Zone1 How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

[AMart]

Let's take a serious look at what really happened in Africa from the perspective of an African.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, is a book written by Walter Rodney. Rodney was a historian, political activist and academic. His work is important to understanding the true impact of European colonization on the African content.

So let's start with chapter 2.

How Africa Developed Before the Coming of the Europeans up to the 15th Century

‘Before even the British came into relations with our people, we were a developed people, having our own institutions, having our own ideas of government.’ J. E. Casely-Hayford, 1922. African (Gold Coast) Nationalist

https://abahlali.org/files/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf

Please read chapter 2.

Sub Saharan Africa didn't even have the wheel lol.

 

[AMart]

Because Africa was prosperous before the Europen showed up.

This 14th-Century African Emperor Remains the Richest Person in History​

Forget today’s tech billionaires, the wealth of Mansa Musa of Mali was too vast to be imagined—or equaled.

In the vast fictional universe of Marvel Comics, T’Challa, better known as Black Panther, is not only king of Wakanda, he’s also the richest superhero of them all. And although today’s fight for the title of wealthiest person alive involves a tug-of-war between billionaire CEOs, the wealthiest person in history, Mansa Musa, has more in common with Marvel’s first Black superhero.

Musa became ruler of the Mali Empire in 1312, taking the throne after his predecessor, Abu-Bakr II, for whom he’d served as deputy, went missing on a voyage he took by sea to find the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. Musa’s rule came at a time when European nations were struggling due to raging civil wars and a lack of resources. During that period, the Mali Empire flourished thanks to ample natural resources like gold and salt.

And under the rule of Musa, the prosperous empire grew to span a sizeable portion of West Africa, from the Atlantic coast to the inland trading hub of Timbuktu and parts of the Sahara Desert. As the territory grew while Musa was on the throne, so did the economic standing of its citizens.

This 14th-Century African Emperor Remains the Richest Person in History | HISTORY

Forget today’s tech billionaires, the wealth of Mansa Musa of Mali was too vast to be imagined—or equaled.

www.history.com

What did he do with the gold? Go to a strip club?

 

[AZrailwhale]

Europe raped Africa of its resources while returning little of the revenue generated to the people who actually resided there.

We will take your Ivory, furs, gold, diamonds, minerals, oil and give you nothing in return

All of which had zero value to the natives. Ivory and gold had some decorative uses, but diamonds, oil and minerals had none.

 

[1srelluc]

Cherrry picking pictures that confirm your bias shows just how much you need to read this information.

Naiirobi Kenya

Khartoum Sudan

Addis Ababa Ethiopia

I'm not summarizing anything. Read the information so you can learn something because your summary of Africa is inaccurate and it should be debunked using evidence presented by experts on African history. We have not had a hard time adapting to anything. This is where your delusions come into play. We have faxed racism, that has been the problem. Other races have had the same problem and jews are not a race. Indians get here on the H1B Government program that gives them jobs. You do need to read what happened because you do not know the half. You believe a bunch of white nonsense.

Every city you posted has more slums than nice areas....I put them under the pics you posted.

 

[theHawk]

Cherrry picking pictures that confirm your bias shows just how much you need to read this information.

Naiirobi Kenya

Khartoum Sudan

Addis Ababa Ethiopia

The America you don't post pictures of

I'm not summarizing anything. Read the information so you can learn something because your summary of Africa is inaccurate and it should be debunked using evidence presented by experts on African history. We have not had a hard time adapting to anything. This is where your delusions come into play. We have faxed racism, that has been the problem. Other races have had the same problem and jews are not a race. Indians get here on the H1B Government program that gives them jobs. You do need to read what happened because you do not know the half. You believe a bunch of white nonsense.

Okay so you do like Western influence and culture and want Africa to continue to adopt it instead of their tribal culture because it is superior.

I guess you win this argument.

 

[ninja007]

Let's take a serious look at what really happened in Africa from the perspective of an African.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, is a book written by Walter Rodney. Rodney was a historian, political activist and academic. His work is important to understanding the true impact of European colonization on the African content.

So let's start with chapter 2.

How Africa Developed Before the Coming of the Europeans up to the 15th Century

‘Before even the British came into relations with our people, we were a developed people, having our own institutions, having our own ideas of government.’ J. E. Casely-Hayford, 1922. African (Gold Coast) Nationalist

https://abahlali.org/files/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf

Please read chapter 2.

