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Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation

Book by Amartya Sen; Oxford University Press, 1982

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Famines, Food Supply, Poverty, Starvation

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...R. 1974 , The Conquest of Famine , London: Chatto and Windus...Macmillan. BAIER S. 1974 , "African Merchants in the Colonial Period...Understanding the Causes of African Famine", Journal of Modern African Studies . 14. BALOGH T. 1966...
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The Challenges of Famine Relief: Emergency Operations in the Sudan

Book by Francis M. Deng, Larry Minear; Brookings Institution Press, 1992

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Drought Relief--Sudan, Droughts--Sudan, Famines--Sudan, Food Relief--Sudan

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Preface Famines should not occur in a world...dramatically evident in the great African famine of 1984-86, which, together with the famine that afflicted the southern...experience with the 1984-86 famine, when I served as executive...
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Environment, Famine, and Politics in Ethiopia: A View from the Village

Book by Alemneh Dejene; Lynne Rienner, 1990

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Desertification--Ethiopia, Environmental Policy--Ethiopia, Famines--Ethiopia, Land Use--Ethiopia

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...size and vulnerability to famine revealed that the size of...and other sub-Saharan African countries that are severely affected by recurrent famine.For example, a regional...population density in the famine-prone regions contributes...
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Famine in Peasant Societies

Book by Ronald E. Seavoy; Greenwood Press, 1986

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Famines, Food Supply

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...110. G. T. Renner, "A Famine Zone in Africa: The Sudan...History Repeats Itself. The Famine of 1931 in Niger," African Environment , Vol. 1, 1975...B. Webster, "Noi! Noi! Famines as an Aid to Interlacustrine...Jackson, "The Family Entity and Famine Among the Nineteenth-Century...
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Fleeing the Famine: North America and Irish Refugees, 1845-1851

Book by Margaret M. Mulrooney; Praeger, 2003

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Canada--Emigration And Immigration--History--19th Century, Ireland--Emigration And Immigration--History--19th Century, Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852, Irish Americans--History--19th Century, Irish--Canada--History--19th Century, Irish--Migrations--History--19th Century, Refugees--Canada--History--19th Century, Refugees--United States--History--19th Century, United States--Emigration And Immigration--History--19th Century

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...Addressing the distressed state of Famine-era Ireland in particular and the...exaggerated physical descriptions of the Famine Irish stereotype that abetted them did not. The chief victims would be African Americans and, later, Asians and...

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Journal Articles on: african famine

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Beneath International Famine Relief in Ethiopia: the United States, Ethiopia, and the Debate over Relief Aid, Development Assistance, and Human Rights

Journal article by Edward Kissi; African Studies Review, Vol. 48, 2005

Subjects:

Administration, African history, Economic aid, Economic policy, Ethiopia, Famine, Food programs, Foreign exchange, Foreign policy, Government, Human rights, Humanitarian aid, Military policy, Political science, Politics, Public officials, United States

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...especially from the African Development Bank (ADB...development work in their famine-alleviation efforts...to victory intensified famine and starvation in the...development assistance." The African Famine Relief and Recovery Act...
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Famine That Kills: Darfur, Sudan (Revised Edition)

Journal article by Daniela Nascimento; African Studies Quarterly, Vol. 9, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, Famine That Kills: Darfur, Sudan (Book)--Book reviews

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...affluent world understands and addresses famine crises in poor countries. Refusing...sterile agenda of relief to respond to famines and in favour of a redefined one...outsiders and the rural people victims of famines. Today, this goal remains largely...need to problematize the concept of famine and challenge the assumption that outsiders...international community in its responses to famine and crises of massacres and displacement...Despite an increased knowledge base about famines and the strategies to respond to them...
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Political Capital Deficits in Zimbabwean Famine: National and International Responsibility for Prevention Failure

Journal article by Cary Mcclelland; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 59, 2006

