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Starvation and the State

Famine, Slavery, and Power in Sudan, 1883–1956
By:Steven Serels
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137383860
eText ISBN:9781137383877
Edition:0
Copyright:2013
Format:Reflowable

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Sudan has historically suffered devastating famines that have powerfully reshaped its society. This study shows that food crises were the result of exploitative processes that transferred resources to a small group of beneficiaries, including British imperial agents and indigenous elites who went on to control the Sudanese state at independence.