The dependent clause of the sentence is "If we are going to make it to the movie on time," because it depends on the next part of the sentence to make sense. Without the next half of the sentence, the clause left alone wouldn't make any sense. The other clause is independent, meaning that it still makes sense when it stands without the dependent clause.
Of colonialism in the genesis and sustenance of corruption in Africa. In this ... pursuit of their colonial project of dominating and exploiting their own peoples. ... corruption appears to have been the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century.