Ali A. Mazrui and others mention seven conflicts as themes: the clash between Africa's past and present, between tradition and modernity, between indigenous and foreign, between individualism and community, between socialism and capitalism, between development and self-reliance and between Africanity and humanity.
Ali A. Mazrui na wengine wanataja mizozo saba kuwa mada: mgongano kati ya Afrika ya zamani na ya sasa, kati ya mila na usasa, kati ya watu wa asili na wageni, kati ya mtu mmoja mmoja na jamii, kati ya ujamaa na ubepari, kati ya maendeleo na kujitegemea na kati ya Uafrika na Uafrika. ubinadamu.