Dennis Brutus

Dennis Brutus argues in the following viewpoint that Africa is being harmed by economic policies dictated by the “Structural Adjustment Programs” of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These international financial institutions are following the agenda of developed countries who seek to recolonize Africa, he contends. They are forcing African nations to harm the welfare of their own people by devaluing their currencies and slashing funding for government programs and education. Brutus, a writer and professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s African studies department, is a former resident of South Africa who was imprisoned and later exiled from that country for his political activism.

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