Originally published for the first time in English in 1979 this
book represents one of the earliest Marxist analyses of the impact
that colonialism had on Africa during the first half century that
followed the Scramble. Nzula’s co-authored book, together with
all his writings in the Negro Worker, are assembled here. The
political experience of its African co-author resulted in a book
which is alight with commitment to the liberation of the Continent,
yet always tempered by an explicit theoretical understanding of
capitalism in its imperialist phase. The book opens with an outline
of Africa’s role in the world economic system. Successive
chapters reveal how Western capitalism conjured up a brutally
exploited working class and dispossessed peasantry throughout the
African continent. Each major region of Black Africa is analysed.
Meticulous information as to the facts of oppression and many of
the early urban and rural struggles against colonialism before the
Second World War is set out. Robin Cohen’s introduction is a
valuable summation of Nzula’s life and of the background to this
book. The appendices bring together many of Nzula’s little known
writings.
General
Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Revivals |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
First published: |
1979 |
Editors: |
Robin Cohen
|
Translators: |
Hugh Jenkins
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
228 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-264751-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-03-264751-5 |
Barcode: |
9781032647517 |
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