The Crude Intentions
The Pursuit of African Fuel Minerals and the Need for an Afrocentric Foreign Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18948846 |
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| Authors | Serie Mcdougal (0000-0001-5805-689X, Temple University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 803-813 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0021934707302645 |
| OpenAlex | W2048965035 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
America's technological, military, and economic security is growing increasingly vulnerable because of a lack of energy security. As a result, America's need to locate, exploit, and control fuel resources has intensified its engagement of the African continent. The nature of America's relationship with the African continent is being progressively guided by U.S. energy policy. Moreover, this relationship must be analyzed in light of the continuing legacy of European colonialism on the African continent. There is a need to ensure that the majority of African people benefit from activity in Africa's energy sector on a just and sustained basis. Fulfilling this need will require the adoption of a foreign policy that is reflective of Africa's unifying cultural beliefs and values, holds foreign countries and companies who would do business with Africa to a set of standards that disallows Africa's exploitation, and is aligned with African development on African terms
Business · Colonialism · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Energy (signal processing) · Exploit · Foreign policy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Economic Growth and Development · International Development and Aid · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development
| Highly cited | No |
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