LibGuides: AFR 140-01 Professor Carl Paris: Introduction to Africana Studies: Week 6

Week 6: Monday: Underdevelopment and Economic Liberalization in Africa

COLONIALISM: THE GLOBAL SPREAD

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Rodney, W. (1973). How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. London and Dar-es-Salaam: Bogle-L’Ouverture Publications and Tanzanian Publishing House. Transcript from 6th reprint, 1983. Transcribed by Joaquin Arriola.
Not open access, but several CUNY libraries have physical copies in stacks. This online text is open access: Marxists Internet Archive content is protected by Creative Commons licensing.
Sections in "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa: 6.1 “The Supposed Benefits of Colonialism to Africa,” and 6.2 “Negative Character of the Social, Political and Economic Characteristics.”
Chapter Six. Colonialism as a System for Underdeveloping Africa
6.1 The Supposed Benefits of Colonialism to Africa
6.2 Negative Character of the Social, Political and Economic
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“Africa Post-Colonial Development”
Fatoumata Waggeh at Gallatin Tedx
Fatoumata Waggeh is a graduate of NYU Gallatin. 10 minutes
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Economic Liberalisation and Development in Africa
Sundaram, J.K. (2008). Economic Liberalisation and Development in Africa. Dakar, CODESRIA. Read pp. 1-15, up to and not including section on “Resource Curse.”
Found on the Internet. Use for educational purposes under the Fair Use provision.
The Why? “Stealing Africa – Why Poverty?”
Documentary on neocolonial relations between Western governments, multinational corporations, and African communities focusing on British-Swiss mining giant Glencore’s copper mining in Zambia.
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