Is a synonym for ambitious aspiring?

It's not the worst comparison I've seen. And it's close enough that it warrants consideration.

ambitious implies driven, or has a single goal that a person's actions are devoted to.

Aspiring has a bit more of moral tinge to it. It is a goal that is considered good most of the time. I don't think you'd aspire to be a bank robber unless you were Bonny and Clyde.

the african society basically suffered the consequences of colonization and apartheid directly attacking the black people, first, during the colonialism and its main idea which which "white people" had better rights, affecting   them principally in the right to establish black people in their territories, access to quality education and health services and took away any civil right even to the black people to feel they have the same opportunities as the settlers.