LOL! JUST STOP LIAR! EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NOT BLACK- ALL LEFTISTS LIE. YOURE SO PATHETIC!

 

[westwall]

Let's take a serious look at what really happened in Africa from the perspective of an African.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, is a book written by Walter Rodney. Rodney was a historian, political activist and academic. His work is important to understanding the true impact of European colonization on the African content.

So let's start with chapter 2.

How Africa Developed Before the Coming of the Europeans up to the 15th Century

‘Before even the British came into relations with our people, we were a developed people, having our own institutions, having our own ideas of government.’ J. E. Casely-Hayford, 1922. African (Gold Coast) Nationalist

https://abahlali.org/files/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf

Please read chapter 2.

Soooooo, black Africans can't do ANYTHING for themselves.

Is that what you're saying?

 

[IM2]

Okay so you do like Western influence and culture and want Africa to continue to adopt it instead of their tribal culture because it is superior.

I guess you win this argument.

There is no such thing as Western culture. Europeans have tribes, Anglos, Saxons, Celts, Vikings, etc., were all tribes. There is urban and rural. The nations of Africa has always had cities and rural communities. That's why you need to start reading the information I linked.

https://abahlali.org/files/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf

Start with chapter 2.

 

[IM2]

The moment that the topic of the pre-European African past is raised, many individuals are concerned for various reasons to know about the existence of African ‘civilisations’. Mainly, this stems from a desire to make comparisons with European ‘civilisations’. This is not the context in which to evaluate the so-called civilisations of Europe. It is enough to note the behaviour of European capitalists from the epoch of slavery through colonialism, fascism and genocidal wars in Asia and Africa. Such barbarism causes suspicion to attach to the use of the word ‘civilisation’ to describe Western Europe and North America. As far as Africa is concerned during the period of early development, it is preferable to speak in terms of ‘cultures’ rather than civilisations.

A culture is a total way of life. It embraces w at people ate and what they wore; the way they walked and the way they talked; the manner in which they treated death and greeted the new-born. Obviously, unique features came into existence in virtually every locality with regard to afl social details. In addition, the continent of Africa south of the great Sahara desert formed a broad community where resemblances were clearly discernible. For example, music and dance had key roles in ‘uncontaminated’ African society. They were ever present at birth, initiation, marriage, death, etc., as well as appearing at times of recreation. Africa is the continent of drums and percussion. African peoples reached the pinnacl e of achievement in that sphere.

Because of the impact of colonialism and cultural imperialism (which will be discussed later), Europeans and Africans themselves in the colonial period lacked due regard for the unique features of African culture. Those features have a value of their own that cannot be eclipsed by European culture either in the comparable period before 1500 or in the subsequent centuries. They cannot be eclipsed because they are not really comparable phenomena. Who in this world is competent to judge whether an Austrian waltz is better than a Makonde Ngoma?

Furthermore, even in those spheres of culture that are more readily comparable, such as ‘the fine arts’, it is known that African achievements of the pre-European period stand as contributions to man’s heritage of beautiful creations. The art of Egypt, the Sudan and Ethiopia was known to the rest of the world at an early date. That of the rest of Africa is still being ‘discovered’ and rediscovered by Europeans and present-day Africans. The verdict of art historians on the Ife and Benin bronzes is well known.

https://abahlali.org/files/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

Let's take a serious look at what really happened in Africa from the perspective of an African.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, is a book written by Walter Rodney. Rodney was a historian, political activist and academic. His work is important to understanding the true impact of European colonization on the African content.

So let's start with chapter 2.

How Africa Developed Before the Coming of the Europeans up to the 15th Century

‘Before even the British came into relations with our people, we were a developed people, having our own institutions, having our own ideas of government.’ J. E. Casely-Hayford, 1922. African (Gold Coast) Nationalist

https://abahlali.org/files/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf

Please read chapter 2.

As we watch Africa" underdevelop" western Europe in real time

You have to be excited about that

Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/15/2023​

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Baron Bodissey

​

An African migrant was arrested after he allegedly pushed a woman to her death in front of an oncoming train at a railway station in France. According to witnesses, there was no apparent reason for the migrant’s murderous actions.
In other news, the number of illegal migrants landing in Italy has increased by 150% this year, and appears likely to surpass the record set in 2016.

