Famine in Africa: A Select and Annotated Bibliography

Adedeji Adebayo : A Structural Approach to Africa's Food Crisis. In Towards a Dynamic Africa Economy: Selected Speeches and Lectures, 1975–1986. Compiled and arranged by Senghor Jeggan C. , London: Frank Cass, pp. 390–399, 1989. Lecture delivered at the Hague Institute of Social Studies, January 13, 1986.

“Africa Faces Imminent Famine—FAO.” New Nigerian , p. 8, March 29, 1991. Details the special report of the FAO, warning of an impending famine in Africa. “Africa Needs 12% Increase in Food Production—Carter.” National Concord , p. 1, July 31, 1989. Former U.S. President Carter addresses participants at the Africa Leadership Forum seminar in Nigeria.

“African Governments Have Been Overthrown because the People Did Not Have Enough to Eat.” Ceres: FAO Review on Agriculture and Development, 12, pp. 22–28, January/February 1979. Interview with John Malecela, Tanzania's Minister of Agriculture on the Regional Food Plan for Africa and State of African Agriculture.

“Africa's Food Crisis: The World Bank's Call to Action”, National Concord, p. 2, October 25, 1988. Editorial comment on the World Bank's report on the African food situation, titled: “The Challenge of Hunger in Africa: A Call to Action.”

Ajigah Jonah : Africa and the Food Question. New Nigerian, p. 7, June 4, 1991. Examines the present food shortage and starvation confronting African countries. Gives an analysis of the situation in different countries as well as the causes and possible solutions of hunger.

Akele Sylvester : The Search for Food. Concord Weekly, 39, pp. 35–36, May 6, 1985. Highlights Ghana and Togo's search for food self-sufficiency.

Albouy Yves .: Secheresses et Famines du Sahel. (2 Vols.). Paris: F. Maspero, 1975.

Aldrich Daniel G. , (ed.): Research for the World Food Crisis. Washington: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 323 pp., 1970. Proceeding of a symposium presented at the Dallas meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dec. 1968.

Aluko-Olokun Isaac : Towards Food Self-Sufficiency. Daily Times, p. 3, February 26, 1982. Extracts from a paper presented at the NLC/OATUU seminar in Lagos.

Amin Galal A. : Food Supply and Economic Development with Special Reference to Egypt. London: Frank Cass, 132 pp., 1966. Based on the author's theses at the University of London.

Amselle J. L. : Famine, Proletarisation et Creation de Nouveaux Liens de Dependance au Sahel: Les Refugies de Mopti et de Lere au Mali. Politique Africaine, 1(1), pp. 5–22, Janvier, 1980.

Anyadike Nnamdi : The Ethiopian Exodus: A Cruel Hoax in a Sea of Suffering. Concord Weekly 24, pp. 23–24, January 21, 1985. The airlift of Ethiopian Jews from famine stricken Ethiopia to Israel.

Brown Lester Russell : Increasing World Food Output: Problems and Prospects. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 140 pp., 1965. Foreign Agricultural Economic Report No. 25 supplements [the author's] “Man, Land and Food: Looking ahead at World Food Needs.”

Brown Lester Russell : Man, Land and Food: Looking ahead at World Food Needs. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 153 pp., 1963. Foreign Agricultural Economic Report No. 11.

Cahill Kevin M. (ed.): Famine. New York: Orbis Books, 163 pp., 1982. Based on a symposium sponsored by the Tropical Disease Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York. Considers modern famines as a failure of the social system and denial of an obligation to share.

De Castro Josue : The Black Book of Hunger. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1968. Translation of Olivronegro de Fome.

Clark Colin : Starvation or Plenty? New York: Taplinger, 180 pp., 1970.

Clark Colin : The Vanishing Famine, Africa Report 32, pp. 68–70, January/February, 1987. Investigation into conflicting reports on the extent of famine in southern Sudan.

Cohen Ronald (ed.): Satisfying Africa's Food Needs: Food Production and Commercialization in African Agriculture. London: Rienner Publisher, 244 pp., 1988. Some emphasis on Kenya and Nigeria. Partial Contents: China's lesson for African agriculture; from drought to famine in Kenya, etc.

Coles Jan : A Matter of Bread and Butter. Africa, pp. 60–61, March 1979. This article is the final installment of a two-part study on agriculture in Africa.

COMITE INFORMATION SAHEL: Qui se Nourrit de la Famine en Afrique? Le Dossier Politique de la Faim au Sahel. Paris: F. Maspero, 279 pp., 1974. Famine, hunger, disaster relief, imperialism, food supply, and agricultural development in the Sahel.

Currey Bruce : 14 Fallacies about Famine. Ceres: FAO Review on Agriculture and Development 14, pp. 20–25, March/April, 1981.

Dagne Haile Gabriel : The Famine Situation in Lasta: A Report. Addis Ababa: Haile Sellassie I University, 39 pp., 1974. Food shortage in Laster, a town in Ethiopia.

Derrick Jonathan : West Africa's Worst Year of Famine. African Affairs 83, pp. 281–299, July 1984.

Dey Jennie : Is Food Security in Africa No More than a Dream? In Africa Guide. Saffron Walden: World of Information, pp. 37–42, 1981.

Drogat Noel : The Challenge of Hunger. Westminster, Maryland: Newman Press, 158 pp., 1962. Translation of “Face a la Faim.” Deals with famine in developing countries, including Africa.

Dumont Rene : The Hungry Future. London: Deutsch, 271 pp., 1969. Originally published as “Nous Allons a la Famine.” Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1966. Examines population growth and food supply.

Duodu Cameron : Africa and the Brown Revolution. Concord Weekly Vol. 37, p. 17, April 22, 1987. An examination of a television program in London which examined famine in Africa. Suggestions for increased food production are provided.

Dupin H. : Our Foods: A Handbook for Educationists in West Africa. Paris: Editions Sociales Francaises, 109 pp., 1962.

Egwunyenga Andy : Averting a National Food Crisis. National Concord, pp. 3, 5, August 27, 1985. Examines Nigerian food situation and potentials and calls for a program, to avert eventual famine.

Eicher Carl K. : Facing Up to Africa's Food Crisis. Foreign Affairs 61(1), pp. 151–174, Fall 1982. Examines the problem of food insufficiency in Africa and how to cope with the situation.

“Ethiopia's River of Plenty.” Concord Weekly, 38, pp. 19–20, April 29, 1985. Examines the potentials and prospects of irrigation in Ethiopia as a way of stemming food shortage.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION: The State of Food and Agriculture, 1970: World Review. Rome: FAO, 1970. Reviews nutrition and food supply by regions.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION: Towards a Strategy for Agricultural Development. Rome: FAO, 66 pp., 1969. Concentrates on FAO's five areas.

“Food Crisis: The Brink of Hope?, The,” Guardian, p. 8. February 18, 1989. Editorial on the food questions in Africa.