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Amnesty International--Reports, Amnesty International--Services, Budget deficits--Analysis, Famines--Economic aspects, Famines--Zimbabwe, Sustainable development--Forecasts and trends, Zimbabwe--Economic aspects

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...Deficits in Zimbabwean Famine: National and International...leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union...epidemic to southern African food shortages is creating a "new variant famine," the effects of...supporters. Southern African Development Community...This manipulation of famine is hardly concealed...
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Southern Africa Facing Famine

Journal article; Perspectives in Public Health, Vol. 126, 2006

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Famine, Humanitarian aid

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Southern Africa Facing Famine A report from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has warned that a number of Southern African countries are facing a very poor harvest and, in consequence...
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The Khalifa and the Routinization of Charismatic Authority

Journal article by Kim Searcy; The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 43, 2010

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Famine, Islam, Leadership, Religious orders

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...perceive him. The concept of baraka, within African Islamic tradition, is the closest equivalent...result of more pressing issues such as famine and the unsuccessful invasion of Egypt...address the consequences of a devastating famine that besieged the Sudan in 1889-1990...

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Magazine Articles on: african famine

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The African Killing Fields; You Heard All about the Ethiopian Famine. Here's the Story That President Reagan, Relief Groups, and the Media Didn't Tell You

Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; Washington Monthly, Vol. 20, September 1988

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Eritrea--Autonomy and independence movements, Eritrean People's Liberation Front--Military policy, Ethiopia--Politics and government, Famines--Ethiopia, Guerrillas--Ethiopia, Land settlement--Africa, Tigre People's Liberation Front--Military policy, United States--Relations with Ethiopia

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The African killing fields; you heard all about the Ethiopian famine. Heres the story that President...heard all about the Ethiopian famine. Heres the story that President...public with stories about the famine in Ethiopia. Television footage...
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Ethiopian Famine - Will We Act or Talk?

Magazine article by Anver Versi; African Business, May 2000

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Famines--Ethiopia

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Ethiopian Famine - Will We Act or Talk? by...common humanity, leave alone African unity, when neighbour is...it is the Organisation of African Unity. It must take the...we to believe that the 52 African states, if they have the...
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To Save Half a Million Children Is a Privilege: When Britain Watched Africans Die of a Deliberately Created Famine in 1968, Frederick Forsyth and Others Got Angry

Magazine article by Frederick Forsyth; New Statesman, Vol. 131, February 25, 2002

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Civil war--Economic aspects, Eastern Nigeria--Economic aspects, Forsyth, Frederick--Conduct of life, International relations--Citizen participation, Nigeria--Politics and government, Victims of famine--Contributions, gifts, etc.

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...privilege: When Britain watched Africans die of a deliberately created famine in 1968, Frederick Forsyth...kept alive half a million African children who would otherwise...in the crown of Britains African empire, achieved independence...unique to this day. Not famines, we have seen many since. But this was a man-created famine. Most are down to drought...
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Famine Can Be Averted

Magazine article; African Business, February 1994

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Botswana--Economic policy, Droughts--Management, Famines--Prevention

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Famine Can Be Averted. Botswana is home to one...to keeping a drought from turning into a famine. At a recent Hunger Conference held in...security. "I am convinced that there is no famine that cannot be overcome if we have the political...
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The Men Who Caused the Famine: International Donors Are Responsible for Turning a Food Shortage in Malawi into a Famine, Says a New Report Published by the World Development Movement

Magazine article; New African, December 2002

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Agricultural policy--Influence, Agricultural policy--Social aspects, Famines--International aspects, Famines--Management, Famines--Political aspects, International Monetary Fund--Criticism and interpretation, International Monetary Fund--Management, International relief--Management, Malawi--Social aspects, Privatization (Business)--Influence, Privatization (Business)--Social aspects, Privatization--Influence, Privatization--Social aspects, World Bank--Criticism and interpretation, World Bank--Management

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The Men Who Caused the Famine: International Donors Are...free-market approach" to African countries. "This is Jurassic...trampling all over desperately poor African countries," he added. Pointing...and the "poor South". "African governments supported by civil...

