Systemic Plunder

“By the direct control of Africa’s economy and political administration made possible through colonialization, Africa was compelled or forced to accept the international division of labor which assigned her the compulsory role of production of agricultural raw materials required by the industries in Europe.”- CHINWEIZU.

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The present role of African states in the international world economy as sources of raw materials, and consumers of manufactured products, did not come by accident; it is manufactured to play out as it is, owing to a colonial plan to subordinate Africa.

The deep-seated corruption in most African states and the egocentric attitudes of most of Africa’s political leaders are attributable to the effects of colonialism and imperialism.

At the advent of the industrial revolution, the slave trade and slavery had fulfilled their basic function of providing primitive capital.

The quest for the investment of the accumulated capital and the need for raw materials led to the colonization of Africa. As Chinweizu (1978, p. 35) observed: