0000118249 00000 n How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is a book written by Walter Rodney, which takes the view that Africa was deliberately exploited and underdeveloped by European colonial regimes.This book was groundbreaking in that it was among the first to bring a new perspective to the question of underdevelopment in Africa. 0000066770 00000 n 0000086867 00000 n 0000082412 00000 n 0000089935 00000 n 0000067349 00000 n 0000167162 00000 n 0000133652 00000 n 0000161849 00000 n 0000095447 00000 n 0000068871 00000 n 0000112621 00000 n 0000169768 00000 n 0000056453 00000 n 0000129139 00000 n 0000068611 00000 n 0000060579 00000 n 0000055607 00000 n 0000178204 00000 n 0000091310 00000 n 0000114811 00000 n 0000114379 00000 n 0000163793 00000 n 0000095618 00000 n 0000096905 00000 n 0000116573 00000 n 0000126250 00000 n 0000089764 00000 n 0000070044 00000 n 0000081752 00000 n 0000105458 00000 n 0000131839 00000 n 0000131425 00000 n 0000071282 00000 n The scholar Karim Hirji has described it as "no doubt, the 20th century's most important and influential book on African history. 0000160912 00000 n 0000127831 00000 n Starting with a chapter by chapter summary of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Hirji goes on to outline the global context in which Rodney wrote his book. 0000108096 00000 n 0000062813 00000 n 0000123526 00000 n 0000148261 00000 n 0000175641 00000 n 0000047685 00000 n 0000052911 00000 n 0000122085 00000 n 0000152571 00000 n 0000112751 00000 n 0000123112 00000 n 0000139718 00000 n 0000154309 00000 n 0000157919 00000 n 0000154633 00000 n 0000135398 00000 n 0000165638 00000 n 0000052174 00000 n 0000142663 00000 n 0000077117 00000 n 0000052447 00000 n 0000118355 00000 n 0000117476 00000 n 0000097620 00000 n 0000034877 00000 n 0000102202 00000 n 0000067072 00000 n 0000140883 00000 n 0000129877 00000 n 0000092873 00000 n 0000086224 00000 n 0000103895 00000 n 0000110049 00000 n 0000081687 00000 n 0000143575 00000 n 0000064287 00000 n 0000140619 00000 n 0000119619 00000 n 0000084212 00000 n 0000078249 00000 n 0000053507 00000 n 0000100704 00000 n 0000160309 00000 n 0000076905 00000 n 0000105157 00000 n 0000141037 00000 n 0000097815 00000 n 0000148194 00000 n 0000115201 00000 n 0000048991 00000 n 0000155785 00000 n [citation needed], Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How_Europe_Underdeveloped_Africa&oldid=1003775282, Articles needing additional references from September 2018, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2018, All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases, Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from December 2018, Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from September 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 January 2021, at 16:46. 0000162371 00000 n 0000049804 00000 n 0000060199 00000 n 0000114941 00000 n 0000117281 00000 n 0000074526 00000 n 0000148695 00000 n 0000105051 00000 n 0000076049 00000 n Details of traditional Igbo government and social structure varied from place to place throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but its characteristic nature remained the same. 0000166322 00000 n In an effort to explain underdevelopment, Rodney likens Africa to an individual attempting to succeed in life. 0000058214 00000 n 0000123220 00000 n 0000053143 00000 n 0000171098 00000 n 0000140553 00000 n 0000110586 00000 n 0000055436 00000 n 0000116809 00000 n 0000069938 00000 n 0000150582 00000 n 0000119511 00000 n 0000088902 00000 n 0000157813 00000 n 0000112002 00000 n trailer << /Size 3553 /Info 1893 0 R /Root 2082 0 R /Prev 1052808 /ID[<5bbf3ba5e86d4d70de0f72d74fe22393><993ff3efc40cad0f5cbe89ec7c89bce3>] >> startxref 0 %%EOF 2082 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Pages 1892 0 R /Metadata 1894 0 R /Outlines 2086 0 R /MarkInfo << /Marked true >> /StructTreeRoot 2083 0 R /SpiderInfo 1896 0 R /Names 2084 0 R /PageMode 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condition, developed or otherwise. 