Rodney's landmark history argues that Africa's poverty was not natural or accidental but produced โ that European slavery and colonialism deliberately drained the continent's people, labor, and resources while developing Europe at Africa's expense. Drawing on evidence from across the continent, he traces African societies before contact, the slave trade's damage, and colonialism's structures. It remains one of the most influential works of African history and political economy ever written.
Author: Walter Rodney ยท Original publisher: Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications (London) and Tanzania Publishing House (Dar es Salaam), 1972
