How Europe Underdeveloped Africa Paperback – November 27, 2018

8-22-24Review of Walter Rodney's "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" 8-22-24The work is a good communist's survey of the beginnings of oppression and the consequences thereby. Showing that the only way forward out of the path the Europeans forced the native populations into is the reintroduction of the natural economies, Economies tailored to the needs, wants and desires of the native populationsEconomies that are the Janus-face of the colonization. Economies that could be reawakened so as to provide not just the ability to survive but the ability to thrive and, at last, to be able to leave the twentieth century and face and step forward proudly into a new century.A coming of the realization, a new horizon that is the transformation of the world; but even more so, the rebirth of ourselves, of each of us, as joint partners, leading to what prophets and religions have foretold; what constitutions--and the writes of man--have promised.Do you, dear reader, not believe that we cam live better as humans, as Bretherens and Ssterens? Can you not see it? Would you work for it? Will you work for it? Will you be both kind and brave to and with fellow citizens of the planet? Helping them and, in turn, being helped by them.John A Imani 8-22-24

Brilliant book!👏🏾

Highly recommended

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Missing 33 pages but overall a really good and insightful book!! I just read the missing pages on a free online PDF which was a hassle

Verso books should be ashamed of themselves. Can you imagine releasing such an important work and not thoroughly proofreading. Numerous mistakes that are obviously due to their pdf reader mistaking “b” and “h” and lots of other dumb typos. Really disappointed

This book really provides the connection between capitalism, enslaved Africans as capital and the modern economy and how it all emerged out of the natural progressions from feudalism. Very interesting. This should be read with Gerald Horn's book about the United States American Revolution and the counter revolution of the enslaved African's who in large part provided a major reason for the US's breaking away from the British. You really see how the victors get the spoils and get to define history.

To the young generations coming after us, please read this book. You will need it for your liberation, if not yours but those coming after you. To know history is important so it is not repeated.