Franke Richard W. Chasin Barbara H. : Seeds of Famine: Ecological Destruction and the Development Dilemma in the West African Sahel. New Jersey: Allanheld, Osmun & Company, 266 pp., 1980.

Garst Jonathan : No Need for Hunger. New York: Random House, 182 pp., 1964.

George Emmett : Famine Strikes again in Africa. Agenda: Agency for International Development, pp. 5–8, June 3, 1980.

Githens Thomas Stotesbury Wood C. E. : The Food Resources of Africa. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 105 pp., 1943. Examines Africa's food resources and potentials.

Glantz Michael H. (ed.): Drought and Hunger in Africa: Denying Famine a Future. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 457 pp., 1987.

Hartmans Ermond H. : Prospects for Self-Sufficiency in Food Production in Africa. 12 pp. A paper presented at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos, July 29, 1985. The paper shows “how recent international, regional and national agricultural research have laid the technological foundation which will enable Africans to achieve food self-sufficiency.

Hopkins R. F. Puchala D. J. (eds.): The Global Political Economy of Food. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 339 pp., 1978. Reproduces the contents of the summer 1978 issue of International Organization, Vol. 32, no. 3.

Horst Shannon A. : Leadership: The Critical Factor—Dynamic Business Woman and Former Head of State Share African Prize. African Farmer, Vol. 5, p. 40, November 1990. Esther Ocloo, an entrepreneur who has provided opportunities for many Ghanians, and Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian Head of State and Africa's most prominent advocate of food self-sufficiency, have been named co-winners of the fourth annual Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger.

“Hunger: Who's Next.” South: The Business Magazine of the Devloping World, pp. 49–53, December 1984.

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE: The Food Crisis in Tropical Africa. Ibadan: IITA, 24 pp., 1983. Describes some of the IITA's accomplishments in food crops research.

Joseph B. : World Food Situation and African States. Daily Times, p. 5, October 1985. Examine's Africa's food crisis within the framework of the world food situation.

Koehn Peter : Ethiopia: Famine, Food Production, and Changes in the Legal Order. African Studies Review, pp. 51–71, April 20, 1979.

Kuman Shubh K. Lipton Michael (eds.): Current Issues in Food Security. World Development 16, pp. 993–1125, Summer 1988. Emphasis on African nations. Papers presented at a workshop conducted jointly by the Food Studies Group and the International Food Policy Research Institute held in Oxford, July 1987.

Kumar B. Gopalakrishna : The Economics of Famine. Economic Review 7, pp. 25–29, March 1990. Deals with food supply, hunger, the entitlements approach, and policy. Highlights the Bengali and Ethiopian experiences.

Kwaggrey Amusu : Africa: A Continent in Crisis. New Nigerian, p. 5, April 28, 1991. Africa is not progressing. “It is a continent in crisis devastated by penury, famine….” This article was inspired by the FAO contention that “one in every three Africans suffer malnutrition, and that more than 20 million Africans will have to depend on food aid this year (1991) far more than during the horrors in the Horn of Africa six years ago.”

Lemma Aklilu Malaska Pentti : Managing Drought and Famine. In Africa Facing Its Priority, Schneider B. (ed.). New York: Cassell, pp. 15–30, 1988. Examines famine in Africa with emphasis on the causes (natural and man-made). Poverty as a causative factor is also analyzed as well as strategy against famine, foreign aid, etc.

Lundstrom Karl J. : North-Eastern Ethiopia: Society in Famine. Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 80 pp., 1976.

Malaska Pentti Lemma Aklilu : Africa beyond Famine. London: Cassell, 1988.

Malmo Siyanga : Africa's Food Deficit News Crisis Point. Africa, pp. 85–87, February 1979.

Mason J. B. : Nutritional Lessons from the Ethiopian Drought, Nature, pp. 646–650, April 19, 1974.

May Jacques M. McHelland D. L. : The Ecology of Malnutrition in the French Speaking Countries of West Africa and Madagascar. New York: Hafner, 433 pp., 1968.

McLoughlin Peter F. M. (ed.): African Food Production Systems: Cases and Theory. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 318 pp., 1970.

Morna Colleen Howe : Malawi: A Paradox of Plenty. African Farmer 4, pp. 48–50, July 1990. On paper, Malawi is one of the few countries in Africa that is largely nutritionally self-sufficient. In practice, the small South-east African nation has yet to solve its problems of widespread child malnutrition and mortality.

Nicol B. M. : Feeding Nigeria. Lagos: Federal Information Service Publication, 17 pp.

NIGERIA. EAST CENTRAL STATE. CABINET OFFICE: Food Investigation Project: Food Processing and Recipe Development. Enugu: Cabinet Office, 19 pp., 1972.

Ogbeide Emeka : 13m Nigerians Are Starving, Says World Bank. Guardian, pp. 1, 2, December 1989. Reports on the survey on food security in Africa carried out by the World Bank.

Oladepo Tunde Ujumadu V. : Obasanjo Suggests Overhaul of Governance Machinery. Guardian, p. 16, July 28, 1989. Examines the food crisis in Africa and possible solutions.

Olayide S. O. : A Quantitative Analysis of Food Requirements, Supplies and Demands in Nigeria, 1968–1985. Lagos: Federal Dept. of Agriculture, 1986. Compiled from the work of the study group on food crops of the National Agriculture Development Committee by S. O. Olayide, Dupe Olatubosun, E. O. Idusogie and J. D. Abiagom.

“On the Food Question.” Daily Times, p. 12, November 27, 1989. African Central Bank Governors examine among other problems, the African food problem at Abuja, Nigeria.

Osifo B. O. A. Ajayi O. A. Omololu A. (eds.): Nutrition as a National Priority: Proceedings of a One-Day Seminar Arranged by the Food Science and Applied Nutrition Unit, University of Ibadan, 49 pp., 1975.

Pankhurst Richard : The History of Famine and Epidemic in Ethiopia Prior to the Twentieth Century. Addis Ababa: Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, 1986.

Raikes Phillip : Agrarian Crisis and Economic Liberalization in Tanzania: A Comment. Journal of Modern African Studies 17(2), pp. 309–316, 1979.

Rake Alan : Facing Famine in the Provinces. African Development, p. 111, December 1975.

Schnab Peter : Political Change and Famine in Ethiopia. Current History Vol. 84, pp. 221–223, May 1985. Famine and hunger will continue, at least until the land reform is sufficiently coordinated to ensure effective distribution and production.

Sen Amartya : Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 257 pp., 1982.

Sennah Lamin : Come Hell and High Water. New Internationalist, pp. 8–11, October 1973. Examines the impact of famine and drought in West Africa and Pakistan.

Sigisbert Genevieve : La Famine Est-Elle a Nos Portes?, Europe Outremer, pp. 7–11, Summer 1973.

Simpson Chris : The Hunger Challenge. West Africa, No. 3850, pp. 1028–1029, June 24–30, 1991. Looks at the food situation in the Horn of Africa in the light of the political disorder that has characterized the region.