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Newspaper Articles on: african famine

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Bush Criticizes EU's Bio-Crop Fears; Says Resistance Is Exacerbating African Famine

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 22, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...resistance is exacerbating African famine. Byline: Bill Sammon, THE...said. "This has caused many African nations to avoid investing...when some famine-stricken African countries refused U.S...which afflicts 30 million Africans, including 3 million under...
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AWORLD AWAY FROM THECUP; How Is It Possible to Report on African Famine in Human Terms We Can Understand? Chris Stewart Went from Pop Group Genesis to Selling Millions of Acclaimed Travel Books - His Unique Perspective on the Looming Disaster in Niger Brings Home the Enormity of What Should Be the Biggest Story in Africa This Summer

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 20, 2010

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Books

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...How Is It Possible to Report on African Famine in Human Terms We Can Understand...happened in Tillabere: there was famine in 1984, and again to a lesser...too - lovely black-andwhite African goats which have long ago given...
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A World Away from the Cup; How Is It Possible to Report on African Famine in Human Terms We Can Understand? Chris Stewart Went from Pop Group Genesis to Selling Millions of Acclaimed Travel Books - His Unique Perspective on the Looming Disaster in Niger Brings Home the Enormity of What Should Be the Biggest Story in Africa This Summer; It's 48[degrees

Newspaper article; June 20, 2010

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Books

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...How Is It Possible to Report on African Famine in Human Terms We Can Understand...happened in Tillabere: there was famine in 1984, and again to a lesser...too - lovely black-and-white African goats which have long ago given...
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Report: Hunger Down Worldwide, Up in U.S. Civil Wars Blamed for African Famine

Newspaper article by David Ratcliff; The Washington Times, October 16, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...up in U.S. Civil wars blamed for African famine by David Ratcliff With the help of U...civil wars, are the main cause of todays famines. These situations often lead to starvation...rates than the United States, where African-American infants die at twice the rate...
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Do They Know How Much They Changed the World? Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, a Group of Musicians Answered Bob Geldof's Call to Record a Single in Support of Africans Hit by Famine. They Wanted to Change the World and They Did - but Perhaps Not in the Way They Expected, as David Williamson Reports

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 25, 2009

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Duran Duran (Music group), Geldof, Bob, Pop singers

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...Record a Single in Support of Africans Hit by Famine. They Wanted to Change the World...the graphic images of starving African children on television. It could...has accelerated the causes of famine and drought. This, he maintains...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african famine

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Somalia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...comprises almost the entire African coast of the Gulf of Aden...Civil war and the worst African drought of the century created a devastating famine in 1992, resulting in a...would contribute troops to African Union peacekeeping forces...
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Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Malawi. In 1992 93, the worst African drought of the 20th cent...were the primary causes of a famine that spread across portions...major health threat to many African nations, as a lack of economic...estimated that some 21 million Africans were infected with the AIDS...remained problems in many African countries. Mindful of the...
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Swaziland

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Swaziland promising to deport African National Congress (ANC) members...by periodic raids by South African troops searching for ANC dissidents...put Swaziland in danger of famine. During the 1990s a series...power. The same month the African Unions human rights commission...
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Mozambique , Country, Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the impact of their presence on African society was mainly destructive. Colonial...mid-19th cent. large numbers of Africans were exported as slaves, largely...railroads and by systematically forcing Africans to work on European-owned land...theory of "assimilation": if an African became assimilated to Portuguese culture...to improve the living conditions of Africans. At the same time, many African nations were becoming independent...
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Ethiopia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Lake Tana in Gondar. In the midst of famine and political instability, 10,000 Ethiopian...throughout the 1980s resulted in devastating famine and led to widespread flight to Djibouti...agriculture, continues to face problems of famine and widespread poverty. Elections held...

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