Starvation and the State : Famine, Slavery, and Power in Sudan, 1883-1956, PDF eBook

Starvation and the State : Famine, Slavery, and Power in Sudan, 1883-1956 PDF

Part of the Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies series

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Sudan has historically suffered devastating famines that have powerfully reshaped its society.

This study shows that food crises were the result of exploitative processes that transferred resources to a small group of beneficiaries, including British imperial agents and indigenous elites who went on to control the Sudanese state at independence.

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