencism as a national ideological movement capable of bridging the gap created by divergent political idiosyncrasies in a given society. Consciencism if adopted, will go a long way to salvage the political turmoil being witnessed in the continent.

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