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Capitalism and the Transformation of Africa

Introduction by Mary-Alice Waters, photos, maps, index.

Format: Paper

150 Pages

Edition: 1st

Year: 2009

Publisher: Pathfinder Press

ISBN: 9781604880168

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Capitalism and the Transformation of Africa

Reports from Equatorial Guinea

By Martín Koppel,  Mary-Alice Waters, 

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  Transforming production and class relations The Cuban revolution's internationalist road Reporting from Equatorial Guinea in central Africa, the authors focus on the social transformations unfolding, as revenues from offshore oil extraction are used to build infrastructure on which rising labor productivity, industry, and progress depend. Pulled into the world...

“In the decades of wars, economic crises, and explosive class battles that lie ahead, the weight of the toilers of Africa in shaping the future will be greater than ever before.

 

“Reliable basic information about contemporary Equatorial Guinea, information that would be of much value to any reader who is not familiar with the country.” —African Studies Quarterly

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