Download or read book Looting Africa written by Patrick Bond and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the rhetoric, the people of Sub-Saharan Africa are become poorer. From Tony Blair's Africa Commission and the Make Poverty History campaign to the Hong Kong WTO meeting, Africa's gains have been mainly limited to public relations. The central problems remain exploitative debt and financial relationships with the North, phantom aid, unfair trade, distorted investment and the continent's brain/skills drain. Moreover, capitalism in most African countries has witnessed the emergence of excessively powerful ruling elites with incomes derived from financial-parasitical accumulation. Without overstressing the 'mistakes' of such elites, this book contextualises Africa's wealth outflow within a stagnant but volatile world economy.

Download or read book Exploiting Africa written by Donovan Chau and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploiting Africa examines China’s role in Algeria, Ghana, and Tanzania from the 1950s to the 1970s. The Chinese arrived in Africa with little fanfare, yet they achieved an active presence that was more pragmatic than revolutionary. Though often couched in ideological rhetoric, Chinese goals in Africa were those of an aspiring world power. China skillfully used its limited diplomatic, intelligence, and economic means to shape events and to exploit its relationships to gain lasting influence on the continent. It is crucial to understand the nature and character of China’s historical actions in Africa in order to properly grasp the nation’s current and future policies. Rather than merely looking forward, one must look backward to comprehend the true nature of China in Africa.

Download or read book How Europe Underdeveloped Africa written by Walter Rodney and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis, powerfully introduced by Angela Davis In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. In each locale, Rodney found himself a lightning rod for working class Black Power. His deportation catalyzed 20th 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 would be assassinated. In his magnum opus, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Rodney incisively argues that grasping "the great divergence" between the west and the rest can only be explained as the exploitation of the latter by the former. This meticulously researched analysis of the abiding repercussions of European colonialism on the continent of Africa has not only informed decades of scholarship and activism, it remains an indispensable study for grasping global inequality today.

Download or read book Canada in Africa written by Yves Engler and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yves Engler continues his groundbreaking analyses of past and present Canadian foreign policy. The author of The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy, and other works that challenge the myth of Canadian benevolence, documents Canadian involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, the "scramble for Africa" and European colonialism. The book reveals Ottawa's opposition to anticolonial struggles, its support for apartheid South Africa and Idi Amin's coup, and its role in ousting independence leaders Patrice Lumumba and Kwame Nkrumah. Based on an exhaustive look at the public record as well as on-the-ground research, Canada in Africa shows how the federal government pressed African countries to follow neoliberal economic prescriptions and sheds light on Canada's part in the violence that has engulfed Somalia, Rwanda and the Congo, as well as how Canada's indifference to climate change means a death sentence to ever-growing numbers of Africans.

Download or read book Exploiting Africa written by Gethan Eden and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Exploiting Africa: The Ugly Truth About Neocolonialism," delve into a captivating exploration of the complex dynamics between Africa and the world superpowers. This thought-provoking book uncovers the harsh realities of neocolonialism and exposes how Africa's vast mineral wealth has become a battleground for global exploitation. Drawing from extensive research and compelling narratives, this book sheds light on the hidden agendas, power struggles, and economic imbalances that have shaped Africa's relationship with dominant nations. Through an emotional lens, it unveils the stories of African communities impacted by resource extraction, environmental degradation, and social injustice. From the historical context of colonialism to the present-day tactics employed by international players, "Exploiting Africa" offers an eye-opening analysis of the mechanisms through which neocolonialism persists. It highlights the intricate web of political maneuvering, economic dependency, and cultural suppression that perpetuates the cycle of exploitation. This book goes beyond mere critique, delving into potential solutions and empowerment strategies for Africa. It celebrates the resilience of African people and highlights the voices of activists, scholars, and everyday individuals who are working towards a more equitable future. Through its emotional tone, "Exploiting Africa: The Ugly Truth About Neocolonialism" aims to provoke empathy, spark dialogue, and inspire action. It serves as a wake-up call to readers, encouraging them to question the prevailing narratives and deepen their understanding of the global dynamics that shape Africa's destiny. Prepare to embark on a powerful journey that challenges preconceived notions, stirs compassion, and empowers readers to stand in solidarity with Africa as it confronts the dark realities of neo-colonialism. "Exploiting Africa" is a call to action for a more just and equitable world.

