Africa's contemporary food insecurity : self-inflicted wounds through modern veni vidi vici and land grabbing / Nkwazi N. Mhango.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mhango, Nkwazi Nkuzi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land tenure--Africa.

Land tenure.

Land use, Rural--Africa.

Land use, Rural.

Food supply--Africa.

Food supply.

Food security--Africa.

Food security.

Africa.

Physical Description:

xi, 258 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe : Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

"Land is ubiquitous but exceptionally precious, no-frills, and one-off for all beings past, present, and future though not all appropriately appreciated for its nonpareil significance and sacredness. Nevertheless, currently, African corrupt, credulous, and closed-minded rulers are blindly and bald-facedly dishing land out in this toxic leasing by enacting another scramble for Africa under a putrid facade of investment, a crime against humanity revolving around coloniality, corruption, and racism. China, India, Petro-rich-with-inarable-land Middle East Countries, and western conglomerates are invading Africa to produce biofuels and food for their home populaces for yet another land and food colonisation. Contemporary land grabs aggravate Africa's food and national in/ security, famishment, and effluence thereof. S/he who cannot feed her/himself is a dangerous laughingstock. This book addresses the crime and proposes what Africa must do to avert self-inflicted wounds resulting from fake and rose gambits like job creation, tax bases, and investment for development. Land is a life giver and is uniquely sacred as such nobody should dish it out or grab it like nobody's business. The cardinal argument is that Africa must enable its people to till the land it is dishing out to produce and export food to those now grabbing its land. This is the only sensible solution any level-headed person can think of and apply."--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Land grabbing and its ramifications to Africa

Land grabbing defined

History of land grabbing and how Africa used to feed itself

Land and food production are interconnected and interdependent

The extent to which countries are affected

Premature commercialisation of agriproducts

Land grabbing and its connection to gender and race

Land grabbing and how GMFs affect Africa socially.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-258).

ISBN:

9781779314840

1779314841

OCLC:

1388318732