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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
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Essay Topics
Discuss development in Africa before the trading era with Europe. Address the political, economic, and social facets of African development in this period.
How did the trans-Atlantic slave trade help develop Europe? How did it hinder African development?
Discuss the European economy in the precolonial age. How did imperialism fuel growth?
What were the aims and achievements of colonialism? How did the goals of the colonizers counter the aims and achievements of Africans?
Discuss the role of Christianity in supporting and promoting imperialism and colonialism.
Compare indigenous African education to colonial education. How did colonial education reflect and support imperialistic and racist structures?
Discuss the impact of colonialism on African women.
Compare and contrast how different European countries justified colonialism.
What aspects of Rodney’s life and work make him a Marxist? How does his philosophy inform his observations in How Europe Underdeveloped Africa? How does his work compare to other contemporaneous texts on African history?
Citing at least three studies, discuss Rodney’s legacy in the field of development studies.
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