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Mentan, Tatah, 1948-

The open veins of Africa : the dynamics of extractive accumulation by dispossession in 21st century Africa / Tatah Mentan. - Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research and Publishing, 2018. - xvi, 428 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter one. Introduction: Trump, the "shithole African countries", and flawed explanations of extractivism -- Chapter two. Deconstructing accumulation by dispossession via extractive imperialism -- Chapter three. Colonial extractive imperialism : historical perspective in Africa -- Chapter four. The Washington consensus : Trojan horse of extractive imperialism in Africa -- Chapter five. Contemporary armored extractive imperialism in Africa -- Chapter six. New extractive imperialism and the neocolonial state in Africa -- Chapter seven. Extractive imperialism and democracy in Africa : paradoxes, limitations, transcendence -- Chapter eight. Summary, theoretical reprise, conclusion and way forward -- Annexure.

ISBN: 9789956550135 9956550132

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economic development--Political aspects--Africa.
Economic development--Social aspects--Africa.
Nonrenewable natural resources--Political aspects--Africa.
Imperialism--Economic aspects.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
Economics.
Africa.
imperialism.
globalization.
economic development.
natural resource management.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa--Economic conditions--21st century.
Africa.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: HC 800 / .M4644 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 330.96