 | | (introductory text...) |
| | Acknowledgements |
| | Foreword |
| | Preface |
| | Introduction |
 | | 1: The performance of African agriculture, 1950-1980 |
| | 2: Precolonial African societies |
| | 3: The appropriation of peasant surplus labour |
| | 4: The export-oriented system |
| | 5: The second post-independence decade: The food crisis |
| | 6: Forms of control |
| | 7: The alternative and its prerequisites |
| | Conclusion |
| | Appendix: Complaints of the rice-growers of San (Mali) |
| | Selected bibliography |