Download or read book How Africa Developed Europe written by Mhango, Nkwazi N. and published by Langaa RPCIG. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether Africa is developed or not, depends on how and what one addresses. Development is relative. Nonetheless, the fact is: Africa developed Europe; and thereby became underdeveloped. Addressed academically, the notion of development creates many questions amongst which are: Development in what? Whose development? Development for whom? Who defines development? In this volume, the development dealt with is polygonal; and touches on politico-economic sequels which also affect the social aspect. No doubt. Africa is abundantly rich in terms of resource and culture. Paradoxically, however, Africa is less developed economically compared to Europe thanks to the history of unequal encounters, among other reasons. We cannot emphasise enough the fact that Africa’s underdevelopment is the price of the development of Europe which is based on historical realities gyrating around Europe’s criminal past wherein slavery and colonialism enabled Europe to spawn its future capital and investment. How can anyone quibble about Europe’s development resulting from perpetual plunderage of Africa with impunity committed by European treasure-hunting adventurers? This volume prescribes Africa’s restorative recompense as the only way forward for the duo and the world.

Download or read book Land of Tears written by Robert Harms and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prizewinning historian's epic account of the scramble to control equatorial Africa In just three decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the heart of Africa was utterly transformed. Virtually closed to outsiders for centuries, by the early 1900s the rainforest of the Congo River basin was one of the most brutally exploited places on earth. In Land of Tears, historian Robert Harms reconstructs the chaotic process by which this happened. Beginning in the 1870s, traders, explorers, and empire builders from Arabia, Europe, and America moved rapidly into the region, where they pioneered a deadly trade in ivory and rubber for Western markets and in enslaved labor for the Indian Ocean rim. Imperial conquest followed close behind. Ranging from remote African villages to European diplomatic meetings to Connecticut piano-key factories, Land of Tears reveals how equatorial Africa became fully, fatefully, and tragically enmeshed within our global world.

Download or read book Who Owns Africa written by Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The independence of African countries from their European colonizers in the late 1950s and 1960s marked a shift in the continent's political leadership. Nevertheless, the economies of African nations remained tied to those of their former colonies, raising questions of resource control and the sovereignty of these nation-states. Who Owns Africa? addresses the role of foreign actors in Africa and their competing interests in exploiting the resources of Africa and its people. An interdisciplinary team of scholars examines the concept of colonialism from a historical and socio-political perspective. They show how the language of investment, development aid, mutual interest, or philanthropy is used to cloak the virulent forms of exploitation on the continent, thereby perpetuating a state of neocolonialism that has left many African people poor and in the margins.

Download or read book Heineken in Africa written by Olivier van Beemen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Heineken, "rising Africa" is already a reality: the profits it extracts there are almost 50 per cent above the global average, and beer costs more in some African countries than it does in Europe. Heineken claims its presence boosts economic development on the continent. But is this true? Investigative journalist Olivier van Beemen has spent years seeking the answer, and his conclusion is damning: Heineken has hardly benefited Africa at all. On the contrary, there are some shocking skeletons in its African closet: tax avoidance, sexual abuse, links to genocide and other human rights violations, high-level corruption, crushing competition from indigenous brewers, and collaboration with dictators and pitiless anti-government rebels. Heineken in Africa caused a political and media furor on publication in The Netherlands, and was debated in their Parliament. It is an unmissable exposé of the havoc wreaked by a global giant seeking profit in the developing world.

Download or read book Neo Colonialism and the Poverty of Development in Africa written by Mark Langan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Langan reclaims neo-colonialism as an analytical force for making sense of the failure of ‘development’ strategies in many African states in an era of free market globalisation. Eschewing polemics and critically engaging the work of Ghana’s first President – Kwame Nkrumah – the book offers a rigorous assessment of the concept of neo-colonialism. It then demonstrates how neo-colonialism remains an impediment to genuine empirical sovereignty and poverty reduction in Africa today. It does this through examination of corporate interventions; Western aid-giving; the emergence of ‘new’ donors such as China; EU-Africa trade regimes; the securitisation of development; and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Throughout the chapters, it becomes clear that the current challenges of African development cannot be solely pinned on so-called neo-patrimonial elites. Instead it becomes imperative to fully acknowledge, and interrogate, corporate and donor interventions which lock many poorer countries into neo-colonial patterns of trade and production. The book provides an original contribution to studies of African political economy, demonstrating the on-going relevance of the concept of neo-colonialism, and reclaiming it for scholarly analysis in a global era.

