Africa's Leaky Giant

Trapido, Joe

Abstract

Recent analysis of Congo’s plight has foregrounded notions of local agency and impenetrable complexity, excluding structural analysis. In a landmark rebuttal, Joe Trapido argues that it is just as implausible to deny the agency of powerful outsiders as that of powerful Africans. Dynamics of a primitive accumulation that never results in sustained development, its gains still leaking overseas.

Citation

Trapido, J. (2015). Africa's Leaky Giant. New left review, 92, 5-40

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 3, 2015
• Publication Date: Mar 26, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 31, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 18, 2018
• Journal: New Left Review
• Print ISSN: 0028-6060
• Electronic ISSN: 2044-0480
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 92
• Pages: 5-40
• Publisher URL: http://newleftreview.org/II/92/joe-trapido-africa-s-leaky-giant