In this he has been described as being committed to "the Euro-North American modernist project of emancipation", something which distinguishes him from other African nationalist and socialist leaders like Nyerere who were concerned about embracing styles of democratic governance that were Western, rather than African, in origin.
En relación a isto foi descrito como comprometido co "proxecto modernista euro-norteamericano da emancipación", algo que o distingue doutros líderes socialistas e nacionalistas africanos como Nyerere que estaban máis preocupados pola adopción de estilos de goberno democrático de orixe occidental.