Walter Rodney

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, written by Walter Rodney, is an ambitious masterwork of political economy that delves deeply into the devastating impacts of slavery and colonialism on the continent of Africa. The book outlines how these historical processes were instrumental to the development of international capitalism, arguing persuasively that African underdevelopment is neither an incidental outcome nor a feature of...

Preface by Jesse Benjamin and the Walter Rodney Foundation Introduction by Robin D.G. Kelley Afterword by Vijay Prashad In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading revolutionary thinkers of the Black Sixties. He became a leading force of dissent throughout the Caribbean and a lightning rod of controversy. The 1958 Rodney Riots erupted...