Singh Harjinder : Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa—Problems, Progress and Prospects. Africa Quarterly 28(1–2), pp. 35–51, 1988. A lucid analysis of the agricultural potentials of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Singh Harjinder : Trends in Agricultural Output and Area in Ethiopia. Africa Quarterly 22(2), pp. 71–91, 1982. Examines the various agricultural policies of the Ethiopian government.

“Sixieme Rapport de la FAO sur l'Afrique: Secheresses et Famine—Une Situation Dramatique pur de Nombreux Pays.” Marches Tropicaux et Mediterraneens: L'Exportateur Francais, 40, pp. 2849–2851, November 23, 1984.

Snowdon Brian : The Political Economy of the Ethiopian Famine. National Westminster Bank Quarterly Review, pp. 41–55, November 1985. Examines the food crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa in General and Ethiopia in particular.

Solkoff Joel : The Politics of Food. San Francisco, California: Sierra Books, 252 pp., 1985.

“Starving in Silence: A Report on Famine and Censorship.” London: International Centre on Censorship, 146 pp., 1990. Contents: The feast of lies; censorship in China's famine of 1959–61; the politics of information famine in Ethiopia and Sudan in the 1980s.

Stevens Christopher : Will Famine Stalk Africa in the 1980s?, In Africa Guide 1981. Saffran Walden: World of Information, pp. 21–26, 1980.

“Symposium: International Law and World Hunger.” IOWA Law Review, 70, pp. 1183–1337, July 1985. Based on a conference sponsored jointly by the American Society of International Law and the Iowa Law Review, on food crisis in Africa.

Thomson Alice : Appeal over New Famine in Africa. Times of London, p. 16, January 9, 1991. An urgent appeal by the Disaster Emergency Committee in London for more donations to help the seven leading British aid agencies to assist victims of famine in Africa.

Ujumadu Vincent : Carter Proffers Solutions to Africa's Food Crisis. Guardian, p. 1, July 31, 1989.

Vestal Theodore M. : Ethiopia's Famine: A Many-Dimensioned Crisis. World Today 41, pp. 125–128, July 1985. Highlights causes, assessment of government policy and international response and recommendations.

Vestal Theodore M. : Famine in Ethiopia: Crisis of Many Dimensions. Africa Today 32, pp. 7–28, 4th Quarter, 1986. Partial contents: Causes of the famine; the world's response, past agricultural development efforts. Also the impact of private and official emergency food relief.

Wilson Adam : The Politics of Food Crisis. African Business, pp. 9–13, April 1984. Examines African food problems—two articles.

“Agriculture: Between Farming and Famine.” This Week, 2(11), pp. 36–37, December 22, 1986. Pests continue battle with African farms.

Ajayi Ayodeji : A Hard Sell on Pest Control. Concord Weekly 35, p. 36, April 8, 1985. Despite the million of naira already pumped into various agricultural programs, Nigeria is still far from successfully producing food on a scale large enough to meet the increasing demands of the ordinary consumers.

Aliyu Yakubu : Tackling Africa's Food Insecurity. New Nigerian, p. 3, June 4, 11, 1990. This two-part article sees Africa's agricultural problem as that of food insecurity—both production insecurity and consumption insecurity. Attempts at solving these problems and the consequencies are also analyzed.

Armah Ayi Kwei : Flood and Famine, Drough and Glut. West Africa No. 3553, pp. 2011–2012, September 30, 1985. Discusses famine from a historical perspective.

Austen Ralph A. : African Economic History: Internal Development and External Dependency. London: James Currey, 294 pp., 1987. Covers the growth of production and exchange systems within Africa and their relationship to more developed economies outside the continent.

Borgin Karl Corbett Kathleen : The Destruction of a Continent: Africa and International Aid. New York, London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 194 pp., 1982. Examines aid to African countries. Despite the magnitude of this aid—political graft, economic devastation, waste of natural resources, famine and genocide are rampant.

Brooks Geraldine : Reaping Hunger: New Famine Sweeps Ethiopia as Civil War Keeps Taking Its Toll, Fields and Relief Convoys Are Ravaged in Fighting, and Drought Ruins Crops. Wall Street Journal 215, pp. 1 ff, January 17, 1990. Highlights events leading to famine in the two rebellious provinces of Eritrea and Tigre.

Clark John : For Richer for Poorer: An Oxfam Report on Western Connections with World Hunger. Oxford: Oxfam, 1986. Investigates how the debt crisis and the economic policies of the world's wealthier nations are creating mounting poverty in the Third World. Areas of focus include: Debt, aid, trade, agriculture and arms. It concludes thus: “Despite successful projects supported by Oxfam and similar agencies, the overall war against poverty is still being lost …”

Cohen Mark Nathan : The Food Crisis Is Prehistory: Overpopulation and the Origin of Agriculture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977.

Contreras Joseph : A Man-Made Calamity. Newsweek, p. 18, May 20, 1991. In Mozambique, years of civil war have caused famine and suffering among millions of refugees.

Derrick Jonathan : West Africa's Worst Year of Famine. African Affairs 83, pp. 281–299, July 1984. Sees 1984 as the most devastating year for West Africa in terms of drought and famine.

Downing Thomas .: Coping with Drought in Kenya: National and Local Strategies. London: Rienner, 411 pp., 1989. Considers forecasting and monitoring issues, institutional experiences in drought management and food policy in the context of the 1984–1985 drought.

Eicher Karl K. : Facing up to Africa's Food Crisis. Foreign Affairs 61(1), pp. 151–174, Fall 1982. Examines the causes, consequencies and solution to famine in Africa.

“Emergency Moves against Locust.” Africa, 181, pp. 56, 61, September 1986. Portrays the setting up of an emergency center for locust operations at the Rome headquarters of the UN organization to direct the international campaign against locus and grasshopper outbreaks in Africa.

“Ethiopia/Sudan: Omnipresent Drought.” Africa, 161, p. 27, January 1985. Examines the acute food shortages due to drought in these countries. International assistance in this regard is also discussed.

“Ethiopia's Drought and Famine Crisis.” Africa Report, 30, pp. 47–49, January/February, 1985. An interview with Tafari Wassen and Ahmed Ali, Ethiopian relief officials on drought, famine and food supply to the country.

“Ethiopia's Fight for Life.” New Africa, 239, pp. 19–21, August 1987. Examines the drought in Ethiopia, the resultant famine and the effort of the UN Environment Programme on these.

“Famine: A Man-Made Disaster?” London, Sydney: Pan Books, 1985. A report for the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues.

Franke Richard W. Chasin Barbara H. : Seeds of Famine: Ecological Destruction and the West African Sahel. New Jersey: Allanheld, Osmun, 1 vol., 1980.

Gab Gill : SOS for Three Million Drought Victims. Africa Now 36, pp. 64–65, April, 1984. Depicts the food situation in the Horn of Africa in light of the 1984 drought. Efforts of international organizations in solving the famine problem are also discussed.

