This paper is a revised version of a keynote address to the <italic>Review of African Political Economy</italic> Conference in Birmingham on 5 September 2003. It situates the contributions of the <italic>Review of African Political Economy</italic> to understanding Africa in relation to the defining texts of political economy...

This is the text prepared for a lecture given to the Walter Rodney Memorial Series, African Studies Centre, Boston University, 8 November 1982, in tribute to Ruth First. It discusses her writing on South Africa and Namibia in the context of her political commitments and ultimately her...