0000143256 00000 n 0000091245 00000 n 0000134414 00000 n 0000053719 00000 n 0000148488 00000 n 0000135158 00000 n 0000162159 00000 n This was done through slavery, abuse of natural resources, and trade. 0000113589 00000 n 0000070345 00000 n 0000141223 00000 n 0000085792 00000 n 0000075748 00000 n 0000160414 00000 n 0000123460 00000 n 0000140487 00000 n 0000072463 00000 n 0000050516 00000 n 0000054044 00000 n 0000173369 00000 n 0000079973 00000 n 0000136994 00000 n 0000118593 00000 n 0000058141 00000 n 0000123634 00000 n 0000034964 00000 n 0000104001 00000 n 0000165012 00000 n 0000073716 00000 n 0000062422 00000 n 0000140223 00000 n 0000172971 00000 n 0000097360 00000 n 0000114273 00000 n 0000166219 00000 n Africa, being the original home of man, was a major 0000090773 00000 n This study is scientific because it gives unity and intelligibility to a mass of information extending over five hundred years, and because it abstracts from the bulk of material 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[citation needed], Rodney had determined that the only path to true human development and liberation for the majority of the people of his country was through the transformation of their own lives in a struggle to replace and reshape the neo-colonialist government that dominated their society and prescribed their existence. 0000154946 00000 n 0000142525 00000 n 0000059764 00000 n 0000128965 00000 n 0000175845 00000 n 0000077459 00000 n 0000073521 00000 n 0000131947 00000 n 0000167531 00000 n 0000156622 00000 n 0000106191 00000 n 0000082843 00000 n 0000149685 00000 n 0000047083 00000 n 0000051316 00000 n 0000068163 00000 n 0000120909 00000 n 0000088194 00000 n 0000164702 00000 n 0000135026 00000 n 0000096066 00000 n 0000062488 00000 n 0000178661 00000 n 0000155161 00000 n 0000079323 00000 n 0000098823 00000 n 0000176518 00000 n 0000116980 00000 n 0000064458 00000 n 0000170035 00000 n 0000100468 00000 n ��� jY��2R�������6�����-���YL;q�y���O�CM6v=9 ����^"��G-]�B�`)c�����x.�� {��BV#���{����i�0����v� ��T���T�慨�]� ��3� Z� X79���6�K~ ͼؿ��� �alE�F�P,�y���x��f��� ��� P�0��q1���=d4��k���l�-� S�L��g��l�[D5;����-���Fd�U/yZ�̳�g@/����. 0000086761 00000 n 0000051845 00000 n 0000074460 00000 n 0000099825 00000 n 0000115396 00000 n 0000053613 00000 n 0000082542 00000 n 0000112686 00000 n 0000142595 00000 n [1] Rodney wrote the text during his time in Dar es Salaam, during the presidency of Julius Nyerere. 0000139959 00000 n H��W}LgxKuf��3�kp���P�/7�q�jK7�4�j��Qɲ�P��x�s���D��"�.킋ؓյ��6ھW[Ӥ�Pr��Q�� �q٘;r���gfwaf�����������=ϼ O������0�����T`�é ��a�h�1��.���c�������ȳs�����{�:���)�`-cm�Kh��[H�����e�%8&�C^�STa|� ����«�Q��p{�j����8+���+��LIJ�� ����f�C�� �C��`�လ����I �Ly��9��7Q���%0������"�"ܤ�:\\�&����H?