Gambarotta Hector : The Sahel Region: Splendour Yesterday, Famine Today, What Will Happen Tomorrow? Africa Development 1, pp. 5–38, 1980.

Glantz Michael H. (ed.): Drought and Hunger in Africa: Denyinig Famine a Future. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 457 pp., 1987. Contents are grouped under the headings: Physical and social setting; international perspectives; case studies; lessons for the future.

Hayter Teresa : The Creation of World Poverty. London: Pluto Press Ltd., 128 pp., 1981. This book challenges the assumptions, made for example by the Brandt Report, that the West through its aid agencies, is helping the rest of the world to develop, but by rescuing the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their supposed backwardness, the rich countries have accumulated vast wealth at the recipient's expense.

“How Strong Is the Dergue?” Africa News, pp. 6–10, March 2, 1981. Evaluates the Ethiopian Dergue's problems of political insurrection, famine and drought.

Hussein Abdul Mejid : Rehab: Drought and Famine in Ethiopia. London: International African Institute, 120 pp., 1976.

Ighrakpata Nath : Sudan: Mercy Flights for the South. This Week 1(11), p. 23, September 29, 1986. The Sudanese Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) signified it would permit mercy flights for famine victims to land in its territory.

Ileffe John : The African Poor: A History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 387 pp., 1987. This is the history of famine in Africa. It opined that recent famines have alerted the world to African poverty, but the problem itself is ancient. Its current forms will not be understood until those of earlier periods are revealed and trends of changes are identified.

Jansson Kurt .: The Ethiopian Famine. London: Zed Books, 196 pp., 1987. Examines the causes and consequences of the 1984–86 famine.

Jean Francois : Ethiopie: Du Bon Usage de la Famine. Paris: Medecins sans Frontieres, 102 pp., 1986. Examines the causes of the 1973 and 1984 famines in Ethiopia.

Kilongson Mike : Reports of Famine Are Prohibited: As You Read This Many Thousands of People Are Starving in Southern Sudan. Index on Censorship 15, pp. 17–18, November/December 1986. Any journalist in the Sudan who dares to report the fact that these people are dying of hunger faces imprisonment and torture.

Koehn Peter : Ethiopia: Famine, Food Production, and Changes in the Legal Order. African Studies Review, pp. 51–72, April 1979. Shows how the pre-coup (1974) legal order created conditions which left Ethiopian peasants vulnerable to famine.

Krenz Maria E. : Drought and Hunger in Africa: Denying Famine a Future. Africa Today 32, 4th Quarter 1985 [pub. 1986]. Summaries of papers presented at a colloquium sponsored jointly by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group of the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NUCAR), August 1985. Role of drought and national political structures in famine; effect of external economic factors.

Latremoliere Jacques : Guerre et Famine dans la “Corne de l'Afrique.” March Tropicaux et Mediterraneans 41, pp. 127–131, January 18, 1985. Emphasis is on the various Eritrean liberation movements and on Ethiopian relations with Somalia, the Sudan, and Djibouti.

Lipton Michael : Demography and Poverty. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 136 pp., 1983. (World Bank Staff Working Papers; no. 623). This paper on developing countries, uses national samples and village studies to examine the demographic characteristics of households at high risk of poverty or ultra-poverty.

Lofchie Michael F. : Political and Economic Origins of African Hunger. Journal of Modern African Studies, pp. 551–567, December 1975. Focuses on political roots of drought and famine in food-starved regions of Africa.

Lugan Bernard : Causes et Effects de la Famine (Rumanura) au Rwanda, 1916–1918. Canadian Journal of African Studies 10(2), pp. 347–356, 1976.

Marangu Leah : Food Crisis in Afria. Canadian Home Economics Journal 39, pp. 144–148, Fall, 1989. Constraints on the efficiency and effectiveness of women as the chief producer and processors of food.

Marcus Harold G. : The Politics of Famines: More than Drought Has Stricken Ethiopia. Worldview 28, pp. 20–23, March 1985. Some emphasis on relations with the Soviet Union.

Masefield G. B. : Famine: Its Prevention and Relief. London: Oxford University Press, 117 pp., 1963.

McParland Kelly : Starving in the Rain. Concord Weekly 44, p. 19, June 13, 1985. Causes of food shortage in Africa.

Meerman Jacob Cochrane Susan Hill : Population Growth and Food Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa. Finance and Development 19(3), pp. 12–17, September 1982.

Meillassoux Claude : Development or Exploitation: Is the Sahel Famine Good for Business? Review of African Political Economy, pp. 27–33, August/November 1974. Examines famine as the result of a policy of agricultural exploitation carried out for the benefit of the great powers in the Sahel.

Mesftn Wolde Mariam : Rural Vulnerability to Famine in Ethiopia 1958–67. London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1986.

“Mozambique: Famine Threat Grows.” Africa Research Bulletin, 23(12), p. 8504, January 11, 1987. Widespread famine and suffering in Mozambique.

Newman James L. (ed.): Drought, Famine and Population Movements in Africa. Syracuse, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 144 pp., 1975. Focuses on the Sahel region of West Africa.

“No Rain, Less Food.” West Africa, pp. 1334–1335, July 21, 1980. Reports on the impending drought in the Sahel and its implications.

Norman Denis R. : Food Security for Southern Africa, Africa Report 29, pp. 15–18, July/August 1984. Effects of the drought on agricultural production and on food supply; potential role of the South African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) food security plan.

Nyang'Ayo Odungo : Drought and Food Crisis in Africa. Daily Times, p. 3, September 6, 1984. A lucid analysis of effect of drought on food production in Africa.

Oculi Okello : Food Imperialism and African Diplomacy in the 1980s. 21 pp., Paper presented to Nigerian Society of International Affairs Conference, Ife, February 16 to 18, 1981.

Odear Godwin N. : 280 Million Africans Facing Death Starvation. 6 pp., Paper submitted to the Nigerian Institute of Internatioal Affairs, July, 1986. Examines Africa's food crisis from the view of our colonial past.

Oguntibo Julius Richards Paul : Drought and the Nigerian Farmer. Journal of Arid Environments 2, 1978.

Osterfeld David : Famine in Africa. Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies 10, pp. 259–274, Fall 1985. Examines the economic organization of African agriculture as a cause of the present famine.

Rosenthal Jerry E. : Survival in the Sahel. In War on Hunger: A Report from the Agency for International Development. Washington, D.C., 40 pp., August 1974. A paper reporting on the effect of the drought in the Sahel one year after actions taken by the United States and other donor countries and agencies.

“Sahel Zone: New Crisis Looms.” Africa Research Bulletin-Economic, Financial & Technical Services, pp. 5503–5504, May 31, 1980. Investigates reports on impending famine in the Sahel.

Salifou Andre : When History Repeats Itself: The Famine of 1931 in Niger. African Environment, pp. 22–48, April 1975.

