Can we define the 'f-word' famine?
Throughout this blog I will be assessing the interconnected issues of water and food in Africa. The focus will be on dissecting western imaginaries surrounding Africa whilst also understanding the relationships modern day technology is having on changing food production. Food production would be nothing without water. My choice of topic for this blog largely comes from studying Human Ecology and Development which investigated the relationships between famines and water scarcity. Also, coming from Bangladesh, the stories of the 1974 famine has always been circulated with different narratives, some elders recall the famine as being a time of no food whilst my grandmother recalls the famine not directly caused due to lack of food but because of political unrest and colonial powers over rice grains. These narratives around water and food piqued my interest into the African context since the largest famines in the 21 st century have been in the African continent. The real question is, wh