179pp., paperback, First SA Edition, Johannesburg, 2000.
First published in the USA in 2000.
Controversial book by Chika Onyeani, editor-in-chief of the African Sun Times and author of the novel The Broederbond Conspiracy.
Onyeani asserts that "Blacks are economic slaves because they lack the 'killer-instinct' and 'devil-may-care' attitude of the Caucasian, as well as the 'spider web economic mentality' of the Asian", He argues that Blacks must adopt an economic policy he calls the "spider-web doctrine" - patronize Black businesses and purchase products manufactured by Blacks in order to attract wealth to their communities and trap it there.