Schliephake Konrad : Irrigation and Food Production: Experiences from North Africa and Application to East Africa, Applied Geography and Development 30, pp. 30–45, 1987. Type, cost, and size of projects; effects on soil, plants, and health.

Schneider Bertrand : Africa Facing Its Priorities. London: Cassell Tycooly, 111 pp., 1988. Managing drought and famine is one of the topics treated by this work.

“Scourge of Hunger.” Africa, pp. 10–14, August 1980. Examines famine caused by drought in East Africa.

Sen Amartya : Hunger and Entitlements: Research for Action. Helsinki: World Institute for Development Economic Research, 38 pp., 1989. Examines famine in developing countries. The papers see famine in Africa for instance as arising not from a lack of availability of food but from a lack of command over food.

Staudt Kathleen : Uncaptured or Unmotivated? Women and the Food Crisis in Africa. Rural Sociology 52, pp. 37–55, Spring 1987. Role of women in African agriculture.

Steele James D. : The role of South Africa's Aggression upon Hunger and Famine in Southern Africa. Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research 18, pp. 18–25, November/December, 1987. Effect on production and distribution sectors.

Stiles Daniel Brennan Ross : The Food Crisis and Environmental Conservation in Africa. Food Policy 11, pp. 298–310, November 1986. The need for food relief even in time of normal rainfall. Food insufficiency related to high population growth and practices leading to “desertification” or land degradation.

“Tanzania Food Scandal.” Africa Now, 13, pp. 14–16, May 1982. Top Tanzanian agricultural officials have suppressed documents warning of serious food shortages this year. For political or personal gain they misinform Nyere as to the gravity of the food position.

TYC, JEAN: The West African Herds after the Drought. European Communities Commission Courier, pp. 23–30, May-June 1976.

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: Office of the Resident Representative in Ethiopia. Ninth Report on the Drought and Overall Food Supply in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa: UNDP, 69 pp., 1979.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE: Bureau of Public Affairs. Office of Media Services. Drought Damage and Famine in Sub-Sahara Africa: Special Report. Washington, D.C., 54 pp., 1974. Evaluates the famine and drought situation in some African countries in the Sahelian region. Relief efforts and rehabilitation programs are also examined.

WALKER, PETER: Famine Early Warning Systems: Victims and Destitution. Earthscan, 196 pp., 1989. Examines preparatory measures, especially those based on victims perception with emphasis on developing countries.

“West African Drought.” Bulletin of the Africa Institute of South Africa, pp. 217–218, 1973. Discusses the role of Africa's international organizations including the OAU and concludes that they devote too much attention to political and ideological issues to the detriment of more concrete problems such as drought and famine.

Whiteman P. T. S. : Agronomy Research in Drought Affected Northern Ethiopia: Terminal Report. Addis Ababa: Institute of Agricultural Research, 71 pp., 1977.

Abiola M. K. O. : The Food Crisis in Africa: A Pan-African Solution. National Concord, p. 3, September 1987. Text of a welcome address delivered by M. K. O. Abiola to the First Pan-African Conference on “The Food Crisis in Africa: A Pan-African Solution” at Hotel Russell, London.

“Accelerated Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Agenda for Action.” Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 198 pp., 1981. Examines the economic, political and social problems of Africa. Specific topics include, among others, policies and priorities in agriculture, and external assistance in the 1980s.

Adedeji Adebayo : Agriculture and the Rural Sector. In Towards a Dynamic Africa Economy: Selected Speeches and Lectures, 1975–1986. Compiled and arranged by Senghor Jeggan C. , London: Frank Cass, pp. 359–372, 1989. An address to the Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Science in Africa, University of Ibadan, 10 April 1978. Deals with food crisis in Africa.

Adedeji Adebayo : Background Notes on Africa's Food Situation and Policies and Programs. In Towards a Dynamic Africa Economy: Selected Speeches and Lectures, 1975–1986. Compiled and arranged by Senghor Jeggan C. , London: Frank Cass, pp. 372–389, 1989. A speech given at the North South food Roundtable in Washington, D.C., July 24, 1981.

“Africa: The Potential for Higher Food Production”. Department of State Bulletin: The Official Monthly Record of U.S. Foreign Policy, 85, pp. 1–7, June 1985. Emphases on agricultural research, national policy reforms, and U.S. assistance.

“Agricultural Development in Nigeria.” Concord Weekly, 41, pp. 29, 32, 35, 38, May 23, 1985. Attempts to boost agricultural production due to the fluctuations on the world oil market.

Asante Molefi Kete : Alternative Solution to Africa's Food Problem (1). National Concord , p. 3, September 4, 1987. A Marxian analysis of the current food crisis in Africa. Professor Asante is the Head, Dept. of Afro-American Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, U.S.A. Part 2 of this speech is in the National Concord, p. 4, September, 1987.

Bernal Victoria : Coercion and Incentives in African Agriculture: Insights from the Sudanese Experience. African Studies Review 31(2), pp. 89–108, 1988. Examines two approaches to agricultural development by African States (incentives and coercion) and concluded that policies based on them are unlikely to break the pattern of underdevelopment in African agriculture.

Christensen Cheryl Hanrahan Charles : African Food Crisis: Short, Medium and Long Term Responses. Iowa Law Review 70, pp. 1293–1302, July 1985. Supply and demand problems, government policies, suggested approaches to dealing with the problem are illustrated.

Christensen Cheryl Hanrahan Charles : Assessing Africa's Food Policies. Africa Report 29(4), pp. 57–61, July/August 1984. Examines Africa's food policies in the light of the 1984 drought.

Curtis Donald .: Preventing Famine: Policies and Prospects for Africa. London; New York: Routledge, 250 pp., 1988. Focuses on the administration of famine prevention, examining why famine followed drought in Ethiopia and Sudan in 1984 and 1985 and how famine has been prevented from following drought in recent years in India, Bangladesh, and Botswana.

Ebome Victor I. : Africa's Food Crisis. Nigerian Tribune, p. 8, September 7, 1989. Stresses the need for political leadership in the continent to redress its food crisis.

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA: ECA and Africa's Development, 1983–2008: A Preliminary Perspective Study. Addis Ababa: ECA, 103 pp., 1983. Examines Africa's economic conditions and potentiality. Africa's food crisis is also discussed.

“Food and Price Control: Schedule of Maximum Controlled Prices of Imported Foodstuffs and Merchandise as in Force on January, 1946.” Lagos: Government Printer, 28 pp., 1946.

“Food and Price Control: Schedule of Maximum Controlled Prices of Imported Foodstuffs and Merchandise as in Force on 7th August, 1943. Lagos: Government Printer, 20 pp., 1943.

“Food Crisis: Time for Pan-African Solution.” National Concord, p. 2, September 7, 1987. Editorial comment.

“Food Stocks High, Many Go Hungry.” Africa Now, 30, pp. 63–65, April 1984. Upper Volta's national food deficit is not large, but traders are refusing to sell grains at the official price. The result is that many, especially in the north, are going hungry.

