THE INCLUSION OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA INTO THE CONTEMPORARY CAPITALIST SYSTEM: AN APPROACH IN THE LIGHT OF ROSA LUXEMBOURG'S THEORY

Abstract

This article seeks to analyze the theory of the continuing primitive accumulation
of Rosa Luxembourg and its use for analysis of sub-Saharan Africa nowadays. With
the entry of the 21st century, there is a renewed interest of the great powers in relation
to African wealth and markets. This new race takes place due to the possibility of accumulation
of capital that the African environment still provides today. Based on the study
of the trade relations and productive structures of Africa, it is noted that the continent
is still externally dependent and subjugated to the global market as, in general, a mere
exporter of primary goods, dynamics in which imperialistic relationships are maintained
with the Capitalist Center. This article therefore seeks to verify the hypothesis that Rosa
Luxembourg’s theory can be approximated to the African case today and to classify in
which of the three stages proposed by the author is sub-Saharan Africa: natural, mercantile
or capitalist.