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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't been reading much. Just started Walter Rodney's How Europe Underdeveloped Africa because of the Niger situation. Already Rodney goes incredibly hard:

But, contrary to the fashion in most prefaces, I will not add that “all mistakes and shortcomings are entirely my responsibility.” That is sheer bourgeois subjectivism. Responsibility in matters of these sorts is always collective, especially with regard to the remedying of shortcomings. The purpose has been to try and reach Africans who wish to explore further the nature of their exploitation, rather than to satisfy the “standards” set by our oppressors and their spokesmen in the academic world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is a cool book. It gets a little dry any into the weeds sometimes about very specific regions but will then out of nowhere start going hella hard again. I think there's a chapter early on that's very long and talks about the different regions of Africa and their history - I recommend pushing through as it's worth it in the end. I want to read his other books now too, and have one on the bookshelf for later in the month.