Juche ideology in Africa: its origins & development

• Authors: Dobrzeniecki Igor
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

During the decolonisation of Africa between the 1950s and 1960s, the newly independent countries looked for state-building ideas. Africa in this period of history was also a battleground of ideologies, which were represented by the Global Powers – the US and western states; the USSR and its allies, such as North Korea.2 Due to some aspects of socialism, like anti-imperialism and anti-colonialism, these kind of ideologies found fertile ground. One of them was also the Juche, which was promoted by North Korea. During many years until today many offshoots of this ideology have taken root in Africa.

Keywords

EN

Africa; Juche; Kim Il Sung; North Korea

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 32
• Pages: 117-138

Dates

published

2019-12-01

Contributors

author

Dobrzeniecki Igor

• Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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