![]() The principal contradiction in the world today is between the exploiter and exploited countries, the First World against the Third World. “hat was called ‘the development of Africa’ by the colonialists was a cynical shorthand expression for ‘the intensification of colonial exploitation in Africa to develop capitalist Europe.’” (223) “he development of Europe part of the same dialectical process in which Africa was underdeveloped.” (149) What was called ‘profits’ in one year came back as ‘capital’ the next.” (212) But because of the superprofits created by non-European peoples ever since slavery, the net flow was from colony to metropole. “Capital was constantly in motion from the metropole to some part of the dependencies, from colonies to other colonies (via the metropoles), from one metropole to another, and from colony to metropole. Review of Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa Part 3/3 ![]()
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