Walter Rodney Bookshelf
Dissecting the impact of slavery and colonialism on the history of international capitalism, and the global meaning of Black Power.
Walter Rodney described himself as a guerrilla intellectual, committed to studying the concrete realities of the working class. He believed in the centrality of education in revolutionary struggle and, alongside his work as a professor, he wrote two children’s books that challenged racial division in Guyana. As Robin D G Kelley says in this episode of The Verso Podcast, we are all Walter Rodney.
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Walter Rodney: Guerilla Intellectual with Robin D.G. Kelley and Kevin Okoth Ochieng on The Verso Podcast - see all platform links here.
Walter Rodney on the Verso Blog:
Colonialism as a System for Underdeveloping Africa: an excerpt from How Europe Underdeveloped Africa.
Walter Rodney’s Marxist approach to African underdevelopment: an excerpt from Walter Rodney’s Decolonial Marxism.
Walter Rodney and the Russian Revolution: Vijay Prashad on the importance of Walter Rodney's lectures on the Russian Revolution.
Walter Rodney and the Question of Power: C.L.R. James discusses Rodney's work in relation to the revolutionary seizure of power.
Pan-Afrikanism, Marxism and the Next Generation: Kevin Ochieng Okoth celebrates the work and legacy of Walter Rodney.
Walter Rodney's Legacy by Angela Davis.
