{"product_id":"how-europe-underdeveloped-africa-by-walter-rodney","title":"How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exemplary work of political, economic, and historical analysis, powerfully introduced by Angela Davis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Europe Underdeveloped Africa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an ambitious masterwork of political economy, detailing the impact of slavery and colonialism on the history of international capitalism. In this classic book, Rodney makes the unflinching case that African maldevelopment is not a natural feature of geography, but a direct product of imperial extraction from the continent, a practice that continues up into the present. Meticulously researched, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa remains an unshakably relevant study of the so-called “great divergence” between Africa and Europe, just as it remains a prescient resource for grasping the the multiplication of global inequality today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this new edition, Angela Davis offers a striking foreword to the book, exploring its lasting contributions to a revolutionary and feminist practice of anti-imperialism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe description and cover above are taken from the Paperback (2026) edition. Other editions may vary.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his short life, the Guyanese intellectual \u003cstrong\u003eWalter Rodney\u003c\/strong\u003e emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. In each locale, Rodney found himself a lightning rod for working class Black Power. His deportation catalyzed twentieth-century Jamaica’s most significant rebellion, the 1968 Rodney riots, and his scholarship trained a generation how to think politics at an international scale. In 1980, shortly after founding of the Working People’s Alliance in Guyana, the 38-year-old Rodney was assassinated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67954717982780,"sku":null,"price":33.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/getimage_5a6a5d25-0243-46d4-8590-dd5d8dedf602.webp?v=1794268175","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/how-europe-underdeveloped-africa-by-walter-rodney","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}