 

[IM2]

As we watch Africa" underdevelop" western Europe in real time

You have to be excited about that

Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/15/2023​

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Baron Bodissey

​

An African migrant was arrested after he allegedly pushed a woman to her death in front of an oncoming train at a railway station in France. According to witnesses, there was no apparent reason for the migrant’s murderous actions.
In other news, the number of illegal migrants landing in Italy has increased by 150% this year, and appears likely to surpass the record set in 2016.

https://abahlali.org/files/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf

Start reading.

 

[Hellbilly]

So why do you prefer to stay in a European developed country instead of going to Africa?

Why do you prefer to stay in a land of merciless Indian savages instead of going to Europe?

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Because Africa was prosperous before the Europen showed up.

This 14th-Century African Emperor Remains the Richest Person in History​

Forget today’s tech billionaires, the wealth of Mansa Musa of Mali was too vast to be imagined—or equaled.

In the vast fictional universe of Marvel Comics, T’Challa, better known as Black Panther, is not only king of Wakanda, he’s also the richest superhero of them all. And although today’s fight for the title of wealthiest person alive involves a tug-of-war between billionaire CEOs, the wealthiest person in history, Mansa Musa, has more in common with Marvel’s first Black superhero.

Musa became ruler of the Mali Empire in 1312, taking the throne after his predecessor, Abu-Bakr II, for whom he’d served as deputy, went missing on a voyage he took by sea to find the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. Musa’s rule came at a time when European nations were struggling due to raging civil wars and a lack of resources. During that period, the Mali Empire flourished thanks to ample natural resources like gold and salt.

And under the rule of Musa, the prosperous empire grew to span a sizeable portion of West Africa, from the Atlantic coast to the inland trading hub of Timbuktu and parts of the Sahara Desert. As the territory grew while Musa was on the throne, so did the economic standing of its citizens.

This 14th-Century African Emperor Remains the Richest Person in History | HISTORY

Forget today’s tech billionaires, the wealth of Mansa Musa of Mali was too vast to be imagined—or equaled.

www.history.com

Because Africa was prosperous before the Europen showed up.

Maybe Egypt was prosperous but then again Egyptians were infused with European blood, while the dark skin Africans were murdering each other, enslaving each other, and selling each other to the highest bidder. So, yeah, some Africans were very prosperous, but then again, the Black Slave owners of the Democrat South were very prosperous also...


Also why is it that Blacks need to have some kind of King to rule them? Is it because they cant think for themselves?

 

[Innocynioc]

I don't care what you say I am not going to read damned chapter 2.

 

[MarathonMike]

Europe raped Africa of its resources while returning little of the revenue generated to the people who actually resided there.

We will take your Ivory, furs, gold, diamonds, minerals, oil and give you nothing in return

The way of the world for the last 3000 years has been "you can either defend your country or you will be conquered". African countries were unable to repel any foreign invaders be they Muslim, European, Asian or whoever. The same thing happened in every other Continent as well, you were either the conqueror or the conquered.

 

[rightwinger]

The way of the world for the last 3000 years has been "you can either defend your country or you will be conquered". African countries were unable to repel any foreign invaders be they Muslim, European, Asian or whoever. The same thing happened in every other Continent as well, you were either the conqueror or the conquered.

Might makes right

 

[IM2]

Maybe Egypt was prosperous but then again Egyptians were infused with European blood, while the dark skin Africans were murdering each other, enslaving each other, and selling each other to the highest bidder. So, yeah, some Africans were very prosperous, but then again, the Black Slave owners of the Democrat South were very prosperous also...


Also why is it that Blacks need to have some kind of King to rule them? Is it because they cant think for themselves?

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Incorrect. Egypt was not white and there were many other highly sucessful nations in Alkebulan, which is the original name of the continent. The people in your picture would have been republicans.

 

[IM2]

I'm going to skip to chapter 5.

ALL RIISE!

TONIGHT'S LESSON:

5. 1 Expatriation of African Surplus under Colonialism
(a) Capital and African wage labour
Colonial Africa fell within that part of the international capitalist economy from which surplus was drawn to feed the metropolitan sector. As seen earlier, exploitation of land and labour is essential for human social advance, but only on the assumption that the product is made available within the area where the exploitation takes place. Colonialism was not merely a system of exploitation, but one whose essential purpose was to repatriate the profits to the so-called ‘mother country’. From an African view-point, that amounted to consistent expatriation of surplus produced by African labour out of African resources. It meant the development of Europe as part of the same dialectical process in which Africa was underdeveloped.

