Africa’s Philosopher Kings: Museveni, Gadaffi, Nkrumah, Nyerere And Nasser. Politics Of Ideology Or Personality Cults?

INTRODUCTION. Around 375 BC, Greek philosopher Plato wrote the famous Socratic Dialogue The Republic centred around justice, the order and character of the just city-state and just man. It is Plato’s best-known work, and has proven to be one of the world’s most influential works of philosophy and political theory both intellectually and historically. In