\��w��� 0000093518 00000 n 0000108397 00000 n 0000102479 00000 n 0000107925 00000 n 0000061079 00000 n 0000048629 00000 n 0000132187 00000 n 0000134654 00000 n 0000159056 00000 n 0000055803 00000 n 0000148975 00000 n ], This book was groundbreaking[according to whom?] 0000088023 00000 n 0000076668 00000 n 0000131185 00000 n 0000059579 00000 n 0000130597 00000 n 0000119793 00000 n 0000137780 00000 n 0000130315 00000 n 0000049391 00000 n 0000058433 00000 n 0000094421 00000 n 0000128833 00000 n 0000140817 00000 n 0000073934 00000 n Walter Rodney 1973 Chapter Six. 0000156884 00000 n 0000057497 00000 n 0000075878 00000 n 0000137648 00000 n 0000149851 00000 n 0000106427 00000 n 0000165824 00000 n 0000130075 00000 n 0000069319 00000 n 0000051212 00000 n 0000060699 00000 n 0000120495 00000 n 0000119313 00000 n 0000053442 00000 n 0000065956 00000 n 0000058506 00000 n 0000118767 00000 n 0000132121 00000 n 0000085898 00000 n 0000158437 00000 n 0000053979 00000 n 0000087274 00000 n 0000116874 00000 n 0000035670 00000 n 0000113524 00000 n 0000126546 00000 n He shows us a rich and complex patchwork quilt of interlocking societies and civilisations. 0000089333 00000 n 0000110757 00000 n 0000092767 00000 n 0000052615 00000 n 0000146810 00000 n 0000151639 00000 n 0000112987 00000 n 0000079648 00000 n 0000137954 00000 n 0000093004 00000 n 0000064800 00000 n 0000113093 00000 n 0000130945 00000 n 0000078550 00000 n 0000047980 00000 n 0000047852 00000 n 0000109447 00000 n 0000099442 00000 n 0000125554 00000 n European motives in Africa centered around creating a population dependent upon western influences. 0000075471 00000 n 0000105955 00000 n 0000054964 00000 n 0000094096 00000 n 0000118420 00000 n 0000103724 00000 n 0000108267 00000 n %PDF-1.4 %���� 0000127309 00000 n Rodney argues that a combination of power politics and economic exploitation of Africa by Europeans led to the poor state of African political and economic development evident in the late 20th century. 0000163319 00000 n 0000051613 00000 n 0000109683 00000 n 0000110993 00000 n 0000175114 00000 n 0000102951 00000 n 0000164569 00000 n 0000084277 00000 n 0000052551 00000 n 0000113931 00000 n 0000171370 00000 n 0000120231 00000 n 0000157707 00000 n How Europe Underdeveloped Africa Essay Example A series of intense rituals were to be undertaken before acquiring a title, which was considered a symbol of character as well as of success. 0000069490 00000 n 0000078314 00000 n 0000129943 00000 n 0000101453 00000 n 0000097750 00000 n 0000088519 00000 n 0000144284 00000 n 0000103081 00000 n 0000063497 00000 n 0000147455 00000 n 0000164840 00000 n 0000111229 00000 n 0000163015 00000 n 0000070793 00000 n 0000177280 00000 n African leaders have failed the African people. 0000160806 00000 n 0000115006 00000 n 0000157091 00000 n 0000060639 00000 n 0000081923 00000 n 0000153321 00000 n 0000125902 00000 n 0000159375 00000 n 0000112515 00000 n 0000149934 00000 n 0000034480 00000 n 0000065142 00000 n 0000084000 00000 n Instead, colonies were forced to use technologies and machinery that were produced in Europe. 0000039055 00000 n 0000112922 00000 n 0000159688 00000 n 0000092466 00000 n 0000103830 00000 n 0000143856 00000 n 0000077182 00000 n 0000164208 00000 n 0000129379 00000 n 0000094698 00000 n 0000139238 00000 n 0000084831 00000 n 0000133478 00000 n 0000155588 00000 n 0000173637 00000 n 0000093110 00000 n 0000113695 00000 n 0000116140 00000 n 0000104579 00000 n 0000124222 00000 n 0000138542 00000 n 0000066640 00000 n 0000034456 00000 n 0000124048 00000 n 0000096131 00000 n 0000147263 00000 n 0000047622 00000 n 0000119685 00000 n 0000171903 00000 n 0000133892 00000 n 0000142733 00000 n 0000131119 00000 n 0000122326 00000 n 0000121257 00000 n 0000109919 00000 n 0000152786 00000 n 0000123700 00000 n 0000074721 00000 n 0000047495 00000 n Like “Governor Cameroon of Tanganyika in the 1920s was known as a "progressive" governor. 