Famines are not common. When a famine is declared it means people are already dying. And the last time this happened, six years ago in the Horn of Africa, the cause was a natural one: drought. This ...

Throughout its history, Ethiopia has experienced famine — according to one historian, at least one every decade on average between the 15th and 19th centuries. The Great Ethiopian Famine alone ...

Taken from Culture and Imperialism, Edward W. Said. The nineteenth century saw immense changes in Africa. Some were driven by famine and disease. Some changes were the result of the territorial ...

Africa Live: BBC news updates What is famine? The wooden bridge between death and safety The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report says that 1.7 million people are still ...

The Great Depression–era story introduced ... Following the Duttons through a period of famine, economic depression, and big-game hunting in Africa, 1923 acts as both a prequel to the ...