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02302aam a2200253Mi 4500 001 11264FBE933C11EEBCD0C43545ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231205010040 008 230801s2023 rh 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2023322491 020 $a 1779314841 020 $a 9781779314840 035 $a (OCoLC)1391781595 040 $a S3O $b swe $e rda $c S3O $d SILO 100 1 $a Mhango, Nkwazi N. $4 aut 245 10 $a Africa's contemporary food insecurity : $b self-inflicted wounds through modern veni vidi vici and land grabbing / $c Nkwazi N Mhango. 264 1 $a Zimbabwe : $b Mwanaka Media and Publishing, $c [2023] 300 $a xi, 258 pages $c 20 cm 520 $a "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 façade 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." From book cover. 650 0 $a Food security 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240305043815.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=11264FBE933C11EEBCD0C43545ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search