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Apparisal of the obstacles to, and failures in the transition to socialism in Africa south of Sahara - considers the causes for the adoption of Marxism as a political doctrine; looks at contemporary Marxist political partys, national liberation movements, and socialist states; analyses the role economic role of women (incl. Rural women) and their womens organizations, contribution to social change; includes case studies of Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Mozambique. References, statistical tables.