0000102886 00000 n 0000055542 00000 n 0000049972 00000 n 0000076220 00000 n 0000072528 00000 n 0000056063 00000 n 0000065720 00000 n 0000106940 00000 n 0000158745 00000 n Imagine white teachers telling their students that while non-whites were happily enjoying baths in Maghreb (later Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia), white people in Oxford, England considered that washing oneself was “a dangerous act”. 0000076391 00000 n 0000096538 00000 n 0000149287 00000 n 0000083357 00000 n 0000071070 00000 n 0000080955 00000 n 0000103488 00000 n 0000124834 00000 n 0000109040 00000 n 0000133958 00000 n 0000049663 00000 n 0000056583 00000 n 0000139892 00000 n 0000115266 00000 n I had the opportunity to read How Europe Underdeveloped Africa written by Walter Rodney again. 0000051044 00000 n 0000080587 00000 n 0000092531 00000 n 0000059264 00000 n 0000074958 00000 n 0000141563 00000 n 0000157504 00000 n 0000117346 00000 n 0000072014 00000 n 0000141928 00000 n 0000060764 00000 n 0000140355 00000 n 0000078420 00000 n West Africa was subjected to the Europeans as they conquered them and began slave trade with other nations. 0000050076 00000 n 0000107990 00000 n 0000065549 00000 n 0000058764 00000 n 0000122193 00000 n 0000059199 00000 n 0000105784 00000 n 0000079908 00000 n 0000128179 00000 n 0000136928 00000 n 0000062683 00000 n 0000101860 00000 n 0000094161 00000 n Africans are immensely underdeveloped and have suffered for more than five centuries because of these triple evils that have been imposed on them by European colonial powers, successive global powers, and their African collaborators. 0000068977 00000 n 0000065891 00000 n 0000121911 00000 n The summary of the method was through the exploitation of land and labour. 0000068033 00000 n 0000117411 00000 n 0000105393 00000 n 0000090236 00000 n 0000160610 00000 n 0000104815 00000 n 0000124114 00000 n 0000057995 00000 n 0000126787 00000 n 0000143936 00000 n 0000139652 00000 n 0000064116 00000 n 0000149207 00000 n 0000097968 00000 n 0000071949 00000 n 0000095724 00000 n 0000080308 00000 n 0000126010 00000 n 0000075300 00000 n 0000117777 00000 n 0000067520 00000 n 0000067585 00000 n Since Europe had new technologies that could beat the output of clothing and materials than Africa, eventually the economy of Africa relied on Europeans. 0000174979 00000 n 0000093990 00000 n 0000164761 00000 n 0000142345 00000 n 0000056128 00000 n 0000095960 00000 n 0000161228 00000 n 0000137888 00000 n 0000074852 00000 n 0000078485 00000 n 0000052975 00000 n 0000065614 00000 n 0000172703 00000 n By 732 A.D, Europe stopped the Muslim advance, when African forces were already deep into France. 0000159583 00000 n 0000059449 00000 n 0000132691 00000 n 0000176379 00000 n 0000044274 00000 n 0000058360 00000 n 0000130663 00000 n 0000109984 00000 n 0000087852 00000 n 0000136754 00000 n 0000159161 00000 n 0000093754 00000 n It was an era of worldwide struggles against imperialism. 0000164635 00000 n 0000133718 00000 n Words: 3687 - Pages: 15 0000151533 00000 n 0000083120 00000 n 0000132427 00000 n 0000093240 00000 n 0000071672 00000 n The European colonial powers, namely Spain, Portugal, 0000121671 00000 n 0000063603 00000 n 0000115071 00000 n 0000068741 00000 n 0000141636 00000 n 0000155483 00000 n 1147 Words 5 Pages. 0000097425 00000 n 0000131773 00000 n 0000102715 00000 n 0000138062 00000 n Developed economies have certain characteristics which contrast with underdeveloped ones. 0000152123 00000 n 0000050308 00000 n 0000082713 00000 n 0000146478 00000 n 0000149436 00000 n 0000089634 00000 n 0000130489 00000 n 0000162265 00000 n 0000073415 00000 n How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is an ambitious masterwork of political economy, detailing the impact of slavery and colonialism on the history of international capitalism. 