Ghosh Pradip K. : Developing Africa: A Modernization Perspective. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 435 pp., 1984. Contents include among others, policies and priorities in agriculture in the development of Africa.

Green Joshua E. : Government Economic Policies and Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Iowa Law Review, pp. 1303–1307, July 1985. A survey of agricultural policies in the region.

“Hoe-Wielding Peasants into Modern Farmers—No Solution to Food Crisis.” Africa Now, 40, pp. 58–61, August, 1984. Oil-based modernization by itself will not solve Africa's acute hunger problem.

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION: After the Famine: A Program of Action to Strengthen the Survival Strategies of Affected Populations. Geneva: International Labour Office, 309 pp., 1986. A report by the ILO Identification and Programming Mission to the Sudan in 1985.

“Kenya Tackles Food Issues.” Africa Now, 13, p. 92, May 1982. Deliberate policy of the Kenya government to boost food production.

LYCETT, ANDREW: Why Is Africa Short of Food? African Business, pp. 12–14, June 1983. It's not just the weather, African farmers haven't forgotten how to grow food, they are being priced and taxed to underproduce.

Mazumdar Subash : Realistic Food Goals for Africa. Ceres: FAO Review on Agriculture and Development 13(4), pp. 36–40, July/August 1980.

Mengisteab Kidane : Food Shortages in Africa: A Critique of Existing Agricultural Strategies. Africa Today 32, pp. 39–53, 4th Quarter, 1985.

“Morocco: Economic and Social Development Report.” Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 456 pp., 1981. Examines all aspects of the Moroccan economy including its food short, supply and agriculture.

“Nigeria Oil Picks Up but Agriculture Still Ignored.” Africa Now, 36, pp. 70–71, April 1984. There is cautious optimism over oil production and exploration, but the new government has not yet drawn the lessons of the failure of Shagari's Green Evolution.

Obu Olumba Olumba : Avert Famine, Wake Up and Farm. National Concord, p. 7, June 13, 1991. The Sole Spiritual Head of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star advocates for high emphasis on farming to avert famine in Nigeria.

Osterfeld David : Famine in Africa. Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies 10, pp. 259–274, Fall 1985. Examines the organization of African agriculture as a cause of the present famine, including marketing boards, fixed exchange rates, subsidies and licensing restrictions, state farms, and the nationalization of land.

Robinson Warren C. Yamazaki Fumiko : Agriculture, Population, and Economic Planning in Ethiopia, 1953–1980. The Journal of Developing Areas 20(3), pp. 327–338, April 1986. Examines governmental efforts at agricultural planning during the period covered compared to the actual experience of the country.

Sen Amartya : Food, Economics and Entitlements. Lloyds Bank Review, pp. 1–20, April 1986. Economics of food and hunger and their policy implications with emphasis on developing countries. Policy issues include famine anticipation, relief, food supply and food prices, etc.

Williams Maurice J. : National Food Strategies: A Response to Crisis. Journal of Development Planning 15, pp. 85–98, 1985. Why African countries need to change their past food and development strategies and extent of change and implementation.

Williams Maurice J. : Toward a Food Strategy for Africa. Africa Report 28, pp. 22–26, September/October 1983. Excerpts from a report entitled, “Policy dialogue and cooperation to meet food objectives in Africa” presented to the 9th Ministerial session of the World Food Council, June 1983.

“Zambia at 20.” Africa Now, 42, pp. 78–79, October 1984. Highlights the efforts being made by the Kaunda administration to boost food supply.

Abdulai Y. Seyyid : Development: The Unresolved Issues: Selected Statements. Vienna, Austria: The OPEC Fund for International Development, 139 pp., 1990. Examines different developmental problems in Africa including agriculture, and aid from the developed countries.

Adam Mohammed : The Politics of Famine Relief. Concord Weekly 46, pp. 7–9, June 27, 1985. Examines how the Ethiopian government administer the food aid given to it by the international community.

“Africa's Hunger Havoc: Flinching from Famine.” West Africa, 3829, pp. 46–49, 21–27. January 1991. While the world's attention is focused on the crisis in the Gulf, hunger once again threatens several countries in Africa … the problem is more acute in Ethiopia, Sudan, Angola, and Liberia where several drought and protracted civil wars have wreaked havoc on the population.

“Aid: No Time for Ambivalence.” West Africa, 3564, pp. 2629–2630, December 16, 1985: Examines British food aid to famine victims in Africa.

“Aid to Africa: How Much Can Food Aid Help the Starving?” Economist, 296, pp. 29–32, July 20, 1985. Problems in aid administration and food transportation and distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Allen Susan : The Sahel to Bloom again. African Development, p. 22, December 1974. Discusses a likely high agricultural yield during the year but emphasizes the need for more relief assistance.

Bartholet Jeffrey : The Silent Dying: In Sudan, Famine Relief Is Hampered by Repressive Government, Bad Economic Policy and Ongoing Civil War. Newsweek, pp. 14–17, May 20, 1991. Examines the famine situation in Africa with emphasis on the Sudan. Includes a map showing the number of people in need of food assistance in twelve African countries.

“Battling with Famine.” Africa, 172, p. 29, December 1985. Examines famine in the Horn of Africa and the politics of food aid by Western countries and the United States.

Borlaug Norman : The Global 2000 Projects in Africa. Daily Times, p. 13, June 4, 1990. Dr. Borlaug, a Nobel Laureate gives an overview of the four agricultural development projects under way in Sub-Saharan Africa and managed by Global 2000. This project is the direct result of the famines that ravaged rural people in Sudan and some twenty other African countries in 1983–84. Organizations funding the projects are also discussed.

Brian Moyo : Famine and Conflict in Africa: In the Mire of Starvation. West Africa 3850, pp. 1026–1028, June 24–30, 1991. Gives an overview of famine and food aid requirements for Africa; includes a table of food aid requirements, for 1991.

Broadhurst Ken : African Tragedy Can Be Solved if Nations Help. Bush. Lagos: U.S. Information Service. 3 pp. News release No. 82, March 1985. A statement by George Bush the Vice President on the food crisis in Africa.

Brune Stefan : Agrarian Development, Famine and Foreign Aid: The Ethiopian Experience. Afrika Spectrum 23(3), pp. 255–271, 1988. Contents: Economic growth and agricultural performance; agrarian development; the nature of the problem; villagization and resettlement.

Bush Rod : A Report from Ethiopia: Famine and Revolution in Africa. Contemporary Marxism, pp. 113–125, Fall 1985. A report of critical of U.S. food relief policies.

“Canadian PM Dissatisfied with Global Response.” New Nigerian, p. 4, November 6, 1984. Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney is dissatisfied with international response to famine in Africa.

