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Post-colonial development in Africa – Samir Amin's lens.
- Source :
- Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies; Dec2023, Vol. 50 Issue 4, p438-451, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The paper is an attempt at applying Samir Amin's lens in the analysis of socio-economic development in Africa. Social and economic development in Africa has been substandard, largely because of the economic system followed and because effective structural transformation has not taken place – Samir Amin's works explained what needed to be done to transform Africa (and the broader global south). It is in this context that the paper posits that post-colonial Africa has had to contend with disruptive socio-economic and political realities instituted by European colonialism, slave trade and inappropriate integration of Africa to the so-called global economy. The fundamental explanation for the poor socio-economic development in Africa is global capitalism, and one of the possible solutions is in Samir Amin's delinking proposal as well as the restructuring of the African economies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02589346
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175570126
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02589346.2023.2300893