There were several reasons why the African worker was more crudely exploited than his European counterpart in the present century. Firstly, the alien colonial state had a monopoly of political power, after crushing all opposition by armed force. Secondly, the African working class was small, very dispersed, and very unstable owing to migratory practices. Thirdly, while capitalism was willing to exploit all workers everywhere, European capitalists in Africa had additional racial justifications for dealing unjustly with the African worker. The racist theory that the black man was inferior led to the conclusion that he deserved lower wages; and, interestingly enough, the light-skinned Arab and Berber populations of North Africa were treated as ‘blacks’ by the white racist French. The combination of the above factors in turn made it extremely difficult for African workers to organise themselves. It is only the organisation and resoluteness of the working class which protects it from the natural tendency of the capitalist to exploit to the utmost. That is why in all colonial territories, when African workers realised the necessity for trade union solidarity, numerous obstacles were laid in their paths by the colonial regimes.

Wages paid to workers in Europe and North America were much higher than wages paid to African workers in comparable categories. The Nigerian coalminer at Enugu earned 1/- per day for working underground and 0/9d per day for jobs on the surface. Such a miserable wage would be beyond comprehension of a Scottish or German coalminer who could virtually earn in an hour what the Enugu miner was paid for a six-day week. The same disparity existed with port workers. The records of the large American shipping company, Farrell Lines, show that in 1955, of the total amount spent on loading and discharging cargo moving between Africa and America, five-sixths went to American workers and one-sixth to Africans. Yet, it was the same amount of cargo loaded and unloaded at both ends.

https://abahlali.org/files/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf

 

[IM2]

Now let's get down to the nitty gritty.

ALL RIISE!

5. 1 Expatriation of African Surplus under Colonialism
(d) The Colonial Administration as Economic Exploiter

In Britain, the notorious slave-trading port of Liverpool was the first to switch to palm oil early in the 19th century when the trade in slaves became difficult or impossible. This meant that Liverpool firms were no longer exploiting Africa by removing its labour physically to another part of the world. Instead, they were exploiting the labour and raw materials of Africa inside Africa.

It was on this very issue of currency that the colonial government did the most manipulations to ensure that Africa’s wealth was stashed away in the coffers of the metropolitan state. In the British colonial sphere, coins and notes were first issued through private banks. Then this function was taken over by the West African Currency Board and the East African Currency Board established in 1912 and 1919, respectively. The currency issued by those Boards in the colonies had to be backed by ‘sterling reserves’, which was money earned by Africa. The manner in which the system worked was as follows. When a colony earned foreign exchange (mainly) through exports, these earnings were held in Britain in Pounds Sterling. An equivalent amount of local East or West African currency was issued for circulation in the respective colonies, while the Sterling was invested in British Government Stock thereby earning even more profit for Britain. The commercial banks worked hand in hand with the metropolitan government and the Currency Boards to make the system work. Together they established an intricate financial network which served the common end of enriching Europe at Africa’s expense.

The contribution to sterling reserves by any colony was a gift to the British treasury, for which the colony received little interest. By the end of the 1950s, the sterling reserves of a small colony like Sierra Leone had reached £60 million; while in 1955 the British government was holding £210 million derived from the sale of cocoa and minerals from Gold Coast. Egypt and the Sudan were also heavy contributors to Britain. Africa’s total contribution to Britain’s sterling balances in 1945 was £446 million, which went up to £1,446 million by 1955-more than half the total gold and dollar reserves of Britain and the Commonwealth, which then stood at £2,120 million. Men like Arthur Creech-Jones and Oliver Lyttleton, major figures in British colonial policy-making, admitted that in the early 1950s Britain was living on the dollar earnings of the colonies

https://abahlali.org/files/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Incorrect. Egypt was not white and there were many other highly sucessful nations in Alkebulan, which is the original name of the continent. The people in your picture would have been republicans.

Man, you are so out of touch with reality. I never said that they were "WHITIES" but they sure werent "LOSER BLACKIES", either..

Black or white? Ancient Egyptian race mystery now solved

But a group of international researchers, using unique methods, have overcome the barriers to do just that. They found that the ancient Egyptians were most closely related to the peoples of the Near East, particularly from the Levant. This is the Eastern Mediterranean which today includes the countries of Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.

Not too many Africans in this bunch that is closely related to ancient Egyptians.

Iraq...............................................................................................................Jordanians

Palastinians..................................................................................Turks