Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa

"A powerful critique of the international humanitarian agencies dominating famine relief in Africa." Foreign Affairs"This is unquestionably an important book by a writer whose accomplishments as a researcher, critic and activist on famine and on human rights in Africa are widely respect." Internatio [...]
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"A powerful critique of the international humanitarian agencies dominating famine relief in Africa." Foreign Affairs"This is unquestionably an important book by a writer whose accomplishments as a researcher, critic and activist on famine and on human rights in Africa are widely respect." International Affairs..". de Waal pleads for readers... to probe for a deeper understanding of the political roots of famine ... " WorldView..". a well-documented critique that should give pause for serious reflection and serve to instruct both the initiate and the master of famine theory... " Sociocultural AnthropologyFamine Crimes is a factually rich, powerfully intelligent, morally important analysis of the persistence of famine in Africa. Alex de Waal lays the blame for Africa s problems with starvation on the political failings of African governments, western donors, and the misguided policies of international relief agencies."