Description
Book SynopsisEarly 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.
Trade ReviewIf Walter Rodney's assassins were under the impression that they could arrest the flow of his ideas by destroying his body, they could have not been more wrong ... In the context of the new resistance to global capitalism, his captivating analysis resonates more than ever before. -- Angela Davis, author of
Women, Race and ClassRodney's perspective is alive, dazzling with the potential of revolution. -- Vijay Prashad, author of
The Poorer Nations and Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research
Highly original ... It is very rare to find a thinker in the contemporary world who is equally committed to both theory and action and perhaps Rodney is one those few who does it seamlessly and that is what marks him as unique. -- Viswesh Rammohan * Marx & Philosophy *
Walter Rodney galvanised liberation by awakening radical Pan-African consciousness ... [
Decolonial Marxism's] messages are consequential for our day and age. -- Donari Yahzid * Race & Class *
Table of ContentsEditorial Note
Introduction
Part 1: Marxist Theory and Mass Action
1. A Brief Tribute to Amilcar Cabral
2. Masses in Action
3. Marxism and African Liberation
4. Marxism as a Third World Ideology
5. Labour as a Conceptual Framework for Pan-African Studies
6. The Angolan Question
Part 2: Development and Underdevelopment
7. The Historical Roots of African Underdevelopment
8. Problems of Third World Development
9. Slavery and Underdevelopment
Part 3: Their Pedagogy and Ours
10. The British Colonialist School of African Historiography and the Question of African Independence
11. Education in Colonial Africa
12. Education in Africa and Contemporary Tanzania
Part 4: Building Socialism
13. Tanzanian Ujamaa and Scientific Socialism
14. Class Contradictions in Tanzania
15. Transition
16. Decolonization
