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To Cook a Continent: Destructive Extraction and Climate Crisis in Africa
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Artikel-Nr:
9781906387532
Veröffentl:
2012
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.04.2012
Seiten:
204
Autor:
Nnimmo Bassey
Gewicht:
210 g
Format:
200x134x20 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Nnimmo Bassey is an activist, a poet, the executive director of Environmental Rights Action inNigeria, and the elected chair of Friends of the Earth International. He is one of Time magazine s 2009 Heroes of the Environment and the corecipient of the prestigious Right Livelihood Award. He is the author of Genetically Modified Organisms and Oilwatching in South America."
Arguing that the climate crisis confronting the world today is rooted mainly in the wealthy economies' abuse of fossil fuels, indigenous forests, and global commercial agriculture, this book investigates how Africa has been exploited and how Africans should respond for the good of all. As it examines the oil industry in Africa and probes the causes of global warming, Bassey warns of its insidious impacts and explores false solutions.
Part 1: A Rear View 1. Introduction: The pull of Africa 2. Africa is Rich Part 2: The Scramble and the Grabbing 3. The Wheels of Progress 4. The Steps of the Advisors 5. Destructive Extraction 6. Enforced Immune Deficiency Syndrome 7. Swimming Against the Tide Part 3: A Forward View 8. Climate Chaos: False solutions and hunger politics 9. Connected by Blood: Community empowerment 10. The People are the Future: We are one people