This is a weekly thread in which we read through books on and related to imperialism and geopolitics. Last week’s thread is here.
The book we are currently reading through is How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Please comment or message me directly if you wish to be pinged for this group, or if you no longer wish to be pinged.
This week, we will be reading all of Chapter 3: Africa’s Contribution to European Capitalist Development - The Pre-Colonial Period.
Next week, we will be reading the first two sections, “The European Slave Trade as a Basic Factor in African Underdevelopment” and “Technical Stagnation and Distortion of the African Economy in the Pre-Colonial Epoch” of Chapter 4: Europe and the Roots of African Underdevelopment - To 1885.
The more things change, the more we can see the same processes of expropriation carried out every second of every day. Unbelievable evil with the rise of the slave trade, and we are only on the pre-colonial era. Rodney’s writing is also really good at gripping you and forcing you to witness.