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HOW EUROPE
UNDERDEVELOPED
AFRICA
Walter Rodney
If Walter Rodneys assassins were under the impression that they could
arrest the flow of his ideas by destroying his body, they could have not been
more wrong. Three decades later, Rodneys classic study of the impact of
European capitalism on the continent of Africa continues to provoke, inspire,
and educate. In the context of the new resistance to global capitalism, his
captivating analysis resonates more than ever before.
Angela Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz
This book is for all bold enough to envision an end to capitalist exploitation
and the rise of a safer planet, a stronger Africa and a better world in the 21st
century and beyond.
Emira Woods, co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for
Policy Studies
This classic work of black political thought, political economy, and African
history inspired scholars and political activists in the struggle against
colonialism and its misrepresentations of the past. I applaud this reissue,
which should bring Rodneys prescient analysis to a new generation struggling
from below, in whose hands, he would have reminded us, is no less than the
future of humankind.
Lewis R. Gordon, Author of An Introduction to Africana Philosophy
How Europe
Underdeveloped
Africa
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The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
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How Europe
Underdeveloped
Africa
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African Awakening:
The Emerging Revolutions
Edited by Firoze Manji and Sokari Ekine
2012
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978-0-85749-021-6
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and Kindle formats
2011
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2011
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978-1-906387-98-3
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Walter Rodneys groundbreaking analysis, republished in conjunction with the Walter Rodney Foundation and with a new preface by
Patricia Rodney, shows how the wealthy countries and international
capitalism bear major responsibility for impoverishing Africa. This
revolutionary text remains an essential introduction to the dynamics
of Africas relations with the West.
Walter Rodneys magisterial opus is recognised globally as a landmark in African studies, not to
mention the history of colonialism and imperialism. Beautifully written and expertly argued, it is
that rare book that can be called a classic. It belongs on every bookshelf.
Gerald Horne, historian, author, activist
A masterpiece of historical analysis that has remained both pointed and relevant in spite of the
passage of time.
Adebayo Olukoshi, director of the UN African Institute for Economic Development and Planning
As the world capitalist system is showing signs of collapse, Walter Rodneys brilliant study is
re-emerging as a classic which Pan-Africanists should read and re-read.
Issa G. Shivji, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Research Chair in Pan-African Studies, University of Dar es Salaam
Every person in Africa and of African descent, and every European, would be the richer for
studying this text and taking its lessons to heart.
Norman Girvan, Professor Emeritus, University of the West Indies
This book is a legendary classic that galvanised freedom fighters around the world. We miss
Walter Rodney but we do have his great witness and work!
Cornel West, philosopher, author, critic, activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America
Walter Rodneys seminal and revolutionary text has nurtured generations of radical thinkers
all over the world and has become prophetic in its scathing relevance for todays militarised
globalisation and the new hi-tech corporate scramble for Africa.
Amina Mama, director of the Women and Gender Studies program, University of California, Davis
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