Colonialism in Africa

[Brosa Luxemburg]

Does anybody have any links to some good sources on a Marxist view of the history of colonialism in Africa specifically? Such as the Scramble for Africa, later neo-colonialism, etc?

[The Jay]

I know someone that probably has a lot of good info. I shall return with either he, or the info.

[Brosa Luxemburg]

Awesome, thanks

[adipocere]

Black Agenda Report (http://blackagendareport.com/) runs analysis on Africa. If you go to the tab that says World, there is a filter for Africa by country. There is a lot of good articles on the subject of neocolonialism.

[Brosa Luxemburg]

^Your avatar freaked me the fuck out

[Brosa Luxemburg]

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[Eleutheromaniac]

Kwame Nkrumah wrote a book called Consciesncism that explores the differences between traditional African egalitarianism and western imperial logic.

Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth is always a popular read in the topic.

Thomas Sankara is known as the African Che Guevara, and many Marxist-Leninists look to him for inspiration. A lot of his speeches are in books, and a film on YouTube called "The Upright Man" IIRC talks about his legacy in Burkina Faso.

Also check out "Good Governance for Africa" by Julius Nyerere (1998, the year before he died), Tanzania's first president.

Former Mozambican president Samora Machel's speeches are in a few books.

[Dodo]

Does anybody have any links to some good sources on a Marxist view of the history of colonialism in Africa specifically? Such as the Scramble for Africa, later neo-colonialism, etc?

Even non-Marxist peoplew who deal with colonialism tends make similar conclusions.
Sara Berry "no condition is permanent" might perhaps be too academics.
You should DEFINETLY look for works of Austin Gareth, the dude is a boss but not a Marxist.

You can check this for a more neo-Marxist take
Arrighi, Giovanni (2002), 'The African Crisis: World Systemic and Regional Aspects',
New Left Review, II, 15: 5-36

Jerven Morten is a big name on Africa, again not a Marxist but important nonetheless to understand Africa.

Frederick Cooper's book "Africa since 1940 the past of the present" is a major work again for understanding Africa and the "inefficiencies" of the states as gatekeepers.

If you jump into ideological Marxist literature on "pure exploitatation" sort, you might misunderstand Africa so be really careful in your search.


Also Burawoy seems to have some works on Africa here
http://burawoy.berkeley.edu/workingpapers.htm
He is a pretty "classical" Marxist and in his works you can find more Marxist references.