The Scarcity Slot Excavating Histories of Food Security in Ghana

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.The Scarcity Slot is the first book to critically examine food security in Africa's deep past. Amanda L. Logan argues that African foodways have been viewed through the lens of "the scarcity slot,"...

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Auteur principal: Logan, Amanda L. (auth)
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Publié: University of California Press 2020
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