Africa and the Global System of Capital Accumulation offers a groundbreaking analysis of the strategic role Africa plays in the global capitalist economy.

Emmanuel O. Oritsejafor is Chair of the Political Science Program at North Carolina Central University, USA.

Allan D. Cooper is Professor of Political Science at North Carolina Central University, USA.

1.The Role of Primitive Accumulation and Racism in Capitalist Systems 2.Cocoa in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana: Chocolate and Neoliberal Capitalism 3.Capital Accumulation in Liberia's Rubber and Iron Ore Sectors 4.The Congo Paradox: Accumulation Crisis and Resilience in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.From Unfree Labor to Neo-Colonial Extraction in Sao Tome and Principe 6.Russia's Return to Africa: Much ado but about what? 7.Diamonds in Africa and the Continuing Cold War: A Case Study of Building a Capitalist Ruling Class in Namibia 8.Profiting from the Conflict in Mogadishu: Capital Accumulation in the Failed State of Somalia 9.Benefiting a Few: Oil Rents in South Sudan 10.Angola's Transition From War to Economic Powerhouse 11.Capitalism and Africa's (Infra)Structural Dependency: A Story of Spatial Fixes and Accumulation by Dispossession 12.Wealth Accumulation and the Nigerian Billionaire Club: The Case of Aliko Dangote 13.Tanzania Can Feed Africa: Potentials and Challenges 14.Conclusion: Odious Debts of the African Capitalist State