Decolonial Marxism: Essays from the Pan-African Revolution

Decolonial Marxism: Essays from the Pan-African Revolution

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  • Author:Walter Rodney
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Summary

A previously unpublished collection of Rodney’s essays on Marxism, spanning his engagement with of Black Power, Ujamaa Villages, and the everyday people who put an end to a colonial era。

Early in life, Walter Rodney became a major revolutionary figure in a dizzying range of locales that traversed the breadth of the Black diaspora: in North America and Europe, in the Caribbean and on the African continent。 He was not only a witness of a Pan-African and socialist internationalism; in his efforts to build mass organizations, catalyze rebellious ferment, and theorize an anti-colonial path to self-emancipation, he can be counted among its prime authors。

Decolonial Marxism records such a life by collecting previously unbound essays written during the world-turning days of Black revolution。 In drawing together pages where he elaborates on the nexus of race and class, offers his reflections on radical pedagogy, outlines programs for newly independent nation-states, considers the challenges of anti-colonial historiography, and produces balance sheets for a dozen wars for national liberation, this volume captures something of the range and power of Rodney’s output。 But it also demonstrates the unbending consistency that unites his life and work: the ongoing reinvention of living conception of Marxism, and a respect for the still untapped potential of mass self-rule。

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Reviews

Adel

brilliant thinker and writer

John Mihelic

I recently made it through the text that made Rodney’s name, “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa,” and the bulk of these essays feel like the seed of that larger work。 I sure have learned more about the African side of decolonialism through reading Rodney, but some of these essays are hit or miss – reading the text as a book started slow and didn’t pick up until the middle。 This might be a question of the editing choices though。

Jim

Another brilliantly detailed and immensely deep piece of Marxist scholarship from Walter Rodney。 I love history, and I found it fascinating to read this and be able to consider Rodney's arguments, assessments, and projections - made in the later 1/3 of the 20th century - based on the current situation in Africa。 Like most serious world problems, not much has changed at all。 Africa, while slightly better off now than it was at the time of these writings, has fallen even further behind the rest of Another brilliantly detailed and immensely deep piece of Marxist scholarship from Walter Rodney。 I love history, and I found it fascinating to read this and be able to consider Rodney's arguments, assessments, and projections - made in the later 1/3 of the 20th century - based on the current situation in Africa。 Like most serious world problems, not much has changed at all。 Africa, while slightly better off now than it was at the time of these writings, has fallen even further behind the rest of the countries of the world。 Unsurprisingly, if you follow Rodney's arguments about the threats that Marxism brings to Capitalism。 Not that these are negatives for me, as I am a firm believer that Capitalism has destroyed much of the world's people - and much of the planet - and is a system that absolutely must be overcome if humans are to survive, let alone thrive, as a species。 One could argue the book is too hopeful but that would be based entirely on knowing much of what Rodney hoped for has not come to pass, and that things are actually getting worse for nearly everyone, everywhere, not just Africans, or in Africa。 An extremely intelligent analysis and explanation of theory and on-the-ground reality (at the time, at least)。 I, for one, hope for a true revolution that rids the world of capitalists and capitalism。 Our current state of affairs is unbelievably dire and I have no doubts those in power will not give up their gains without force being applied, directly。 Rodney writes with a fire that just may start a conflagration。。。 。。。more

Nishwal Gora

Rodney’s series of essays are as relevant in 2022 as they were when they were written in the 1970s。 Using Marxism as a methodology coupled with Rodney’s vast knowledge of Caribbean and African History, the recent history of the third world is unlocked。By accounting for how Europe underdeveloped Africa in the centuries past and how the US and EU does so in contemporary times, Rodney speaks to anyone who has lived in a country outside the imperial core。 He demystifies what has been held behind smo Rodney’s series of essays are as relevant in 2022 as they were when they were written in the 1970s。 Using Marxism as a methodology coupled with Rodney’s vast knowledge of Caribbean and African History, the recent history of the third world is unlocked。By accounting for how Europe underdeveloped Africa in the centuries past and how the US and EU does so in contemporary times, Rodney speaks to anyone who has lived in a country outside the imperial core。 He demystifies what has been held behind smoke my bourgeois cultural imperialism and sparks revolutionary spirit。A beacon of hope taken away too young, Rodney’s analysis has been severely undermined in academia, on purpose。 One reading of this book would flip the citizens of the imperial core against their rulers and would make them want to fight on the side of the oppressed。 It’s been hidden in the third world for the same reason。 One might say that without Marx, there would be no Rodney。 But to someone from the third world, without Rodney, there would be no Marx。 。。。more