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ABSTRACT

Marxian ideology was a revolution of 19 century Europe that has continued to challenge contemporary industrial relations and work ethics in general. Although Marx leaned heavily on the ideas of preceding thinkers, he was able to originally discover the dialectical movement of history from a careful social-industrial analysis of the classconflict problematic. All these are matter-driven whereby quantitative contradictions in matter give rise eventually to qualitative material forces, hence the reality of dialectical materialism. Historical and materialist dialectics would necessitate the capitalismself-destruct; and in its place socialism would arise. Socialism is an ideology of secular salvation in which the contradictions in capitalism would be resolved to ensure proletarian freedom. Absolute resolution of all contradictions is realized in communism. African socialism, with root in traditional communalism, promises secular salvation from socio-economic want; but beyond this avers that the ideology recognizes the significance of otherworldly realities for Africa.It is majorly non-Marxian but with Marxian ideas incorporation in the minority of cases. The work is an expose of the two ideologies; highlighting their differences and similarities. The aim is to achieve critical balance and present objective assessment for utilitarian purposes if need be for contemporary times