1st Edition
Africa and the Global System of Capital Accumulation
Africa: A political map
Lists of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Preface
1. The Role of Primitive Accumulation and Racism in Capitalist Systems
Allan D. Cooper and Emmanuel O. Oritsejafor
2. Cocoa in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana: Chocolate and Neoliberal Capitalism
T. Y. Okosun
3. Capital Accumulation in Liberia’s Rubber and Iron Ore Sectors
George Klay Kieh, Jr.
4. The Congo Paradox: Accumulation Crisis and Resilience in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Musifiky Mwanasali
5. From Unfree Labor to Neo-Colonial Extraction in Sao Tome and Principe
Andrew Ikeh Emmanuel Ewoh
6. Russia’s Return to Africa: Much ado but about what?
Radoslav A. Yordanov
7. Diamonds in Africa and the Continuing Cold War: A Case Study of Building a Capitalist Ruling Class in Namibia
Allan D. Cooper
8. Profiting from the Conflict in Mogadishu: Capital Accumulation in the Failed State of Somalia
Mohamed Haji Ingiriis
9. Benefiting a Few: Oil Rents in South Sudan
Brian Adeba
10. Angola’s Transition From War to Economic Powerhouse
Victor Ojakorotu
11. Capitalism and Africa’s (Infra)Structural Dependency: A Story of Spatial Fixes and Accumulation by Dispossession
Tim Zajontz and Ian Taylor
12. Wealth Accumulation and the Nigerian Billionaire Club: The Case of Aliko Dangote
Emmanuel O. Oritsejafor
13. Tanzania Can Feed Africa: Potentials and Challenges
Kitojo Kagome Wetengere
14. Conclusion: Odious Debts of the African Capitalist State
Allan D. Cooper and Emmanuel O. Oritsejafor
Index
Biography
Emmanuel O. Oritsejafor is Chair of the Political Science Program at North Carolina Central University, USA.
Allan D. Cooper is Professor of Political Science at North Carolina Central University, USA.