Download or read book The European Colonization of Africa written by Don Nardo and published by Morgan Reynolds Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As early as Greco-Roman times, and in some cases even earlier, some of Europe's leading ancient cultures showed a compelling interest in exploiting the vast resources of Africa. Northern Africa, including Egypt, with its huge stores of grain and other valuable commodities, was long a pivotal part of the mighty Roman Empire. Several centuries after that famous realm collapsed, Europeans began to rediscover the continent, large sections of which were unknown and mysterious to them. In late medieval times, the Portuguese led the way, establishing trading posts along Africa's coasts. Later, other European nations, including England, France, and Holland, sent out explorers, slave traders, and colonizers to exploit Africa's immense natural and human riches, almost always at the expense of African peoples. In what became known as the "scramble for Africa," Europeans took advantage of and sometimes terribly abused the indigenous peoples, rendering them economically and politically dependent on the outsiders. Not until the twentieth century did Africans manage to throw off the destructive yoke of colonialism and begin to enjoy the fruits of independence and self-determination. Book jacket.

Download or read book Target Africa written by Obianuju Ekeocha and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of colonization Africa has struggled with socio-economic and political problems. These challanges have attracted wealthy donors from Western nations and organizations that have assumed the roles of helper and deliverer. While some donors have good intentions, others seek to impose their ideology of sexual liberation. These are the ideological neocolonial masters of the twenty-first century who aggressively push their agenda of radical feminism, population control, sexualisation of children, and homosexuality. The author, a native of Nigeria, shows how these donors are masterful at exploiting some of the heaviest burdens and afflictions of Africa such as maternal mortality,unplanned pregnancies, HIV/AIDS pandemic, child marriage,and persistent poverty. This exploitation has put many African nations in the vulnerable position of receiving funding tied firmly to ideological solutions that are opposed tothe cultural views and values of their people. Thus many African nations are put back into the protectorate positions of dependency as new cultural standards conceived in the West are made into core policies in African capitals. This book reveals the recolonization of Africa that is rarely talked about. Drawing from a broad array of well-sourced materials and documents, it tells the story of foreign aid with strings attached, the story of Africa targeted and recolonized by wealthy, powerful donors.

Download or read book African History A Very Short Introduction written by John Parker and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-03-22 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. It illustrates key themes in modern thinking about Africa's history with a range of historical examples.

Download or read book The Exploitation of East Africa 1856 1890 written by Reginald Coupland and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Exploitation of East Africa 1856 1890 written by Sir Reginald Coupland and published by London : Faber. This book was released on 1968 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Transatlantic Slave Trade written by Kelly Mass and published by Efalon Acies. This book was released on with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transatlantic slave trade, also referred to as the Atlantic slave trade or the Euro-American slave trade, was a harrowing chapter in history characterized by the forced transportation of countless enslaved Africans, primarily to the Americas. Spanning from the 16th to the 19th century, this trade route exploited the infamous triangle trade and its perilous Middle Passage. The bulk of those ensnared and transported in this trade were individuals hailing from Central and West Africa, who were traded to European slave merchants by fellow Africans from the region. While some were seized directly in coastal raids, Europeans often gathered and held captives at forts along the African coast before shipping them off to the Americas. Unlike the Portuguese, other European merchants refrained from direct involvement in these raids, as the harsh conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa posed significant health risks, with the average life expectancy for Europeans being less than a year, especially prior to the widespread availability of malaria treatment like quinine. The economies of regions like the South Atlantic and Caribbean were heavily reliant on slave labor, particularly for the production of sugarcane and other commodities. This demand for labor was fueled by Western European governments vying for colonial dominance in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Download or read book The Green Belt Movement written by Wangari Maathai and published by Lantern Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wangari Maathai, founder of The Green Belt Movement, tells its story including the philosophy behind it, its challenges, and objectives.