Chinweizu's 1975 foundational text, The West and the Rest of Us: White Predators, Black Slavers, and the African Elite , critiques Western imperialism and the complicity of the African elite in maintaining neocolonial dependency. The work advocates for an autonomous development path, breaking from Western models to achieve true economic and cultural independence. Access the text via the Internet Archive .
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Chinweizu argued that the "West" had monopolized the production of modern means, while the "Rest" were relegated to being consumers and raw-material suppliers. It was the classic dependency theory, but Chinweizu injected it with a cultural ferocity. He spoke of "technological serfdom."
Chinweizu argues that the West did not “develop” in isolation. It developed by extracting wealth, labor, and resources from Africa, Asia, and the Americas for five centuries. He dismisses the Weberian notion of the “Protestant work ethic” as a myth. Instead, he posits the
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