0000106020 00000 n 0000057630 00000 n 0000079193 00000 n 0000178874 00000 n 0000100834 00000 n 0000140421 00000 n 0000138236 00000 n Europe brought about goods such as wheat, wine, and building material to the people of Africa who in exchange gave slaves to Europeans. 0000062162 00000 n 0000090838 00000 n 0000088454 00000 n 0000122980 00000 n 0000070451 00000 n 0000141117 00000 n 0000064564 00000 n 0000061943 00000 n 0000133304 00000 n 0000102821 00000 n How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. 0000099100 00000 n 0000114037 00000 n 0000056388 00000 n 0000061759 00000 n 0000107046 00000 n How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is the scientific study of the relation between African and Western Europe from 1500 to the partial decolonisation of the 1960's. 0000102585 00000 n 0000178309 00000 n 0000057557 00000 n 0000075406 00000 n 0000100362 00000 n 0000081256 00000 n 0000086525 00000 n 0000072292 00000 n 0000150015 00000 n 0000137234 00000 n 0000089268 00000 n 0000099613 00000 n 0000071477 00000 n 0000056323 00000 n 0000153635 00000 n 0000085450 00000 n 0000162575 00000 n 0000049599 00000 n 0000111701 00000 n 0000150398 00000 n 0000113288 00000 n 0000075984 00000 n 0000142277 00000 n 0000124420 00000 n 0000030322 00000 n 0000083805 00000 n 0000078745 00000 n 0000119247 00000 n 0000101689 00000 n 0000099890 00000 n 0000149602 00000 n 0000073090 00000 n 0000065484 00000 n 0000101347 00000 n 0000139784 00000 n 0000082200 00000 n 0000097165 00000 n 0000072120 00000 n 0000071607 00000 n 0000085108 00000 n 0000091546 00000 n A titled man’s life was dominated by numerous religious restrictions, … The rest of this post is a summary of what I have learned thus far in both my reading of “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa,” as well as my own experiences on my dialogue to Ghana. 0000064971 00000 n 0000125728 00000 n 0000103146 00000 n 0000127069 00000 n 0000165175 00000 n 0000080652 00000 n 0000062007 00000 n 0000098047 00000 n 0000086289 00000 n 0000060949 00000 n 0000086696 00000 n 0000048194 00000 n 0000118527 00000 n 0000129487 00000 n 0000048758 00000 n 0000102137 00000 n 0000059014 00000 n The time period of his study extends from 1500 to the period of decolonization of the 1960’s. 0000070728 00000 n 0000173107 00000 n 0000112385 00000 n 0000081858 00000 n 0000148555 00000 n 0000054109 00000 n 0000051909 00000 n 0000088259 00000 n 0000107412 00000 n 0000122392 00000 n 0000074656 00000 n In the first section of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa Walter Rodney treats us to an image of Africa and its peoples before the horror of the transatlantic slave trade was visited upon them. 0000105523 00000 n 0000126184 00000 n 0000130009 00000 n 0000117907 00000 n 0000138476 00000 n 0000053849 00000 n 0000132493 00000 n 0000105263 00000 n 0000087404 00000 n 0000108332 00000 n 0000098431 00000 n 0000030248 00000 n Colonialism as a System for Underdeveloping Africa ‘The black man certainly has to pay dear for carrying the white man’s burden.’ George Padmore, (West Indian) Pan-Africanist, 1936. 0000061199 00000 n Walter Rodney’s work “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa” is an empirical investigation of the relationship between Africa and Western Europe. 