Reviews : The roots of famine

A Year in the Death of Africa: Politics, Bureaucracy and the Famineby Peter Gill, (Paladin, London, 1986).

An African Winterby Preston King, (Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1986).

Imperialism, Colonialism and Hunger: East and Central Africaby Robert I.Rotberg (editor), (Lexington Books, Toronto, 1983).

Africa in Crisis: the Causes, the Cures of Environmental Bankruptcyby Lloyd Timberlake, (Earthscan, London, 1985).

Socialism, Education and Development—A Challenge to Zimbabwe.

By Fay Chung and Emmanuel Ngara (Zimbabwe Publishing House, Harare, 1985). Pp. 148. Pb. Z$6.50

Botswana: Liberal Democracy and the Labour Reserve in Southern Africaby Jack Parson (Westview Press, Colorado, 1984), 145 pages.

Nigeria: The Economy and the Peopleby Edwin Madunagu, (New Beacon Books, London 1984).

The Political Economy of Namibia: an Annotated, Critical Bibliographyby Tore Linne Eriksen with Richard Moorsom. (Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, in co‐operation with the United Nations Institute for Namibia and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, 1985). ISBN 91–7106–234–3. 423pp.