Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Political scientist and co-editor of Verso's Southern Questions series Adom Getachew wrote a piece in Duke University's Small Axe called "The Present as History: Walter Rodney and the Search for Usable African Pasts." Here, she discusses the everlasting importance of Walter Rodney's works.

Verso is proud to be publishing an updated 2026 edition of Walter Rodney's How Europe Underdeveloped Africa with revised text and an introduction by Angela Y. Davis: versobooks.com/products/788-how-europe-underdeveloped-africa?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=adom_26

Adom Getachew is co-editor of Verso's Southern Questions series: versobooks.com/collections/versos-southern-questions?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=adom_26