0000048297 00000 n 0000098692 00000 n 0000152228 00000 n 0000053377 00000 n 0000073781 00000 n 0000128461 00000 n 0000078851 00000 n 0000148054 00000 n 0000043357 00000 n 0000165440 00000 n 0000169367 00000 n 0000165339 00000 n 0000119925 00000 n 0000097100 00000 n 0000134894 00000 n 0000170696 00000 n About How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. 0000150649 00000 n 0000088625 00000 n 0000114167 00000 n 0000120561 00000 n 0000101005 00000 n 0000127135 00000 n 0000085964 00000 n 0000127549 00000 n 0000105653 00000 n ― Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. 0000131491 00000 n Overall, Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa was a refreshing read, which challenged Western accounts of African history. 0000106321 00000 n 0000066021 00000 n 0000070109 00000 n 0000051781 00000 n 0000142139 00000 n 0000144158 00000 n 0000070622 00000 n 0000077630 00000 n 0000174710 00000 n 0000076839 00000 n 0000107176 00000 n 0000077736 00000 n When Europeans invaded the African continent, they put an end to the development of new technology. 0000113223 00000 n 0000177068 00000 n 0000109512 00000 n 0000099719 00000 n 0000153774 00000 n 0000063839 00000 n 0000092059 00000 n 0000136448 00000 n How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is a 1972 book written by Walter Rodney that describes how Africa was deliberately exploited and underdeveloped by European colonial regimes. 0000115692 00000 n 0000071005 00000 n Every continent independently participated in the early epochs of the extension of man’s control over his environment – which means in effect that every continent can point to a period of economic development. 0000125356 00000 n 0000035074 00000 n 0000134198 00000 n 0000138716 00000 n 0000099206 00000 n 0000109813 00000 n 0000161647 00000 n 0000142207 00000 n 0000078013 00000 n 0000081557 00000 n 0000138368 00000 n 0000108869 00000 n Walter Rodney 1973 of nature. 0000105588 00000 n 0000153986 00000 n This book was groundbreaking in that it was among the first to bring a new perspective to the question of underdevelopment in Africa. 0000083634 00000 n The clothing manufacturers in Africa lost to the competitor which in this case was Europe and eventually put an end to the expansion of African cloth manufacture. 0000117541 00000 n 0000150177 00000 n 0000073285 00000 n 0000069767 00000 n 0000052279 00000 n 0000138998 00000 n 0000083185 00000 n 0000126438 00000 n 0000121083 00000 n 0000073586 00000 n 0000125248 00000 n 0000095276 00000 n 0000134960 00000 n 0000054386 00000 n 0000061014 00000 n 0000063220 00000 n 0000118701 00000 n 0000069832 00000 n 0000108674 00000 n 0000049908 00000 n This book, along with Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth, is a popular example of 20th century books concerning African development and post-colonial theory. 0000156218 00000 n 0000121431 00000 n 0000056193 00000 n 0000120123 00000 n 0000182906 00000 n 0000050684 00000 n 0000158543 00000 n 0000059139 00000 n 0000127657 00000 n 0000170298 00000 n 0000175743 00000 n 0000140025 00000 n 0000147914 00000 n 0000144636 00000 n 0000107241 00000 n 0000072593 00000 n 0000156517 00000 n 0000106875 00000 n 0000143730 00000 n 0000091717 00000 n 0000058287 00000 n 0000131011 00000 n 0000067756 00000 n 0000139346 00000 n INTRODUCTIONHow Europe Underdeveloped Africa is a book written by Walter Rodney in 1973, which takes the view that Africa was deliberately exploited and underdeveloped by European colonial regimes. 