Forced Labour in Colonial Africa - A. T. Nzula I. I. Potekhin and A. Z. Zusmanovich

Originally published for the first time in English in 1979 this book represents one of the earliest Marxist analyses of the impact that colonialism had on Africa during the first half century that followed the Scramble. Nzula's co-authored book, together with all his writings in the Negro Worker, are assembled here.

List of contents

Introduction Robin Cohen. 1. Black Africa's Role in the World Economic System 2. The Economic Oppression of the Peasantry 3. Forced Labour on Plantations, Farms and Mines 4. The Effects of the Depression on Black Africa 5. Peasant Movements and Uprisings in the Colonies 6. The Trade Union Movement in Black Africa 7. The Economic Struggle of the Working Class in Black Africa 8. Limits of National Reformism.

About the author

Robin Cohen is Emeritus Professor of Development Studies at the University of Oxford. For the first decade of his academic career, he worked on comparative labour issues. His books included Labour and Politics in Nigeria (1974) and the co-edited collections The development of an African working class (1975), International Labour and the Third World (1987), African Labor History (1978) and the current title, Peasants and Proletarians. He subsequently wrote on the themes of migration, globalization and diasporas. His best-known work is Global diasporas: An introduction (3rd edition, 2022).

Product details

• Assisted by: Robin Cohen (Editor), Jenkins Hugh (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032647708
• ISBN: 978-1-032-64770-8
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Africa, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Regional / International studies, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Political science and theory, Marxism & Communism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, colonial Africa;forced labour;marxist politics