Famine and Foreigners [electronic resource] : Ethiopia Since Live Aid
Gill, Peter.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2010.
The terrible 1984 famine in Ethiopia focused the world's attention on the country and the issue of aid as never before. Anyone over the age of 30 remembers something of the events - if not the original TV pictures, then Band Aid and Live Aid, Geldof and Bono. Peter Gill was the first journalist to reach the epicentre of the famine and one of the TV reporters who brought the tragedy to light. This book is the story of what happened to Ethiopia in the 25 years following Live Aid: theplace, the people, the westerners who have tried to help, and the wider multinational aid business that has come i
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the Text; Map of Ethiopia; Introduction: For Richer, for Poorer; I. THEN; 1. Return to Korem; 2. The Famine Trail; 3. Hunger as a Weapon; 4. Rebels with a Cause; II. TRANSITIONS; 5. Economic Warfare; 6. How to Prevent a Famine; 7. Population Matters; III. NOW; 8. 2005 and All That; 9. Down with Democracy?; 10. Free Association; 11. Pastoral Affairs; IV. PROSPECTS; 12. Spoiling the Party; 13. Enter the Dragon; 14. Us and Them; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X
The terrible 1984 famine in Ethiopia focused the world's attention on the country and the issue of aid as never before. Anyone over the age of 30 remembers something of the events - if not the original TV pictures, then Band Aid and Live Aid, Geldof and Bono. Peter Gill was the first journalist to reach the epicentre of the famine and one of the TV reporters who brought the tragedy to light. This book is the story of what happened to Ethiopia in the 25 years following Live Aid: theplace, the people, the westerners who have tried to help, and the wider multinational aid business that has come i
Description based on print version record.
Live Aid (Fund raising enterprise)
Economic assistance -- Ethiopia.
Ethiopia -- Economic conditions -- 1974-.
Ethiopia -- Politics and government -- 1974-1991.
Ethiopia -- Politics and government -- 1991-.
Ethiopia -- Social conditions -- 1974-.
Famines -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century.
Live Aid (Fund raising enterprise).