![]() ![]() HEUA is a book that demands consistent and renewed attention: it is a book which continues to speak even though its author was viciously silenced. Yet the relevance of his arguments has not dimmed with time: they continue to speak with his trademark eloquence and energy, and to remind us of the intellectual genesis of many crucial questions today. In this way, Rodney was prevented from fighting for the relevance and enduring power of the arguments of his book. The epitome of the historian-activist, he was assassinated in Guyana in 1980 on the eve of that country’s elections. The 1970s became a transformative decade for Rodney, in which he became a key figure in global anti-colonial, South-South solidarity, and Black Power movements. ![]() Rodney published HEUA in a context of independence for several African countries while Southern Africans fought against colonialism and White supremacy. The book was published by the Tanzania Publishing House in association with Bogle Louverture publishers in London. Born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1942, he published the book in 1972, when he was teaching at the University of Dar-es-Salaam. First, there is the tragic nature of Rodney’s life. ![]() To us, this seemed important for a number of reasons. ![]() In order to mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (HEUA) by the Guyanese historian Walter Rodney, the editors of AEH have decided to commission a series of short essays by scholars to consider the genesis, legacy, and ongoing relevance of Rodney’s book. ![]()
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