New Forms of Colonialism in Africa

In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 1, Heft 4, S. 467-474

Abstract

The colonial system is a system of social relations based on the political and economic domination of backward peoples by imperialist powers, in a world divided territorially and economically. The colonial régime is a monopoly exercised by the bourgeoisie of an imperialist country, based on economic and extra-economic pressure in a dependent country. This imperialist monopoly has two basic functions: on the one hand, it exploits the colonies; on the other hand, it maintains and develops the political enslavement necessary for its own existence.