How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

TLDR: In this paper, the authors discuss the role of the European slave trade in African underdevelopment and its role in the development of the African economy from the pre-colonial period up to the early 20th century.

Abstract: Preface Addition to the preface Introduction Chapter One - Some Questions on Development What is Development What is Underdevelopment? Chapter Two - How Africa Developed Before the Coming of the Europeans up to the 15th Century General Over-View Concrete Examples Chapter Three - Africa's Contribution to European Capitalist Development - the Pre-Colonial Period How Europe Became the Dominant Section of a World- Wide Trade System Africa's contribution to the economy and beliefs of early capitalist Europe Chapter Four - Europe and the Roots of African Underdevelopment - to 1885 The European Slave Trade as a Basic Factor in African Underdevelopment Technological Stagnation and Distortion of the African Economy in the Pre-Colonial Epoch Continuing Politico-Military Developments in Africa - 1500 to 1885 Chapter Five - Africa's Contribution to the Capitalist Development of Europe - the Colonial Period Expatriation of African Surplus Under Colonialism The Strengthening of Technological and Military Aspects of Capitalism Chapter Six - Colonialism as a System for Underdeveloping Africa The Supposed Benefits of Colonialism to Africa Negative Character of the Social, Political and Economic Consequences Education for Underdevelopment Development by Contradiction