Topic 9
Lenin’s theory of imperialism:
why was Africa colonized and how is it exploited today?
Reading 1: Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism (Lenin)
Reading 2: The Under-Developed Countries
(MWT, South Africa’s Impending Socialist Revolution, Part 3)
Chapter 5 – The Colonial Revolution
Chapter 6 – Africa
Chapter 7 – Southern Africa
Reading 3: A History of Pan-African Revolt, excerpts (CLR James)
Reading 4: Draft Theses on the National and Colonial Questions (Lenin)