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PAPERBACK ISBN: 0-88258-096-5 $23.95 Pub Date: 1982	How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney Africa, the second largest continent on earth, is among the least developed. In a penetrating and perceptive analysis, Walter Rodney examines this phenomenon in How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, delving into the European and African past showing how the present came into being, and what the trends are for the near future. In simple language, the author illuminates the concept of development and underdevelopment; shows us the growth of Africa before the coming of the Europeans(using concrete examples); then illustrates how Africa contributed to European capitalist development, both in the pre-colonial and colonial periods. The author avoids the pitfall of treating a continent as a monolithic structure; thus the reader can perceive the varying rates of development in Africa from region to region, and even within regions. Rodney also touches on the subject of the European slave trade, and shows how it was a factor in African underdevelopment and technical stagnation. About the Author Walter Rodney was a Guyanese graduate of the University o the West Indies, Jamaica. In 1963, he entered the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, and in 1966 he was awarded his PhD for his research into the history of the upper Guinea Coast. This scholar and activist was tragically killed during the summer of 1980 amidst political turmoil in Guyana. "The book heightens readers' awareness of internal dimensions of colonialism which more standard treatments omit." —Choice “A generation of university students grew up on Walter Rodney’s famous book. By uncritical acclaim and frequency of use, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa has achieved the status of sacred text.” *—Jamaica Gleaner*


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