'Globalisation' and African export crop agriculture

It is commonly agreed that Africa has become increasingly marginalised with in the current global economy. However, there are few existing attempts to identify the precise contours of this marginalisation or to explicate the d ynamics giving it a precise shape. Against the background of a discussion o f theoretical entry points to this problem, as well as of some of its broad quantitative dimensions, this article attempts to develop working hypothes es focused on the marginalisation/restructuring of African export crop agri culture.