Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid

Author(s): Peter Gill

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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: the place, the people, the westerners who have tried to help, and the wider multinational aid business that has come into being. We saved countless lives in the beginning and continued to save them now, but have we done much else to transform the lives of Ethiopia's poor and set them on a 'development' course that will enable the country to do without us?

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Well-written and accessible book. Economist A thoughtful, well-informed and detached account. Michael Holman, Literary Review Thank God for great journalism. A book that strips away the cant and rumour a superb and vital piece of work. Bob Geldof No outsider understands Ethiopia better than Peter Gill. He combines compassion with a clinical commitment to the truth. Jonathan Dimbleby The essential book on Ethiopia, the world's crucible for hunger and poverty, and on development theory and practice. Alex de Waal, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, and author of 'Famine Crimes' Judicious analysis and a strong narrative. A must for all those who think there is a simple answer to the famine. Michael Buerk

Introduction: For Richer, for Poorer; PART I: THEN; 1. Return to Korem; 2. The Famine Trail; 3. Hunger as a Weapon; 4. Rebels with a Cause; PART II: TRANSITIONS; 5. Economic Warfare; 6. How to Prevent a Famine; 7. Population Matters; PART III: NOW; 8. 2005 and All That; 9. Down with Democracy?; 10. Free Association; 11. Pastoral Affairs; PART IV: PROSPECTS; 12. Spoiling the Party; 13. Enter the Dragon; 14. Us and Them

General Fields

  • : 9780199569847
  • : Oxford University Press
  • : Oxford University Press
  • : 0.476
  • : July 2010
  • : 218mm X 142mm X 29mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : October 2010
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Peter Gill
  • : Hardback
  • : 963.072
  • : 304
  • : Illustrations , maps