Keywords
capitalism, indigenous economics, Oromo, decolonization
Document Type
Commentary
Abstract
Capitalism, racialism, and indigenous exploitation are deeply entangled practices. In their implementation, they each rely on forms of extraction and subjugation with long-lasting impacts. Denise Ferreira da Silva uses a Black feminist practice of “reading” in order to explicate the ways lives are valued and lost within this pursuit of global capital. Despite overwhelming extraction, looking closely and reading into Indigenous lifeways and organizing practices encourages the pursuit of “otherwise worlds.” This essay uses a close reading of da Silva’s chapter on global capital, and the larger collection it comes from, as a way of exploring the economic practices of the Oromo people. By operationalizing the review and putting key concepts in action, the processes of both exploitation and pathways against this harm are elucidated.
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Africana Studies Commons, Anthropology Commons, Indigenous Studies Commons, Sociology Commons
Submitted
April 5, 2022
Published
May 5, 2022
