In July 1943, he wrote a letter to the Tanganyika Standard in which he discussed the ongoing Second World War and argued that capitalism was alien to Africa and that the continent should turn to "African socialism"; in his words, "the African is by nature a socialistic being"
Mu July 1943, iye analemba kalata ku Tanganyika Standard mmene anakambitsirana za nkhondo yachiŵiri yapadziko lonse imene inali kupitirira ndipo ananena kuti ukapitalizimu unali wachilendo kwa Africa ndipo kuti kontinentiyo iyenera kutembenukira ku 'African socialism'; m'mawu ake, 'mwa Africa ndi chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe cha anthu' 