History and Hunger in West Africa (inbunden)

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Format: Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 176
Utgivningsdatum: 1993-06-01
Förlag: Praeger Publishers Inc
Illustratör/Fotograf: black & white illustrations
Illustrationer: black & white illustrations
Dimensioner: 243 x 154 x 19 mm
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Antal komponenter: 1
Komponenter: 1 Hardback
ISSN: 0069-9624
ISBN: 9780313267468

History and Hunger in West Africa

Name: History and Hunger in West Africa
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Author: Laura Bigman
ISBN: 9780313267468

Food Production and Entitlement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde

av Laura Bigman

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993-06-01

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As Africa entered the 1990s, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission on Africa declared the continent incapable of feeding at least one-fifth of its peoples. Africa is the only region in the world where per capita food production is actually declining. Even with imports, the average African gets only enough nourishment to meet 85 percent of the minimum daily calorie requirement. This book analyzes the contemporary food crisis in Africa from an historical perspective, using two West African case studies. From the perspective of food production and entitlement, the volume traces the economic history of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde beginning with the slave trade, through the colonial and postcolonial periods to democratization and structural adjustment. Using the theory and methodology of political economy, the study argues that the way in which African societies have been integrated into the world market diverted resources from food production, exacerbated exploitation, thus affecting entitlement to the food produced. Conditions for national food dependency and the degradation of the environment ensued.

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.,."this book was well written and researched, and it is definitely a good resource text for students and scholars of Lucophone history and political economy."-The International Journal of African Historical Studies ?...this book was well written and researched, and it is definitely a good resource text for students and scholars of Lucophone history and political economy.?-The International Journal of African Historical Studies ..."this book was well written and researched, and it is definitely a good resource text for students and scholars of Lucophone history and political economy."-The International Journal of African Historical Studies

LAURA BIGMAN is founder of the Africans in Washington Project and is currently a Research Associate in the African Studies Department at Howard University.

Introduction The Food Question in Africa: An Historical Perspective The Peoples of Guinea-Bissau and the Slave Trade Era Guinea-Bissau: The Colonial Economy Peanuts, Plantations and the Senegalization of Guinea-Bissau Politics of Force and Forced Migration Cape Verde Islands: Colonialism, Commerce and Crop Failures Slavery and Tenancy The Party-States, Privatization and Food Guinea-Bissau: Rice. Trade, Aid and the New Ponteiros Cape Verde: Agarrian Reform, Public Works and Extraversion Maps Historical Islamic States of the Guinea-Bissau Region