The New Age of Empire

How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World

By: Kehinde Andrews

Narrated by: Kehinde Andrews

Brought to you by Penguin.

The New Age of Empire takes us back to the beginning of the European Empires, outlining the deliberate terror and suffering wrought during every stage of the expansion and destroys the self-congratulatory myth that the West was founded on the three great revolutions of science, industry and politics. Instead, genocide, slavery and colonialism are the key foundation stones upon which the West was built and we are still living under this system today: America is now at the helm, perpetuating global inequality through business, government and institutions like the UN, the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO.

The West is rich because the rest is poor. Capitalism is racism. The West congratulations itself on raising poverty by increments in the developing world while ignoring the fact that it created these conditions in the first place and continues to perpetuate them. The Enlightenment, which underlies every part of our foundational philosophy today, was and is profoundly racist. This colonial logic was and is used to justify the ransacking of Black and brown bodies and their land. The fashionable solutions offered by the white left in recent years fall far short of even beginning to tackle the West's place at the helm of a racist global order.

Offering no easy answers, The New Age of Empire is essential listening to understand our profoundly corrupt global system. A work of essential clarity, The New Age of Empire is a groundbreaking new blueprint for taking Black radical thought into the 21st century and beyond.

©2021 Kehinde Andrews (P)2021 Penguin Audio

Crucial reading for all

The book is a crucial reading for everybody who wants to understand society, especially if you're interested in geopolitics, political economy, imperialism, anti-racism and activism in general.

There's literally SO much knowledge in here, but at the same time he explains it in a clear manner. His voice is also very nice to listen to. It's my new favorite book, so I bought the hardcover version too.