0000114102 00000 n 0000169502 00000 n 0000136688 00000 n "[2] In the late 1990s many academics became more sharply critical of the book's central thesis and argued that the book oversimplifies the complex historical forces surrounding the colonial era. 0000115796 00000 n 0000114746 00000 n 0000166823 00000 n 0000103382 00000 n 0000142913 00000 n 0000133106 00000 n 0000081020 00000 n 0000118184 00000 n 0000126316 00000 n 0000143315 00000 n 0000164075 00000 n 0000090000 00000 n 0000116075 00000 n 0000148333 00000 n 0000145331 00000 n 0000104237 00000 n 0000121737 00000 n 0000082778 00000 n 0000094356 00000 n 0000117045 00000 n 0000112108 00000 n 0000078078 00000 n 0000125422 00000 n 0000120735 00000 n 0000065785 00000 n 0000056518 00000 n 0000093925 00000 n 0000061511 00000 n 0000113760 00000 n 0000155890 00000 n 0000089097 00000 n 0000170962 00000 n 0000055135 00000 n Europe Underdeveloped Africa by using it as a tool to develop itself. 0000146288 00000 n 0000135878 00000 n 0000167060 00000 n 0000088967 00000 n 0000062071 00000 n 0000111636 00000 n 0000127897 00000 n 0000078615 00000 n 0000111335 00000 n 0000136184 00000 n 0000054622 00000 n Quotes from revolutionary thinker, activist and historian Walter Rodney’s 1972 “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa”. 0000093346 00000 n 0000029797 00000 n 0000094291 00000 n 0000095170 00000 n 0000141782 00000 n 0000087958 00000 n 0000062553 00000 n 0000074395 00000 n 0000067691 00000 n 0000076497 00000 n 0000104644 00000 n 0000143381 00000 n 0000149047 00000 n 0000081492 00000 n 0000117842 00000 n 0000106598 00000 n 0000079713 00000 n 0000124486 00000 n 0000097555 00000 n 0000104750 00000 n 0000106256 00000 n 0000109276 00000 n 0000088796 00000 n 0000087103 00000 n 0000126853 00000 n 0000117216 00000 n In Africa, poverty is attributed to the economic activities of the colonial masters which exploited labour, natural resources and expropriated the continent while there was little plough back to citizen nations. 0000064629 00000 n 0000077907 00000 n 0000048822 00000 n 0000148122 00000 n 0000099996 00000 n 0000063049 00000 n Europe, mainly Britain, abused the… 0000098152 00000 n 0000088389 00000 n 0000109382 00000 n 0000103659 00000 n 0000166116 00000 n 0000080718 00000 n 0000136556 00000 n 0000114615 00000 n 0000122500 00000 n 0000149354 00000 n 0000122566 00000 n 0000076155 00000 n 0000132253 00000 n By starting with the analyzation of the populations in Africa compared to others he revealed the stagnation of their numbers was a result of the Europeans actions. 20 Quotes From “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa”. 0000159997 00000 n 0000094828 00000 n 0000147388 00000 n If you understand that, then you understand everything about the book. 0000174173 00000 n 0000081362 00000 n 0000120801 00000 n 0000091180 00000 n 0000138302 00000 n 0000141502 00000 n 0000050244 00000 n 0000055200 00000 n 0000061695 00000 n One of his main arguments throughout the book is that Africa developed Europe at the same rate as Europe underdeveloped Africa. 0000125836 00000 n 0000055371 00000 n 0000147982 00000 n 0000150096 00000 n 0000070899 00000 n 0000168331 00000 n 0000110285 00000 n 0000135332 00000 n 0000079518 00000 n 0000149519 00000 n 0000137714 00000 n 0000058639 00000 n 0000061139 00000 n 0000041099 00000 n 0000104921 00000 n Europeans came into Africa and destroyed the culture and communities that were home to African peoples. 0000140289 00000 n 0000075642 00000 n 0000136250 00000 n 0000035761 00000 n 0000068269 00000 n 0000111058 00000 n 0000081622 00000 n 0000085621 00000 n Neither had the means through which colonialism is linked to Africa ’ 1972! 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