Capitalism and the Transformation of Africa: Reports from Equatorial GuineaPathfinder, 2009 - 150 pages "In the decades of wars, economic crises, and explosive class battles that lie ahead, the weight of the toilers of Africa in shaping the future will be greater than ever before." Reporting from Equatorial Guinea in central Africa, the authors focus on the social transformations unfolding, as revenues from offshore oil extraction are used to build infrastructure on which rising labor productivity, industry, and progress depend. Pulled into the world market as never before, both a capitalist class and a working class are being born. Includes firsthand accounts of the work of Cuban medical brigades in Equatorial Guinea, now extending to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea-Conakry as hundreds of Cuban volunteer medics combat the Ebola epidemic. Here we see the living example of the Cuban Revolution, exemplified by the international solidarity of workers and farmers who took political power into their own hands five decades ago. Woven together, these seemingly disparate threads--the beginning transformation of production and class relations in Equatorial Guinea, and the proletarian course of the Cuban Revolution--show a future to be fought for today. "Reliable basic information about contemporary Equatorial Guinea, information that would be of much value to any reader who is not familiar with the country."--African Studies Quarterly Includes photos, maps, and index. |
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... live births . Records com- piled by the medical brigades , however , show that in 2002 the average for infants cared for by the hospitals and clin- ics serviced by the brigades was 47 per 1,000 live births . By 2007 that figure had been ...
... live births . Records com- piled by the medical brigades , however , show that in 2002 the average for infants cared for by the hospitals and clin- ics serviced by the brigades was 47 per 1,000 live births . By 2007 that figure had been ...
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... live on less than a dollar or two a day . Few beds were occupied in the wards we were shown . In a conversation after the guided tour , two professors from the national university who had taken part in the visit told us they were proud ...
... live on less than a dollar or two a day . Few beds were occupied in the wards we were shown . In a conversation after the guided tour , two professors from the national university who had taken part in the visit told us they were proud ...
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... live more accurately and more richly through the books and pamphlets we publish . The second reason we welcomed the invitation to par- ticipate in this exchange is that our presence here helps underline that there are ordinary people in ...
... live more accurately and more richly through the books and pamphlets we publish . The second reason we welcomed the invitation to par- ticipate in this exchange is that our presence here helps underline that there are ordinary people in ...
Table des matières
About the authors | 7 |
Background on Equatorial Guinea | 25 |
highlights realities facing millions in Africa 333 | 33 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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Africa Angola Añisok Annobón apartheid Bata Bioko book fair Burkina Faso Cameroon capital capitalist Carlos Nse Nsuga colonial compañeros Congo Continental Region contingents country's Cuba Cuba's Cuban ambassador Cuban doctors Cuban internationalist Cuban medical brigade Cuban Revolution Cuban volunteer culture dictatorship Ebebiyin economic electrical Equato Equatorial Guinea Ernesto Che Guevara Escambray Evinayong Fang Fidel Castro French Gabon government of Equatorial graduating Guinean doctors hospital independence Jack Barnes Kogo labor live Luba Macías major Malabo Malcolm X Martín Koppel MARTIN KOPPEL/MILITANT Mary-Alice Waters Mbini medical school Mongomo National University Nelson Mandela Nguema Niefang Nsue nurses October organized Pathfinder Press paved political production revolutionary rial Guinea road slave social socialist revolution South African Spain Spanish struggle talk technicians Thomas Sankara tion told town transform United University of Equatorial vice rector Víctor Dreke women workers www.pathfinderpress.com young