Recovering Post-Independence Food Sovereignty for the COVID-19 Crisis | Post-Colonialisms Today
Channel: Regions Refocus
Date: 2020-10-08

Food supply chains have become a central concern of the many crises during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jihen Chandoul (Working Group, Post-Colonialisms Today) reminds us that we can learn from the post-independence projects for food self-sufficiency in Africa, which were later undermined by neoliberal concepts of “food security.” 

Excerpt from “Lessons from the Decolonization Era in in Confronting the COVID-19 Crisis.” Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbbuwVUHgBo