Whose fault is famine? What the world failed to learn from 1840s Ireland
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 16:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A new book by a Cambridge University academic revisits one of the worst famines in recorded history. The Irish Famine of the 1840s had terrible consequences: 1 million people died and several million left Ireland. Today the world is watching as millions in Africa face a similar fate: starvation in the midst of plenty. Dr David Nallys analysis of what happened in his native Ireland less than two centuries ago reveals some shocking parallels with what is happening in Africa.