Carrington Walter C. : Western Recipes and African Hunger, 1, 2 & 3. National Concord, p. 3, September 7, 1987; p. 3, September 9, 1987; p. 3, September 10, 1987. Examines international focus on famine in Africa and efforts at solving this problem.

Chakravarty Sukhamoy Rodenstein-Rodain : The Linking of Food Aid with Other Aid. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organisation, 39 pp., 1988.

Clay Edward Benson Charlotte : Aid for Food: Acquisition of Commodities in Developing Countries for Food Aid in the 1980s. Food Policy 15, pp. 27–43, February 1990. Focuses on “triangular transactions” or cash purchase of food by a donor agency in a developing “sources” country for shipment to another country; some emphasis on Africa.

Dandekar V. M. : The Demand for Food and Conditions Governing Food Aid during Development. Rome: FAO, 69 pp., 1965. Food and Agricultural Organization. World Food Program Studies no. 1.

Dearden John : Development Aspects of Famine Relief in Kenya. In New Hope for Rural Africa. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, pp. 119–124, 1969. Examines the causes and consequences of famine in Kenya and international assistance in this respect.

Derrick Jonathan : Famine at the Gate. Africa, pp. 50–51, May 1974. Examines migration by Africans due to famine caused by drought. Also examined are relief efforts which are far below expectations.

Derrick Jonathan : The Great Famine. Africa, pp. 63–64, December 1973. Examines famine in Ethiopia concluding that little attention is being devoted to this problem as opposed to the considerable world attention on the drought in West Africa.

Dow Thomas Jr. : Famine in the Sahel: A Dilemma for United States Aid. Current History, pp. 197–201, May 1975.

“Drought and Famine.” Africa Research Bulletin, 21(1), pp. 8547–8548, February 28, 1987. General overview of food aid requirements of famine stricken African countries.

“Drought and Famine.” Africa Research Bulletin, 23(7), pp. 8315–8316, August 31, 1986. Covers locus control efforts of the FAO in Africa and food aid to help tackle mass starvation in Sudan.

“Drought and Famine.” Africa Research Bulletin, 22(4), pp. 7718–7720, May 31, 1985. Reports on the food situation in the Horn of Africa in particular and the need for more food aid to countries in Africa.

“Drought and Famine: FAO Warning.” Africa Research Bulletin, 24(4), pp. 8660–8667, May 31, 1987. An analysis of food aid requirement of some African countries.

“Drought and Famine: Locust under Control.” Africa Research Bulletin, 23(10), pp. 8430–8431, November 30, 1986. Reports on the progress made by FAO on the $35m internationally-financed campaign to save African food production from the plagues of locust and grasshopper.

“Drought: The Mounting Emergency.” West Africa, pp. 504–505, March 18, 1985. Examines the pledges that were made by Western nations at the UN Conference on famine in Geneva on March 11 and 12, 1985.

Duodu Cameron : Of Famine and Care. Concord Weekly 46, p. 10, June 27, 1985. Famine and how to help the affected victims.

Ekong Everest : Aid Blind-Spot. West Africa 3850, p. 1027, June 24–30, 1991. Food aid requirement of war-torn Liberia.

Esseks John D. : The Food Outlook for the Sahel: Regaining Self-Sufficiency or Continuing Dependence on International Aid? Africa Today, pp. 45–56, April/June 1975.

“Famine in the Midst of Plenty.” Africa, pp. 23–24, December 1984. Deals with famine in developing countries, food relief and the effect of famine on Ethiopia.

“Famine Relief: General Scheme for Northern Provinces.” Lagos: Government Printing Office, 67 pp., 1927.

Felton John : Famine in Africa Prompts “Urgent” Aid Effort. Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report 42, pp. 441–442, February 25, 1989. Examines food shortage in African, food relief requirements and America's food aid program.

“Food Aid Drawbacks.” Africa Now, 13, pp. 16–17, May 1982. Attempts to answer the question as to whether food aid is the answer to Africa's food crisis, with Tanzania as a reference point.

“Food Aid Needs Continue.” Africa Research Bulletin, 23(12), January 31, 1987. Looks at the food situation in Africa and concludes that many African countries will continue to rely on food aid in order to meet their structural food deficit.

“Food Council Concern over Hunger.” West Africa, 3849, pp. 1000–1001, June 17–23, 1991. The World Food Council (WFC) expressed concern about the deteriorating situation of hunger and malnutrition in the developing countries.

“Food Fund Launched.” Africa Research Bulletin, 24(5), p. 8693, June 30, 1987. The SADCC is to form a fund to help member countries in facing food shortages.

Frankel Mark Bartholet Jeffrey : Disaster Fatigue. Newsweek, pp. 10–13, May 20, 1991. Examines the food situation in Africa and Bangladesh in the light of food shortages in the Middle East created by the Gulf War. Foods that would have gone to Africa are now being diverted to the Kurdish refugees.

Freeman Orville L. : World without Hunger. New York: F. A. Praeger, 190 pp., 1968. Famine in developing countries and U.S. food aid.

“G-7 Concerned over African Famine.” Daily Times, p. 5, July 17, 1991. Leaders of the G-7 nations meeting in London discuss among other issues, famine in Africa. According to the British Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, the G-7 was naturally immensely concerned with the threat of famine in several countries in Africa and other parts of the world.

Garba Joseph M. : The West now Ignores Africa. Daily Times, p. 5, April 11, 1990. A contribution by Major General Joseph Garba, President of the UN general assembly on the diversion of food aid from Africa to Eastern Europe by Western donors due to the new East-West relations and the impending European integration.

“Ghana Agricultural Boost.” West Africa, 3849, p. 1001, June 17–23, 1991. International Development Association (IDA) to assist Ghana with a loan of $22m to boost agricultural development and food supply.

Gottschalk Arthur : Bias Is Leading to Starvation, Claims Ethiopia. New African, p. 28, June 1981. Reports feelings in Ethiopia that international media is causing Ethiopia's food crisis to be ignored.

Harrison Charles : Food Shortages Worsen despite Massive Aid. Times of London, p. 6, November 14, 1984. Looks at Africa's food problem and aid from foreign countries regarding increasing shortages.

“Helping Africa To Feed Itself.” Concord Weekly, 33, p. 18, March 25, 1985. An interview with Dr. Djibril Diallo, the Chief of Information in the UN Office of Emergency Operations in Africa.

Henderson Robert A. : Who Will Feed Africa? Our Surpluses Reduce Their Production. International Perspectives, pp. 12–16, May/June 1987. Impact of agricultural subsidy policies of the U.S. and the EEC.

Hopkins Raymond F. : The Politics of Adjustment: The African Case. Food Policy 13, pp. 47–55, February 1988. Impact of food aid on adjustment programs—also focusing on food policy reforms, food subsidies, conditionality requirements, overhead costs, variation in food needs, and attitudes towards food aid.

Ighrkpata Nath : Sudan: Food Comes, at Last: Relief Flights to the South Resume. This Week 2(3), p. 9, October 27, 1986. Food aid to Southern Sudan is resumed after three weeks of stoppage due to civil strife.

INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT: Kenya: Into the Second Decade. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 533 pp., 1975. Contents include agricultural sector survey, and external assistance to Kenya.

Kotis Linda L. (ed.): Feast or Famine: Issues, Problems, and Procedures Relating to Massive Relief Efforts with a Focus on the African Crisis. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 19, pp. 333–464, Spring 1986. Examines disaster relief administration of the U.S. government with emphasis on Africa.

Lycett Andrew : New Hope for the Sudan. Africa Report 26(4), pp. 37–39, July-August, 1981. Examines agricultural development and donor aid to agriculture in Sudan.

Mandani Mahmood : The Economics of Famine in Uganda. Dollars and Sense, pp. 6–7, Summer 1985. Includes: The colonial background, peasant exploitation, imported hoe, and the role of foreign aid.

Manga Tataw J. : Famine in Africa: A Relief Aid Culture? West Africa 3553, pp. 2009–2011, September 30, 1985. Examines previous efforts at putting an end to famine in Africa in the light of the rock concerts staged simultaneously in London and Philadelphia to raise money in aid of Africans facing famine problems.

Meszoly Robin : African Drought Poses Major Aid Challenge. Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report 42, pp. 3037–3044, December 1, 1984. Highlights obstacles to food assistance to Africa.

“More Food, Fewer Arms.” Africa Now, 26, p. 41, June 1983. Gives an analysis of various efforts by some Western countries to aid Africa in solving its food problems.

“Mozambique: It Never Rains but It Pours.” Concord Weekly, 35, p. 35, April 8, 1985. Discusses the problems of getting supplies of food and equipment to African countries witnessing famine. Mozambique is used as a case study.

NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY—THE PROGRAM OF AFRICAN STUDIES: Agreements on Technical Cooperation between the Republic of China and African States. National Chengchi University, 268 pp., 1974. Presents the agreements between the Republic of China and those countries in Africa which have participated in the Sino-African Technical Cooperative venture. The technical assistant areas include agriculture, handicrafts, nursing, etc.

“No-Man's Land for Food Aid, The”: Africa Now 44, pp. 17–18, December 1984. Reports on the inability of the UN agencies to get food aid to famine-ridden Tigray and Eritrea because of ongoing civil war—and the efforts of the EPLF rebels in providing this.

Obadina Tunde : The Politics of Hunger. Concord Weekly 46, pp. 11–12, June 27, 1985. An overview of food shortages and famine in Africa. The efforts of western countries and the United States at providing food aid are also given.

Rogier Annik : Distributing Food to the Sahel: A Pilot Study in Linear and Goal Programming. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Dept. of Geography, 45 pp., 1975.

Rondos Alex : Has Aid Really Helped the Sahel? West Africa 3320, pp. 544–547, March 16, 1981. Examines the Sahel drought control program and the fourth meeting of the Club du Sahel held in Kuwait in November 1980.

Rondos Alex : Problems that Food Aid Creates. West Africa pp. 1053–1055, June 16, 1980. Critical examination of the relationship between food aid and agricultural development in Cape Verde and Mali.

Shelton Dinah : The Duty to Assist Famine Victims. Iowa Law Review 70, pp. 1309–1319, July 1985.

Shepherd Jack : Ethiopia's Famine: The Politics of Food Aid. Africa Report 30(2), pp. 51–54, March-April, 1985. Examines food shortages in Ethiopia and the use of food aid as a political weapon by the United States government.

Shepherd Jack : Food Aid: Congress and the White House at Odds. Africa Report 30(3), pp. 25–28, May-June 1985. Despite the proliferation of bills currently before Congress aimed at addressing Africa's emergency food needs, the American government still seems unwilling to provide economic aid in sufficient amounts and for long enough periods to avert a repetition of the current crisis.

Shepherd Jack : The Politics of Starvation. New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 101 pp., 1975. A report on the drought in Ethiopia and the response of the international community.

Simpson Chris : FAO Warns Again. West Africa 3850, p. 1029, June 24–30, 1991. Unless there is a massive acceleration of the flow of food aid to the affected populations, we are going to see widespread deaths from starvation in Africa.

Singer Hans : The Role of Food Aid. In Towards Economic Recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa. Pickett J. Singer H. (eds.), London, New York: Routledge, pp. 178–193, 1990. Examines Africa's food crisis and measures to avert this ugly situation.

Singer Hans : Some Problems of Emergency Food Aid for Sub-Saharan Africa. Institute of Development Studies 16(3), 1984.

Smith Gayle : Ethiopia and the Politics of Famine Relief. MERIP Middle East Report 17, pp. 31–37, March/April, 1987. Critical assessment of international food relief efforts, particularly U.S. public and private aid programs.

“Special Feature on Food Aid in Africa.” Food Policy, 14, pp. 193–296, August 1989. Based on papers presented at the UK African Studies Association Conference, held at Newnham College, Cambridge University, September 14–16, 1988: Past experience with food aid and outlook for the future, relationship of food aid to agricultural production and structural adjustment, and UK emergency food aid, 1983–1986.

Strong Maurice : After the Emergency. Africa Report, pp. 29–32, May/June 1986. With the support of the world community, the UN Office for Emergency Operations in Africa successfully managed the task of supplying relief to the 35 million affected by the 1985 drought and famine. But the widespread perception that the emergency is over may impede efforts to mobilize the aid still required and to move on to the next stage of recovery and development.

“UK Aid to African Agriculture.” London: Overseas Development Institute for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development, 1985.

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL SAHELIAN OFFICE: Aid to the Sudano-Sahelian Populations Threatened with Famine. Report of the Secretary General. New York: UN, 7 pp., 1974.

UNIVERSITY FAMINE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ORGANIZATION: Survey of Famine Relief and Rehabilitation Organizations and Agencies in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa, 83 pp., 1974.

Wagner Kani P. : Food Crisis and Famine Relief Management. Zeitschrift fur Auslandisc Le Landwirtschaft 22, pp. 69–79, January/March 1983.

“Water Curbs and Food Aid to Fight Botswana's Drought.” Africa Now, 32, pp. 71–72, December 1983. Details water and food shortages due to the effect of drought. Efforts being made to ameliorate the problems are also given.

Watkins Robert : Famine: Sudan's Hidden Tragedy. Africa Report 30(6), pp. 19–21, November/December 1985. The devastation from the drought and famine in Sudan might have been minimized had donors and the former government foreseen the mammoth logistical problems the relief effort would encounter.

Zeiler Jean A. : Genocide Convention—International Starvation—Ethiopian Famine in the Eritrean War for Independence: The Applicability of the Genocide Convention to Government Imposed Famine in Eritrea. George Journal of International and Comparative Law 19, pp. 589–612, Fall, 1989. Describes tactics employed to the government of Mengistu Haile Mariam of blocking famine aid to Eritrea and seizing donated supplies in April, 1988.