Understanding the Causes of African Famine
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- africana
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Modern African Studies
- Vol. 14 (3) , 517-522
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x00053568
Abstract
In his article on ‘Political and Economic Origins of African Hunger’ in this Journal, Vol. XIII, No. 4, December 1975, Michael Lofchie argues persuasively in favour of considering economic and political processes, rather than natural phenomena, as the major determinants of famine in Africa. He correctly demonstrates that the majority of analysts, be they academics or governmentai and relief officials, continue to view the question of famine in a limited and unsatisfactory manner.Keywords
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