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168 pages; 5.5 x 8.5 inches

Obstacles to African Development

by Daniel Offiong

Imperialism and Dependency: Obstacles to African Development by Daniel A. Offiong offers an analysis of the ways Western technology and political domination have led to the continued underdevelopment of Third World countries. Offiong’s thesis is supported by an historical discus­sion of the slave trade, an examination of colonialism and neocolo­nialism, and an assessment of the roles the CIA and multinational corporations have played in maintaining economic control over African countries.  He posits that the European scramble for the wealth of Africa has impoverished the continent through an underdevelop­ment process involving the exploitation of labor and mineral resources. This exploitation was accomplished, Offiong contends, first by military superiority, which in turn created a dependency posture on the part of African and other developing countries.  As a solution to the resulting neocolonialism, created when developing countries gained political independence but remained economically dependent on their former colonizers, Imperialism and Dependency boldly asserts that developing nations must create a new international economic order by forming a natural-resources alliance that would more equitably shift the balance of power.

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