Droughts, Food and Culture : Ecological Change and Food Security in Africa's Later Prehistory

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Summary: Excerpt of review from M. Kassas University of Cairo
Review: Implications with contemporary climate events (recurrent droughts in Africa) and their impacts on food security are evident. Interactions amongst climate changes, evolution of food producing systems, evolution of societal organization including mass movements in search of less hostile environment, evolution of culture, art and technology are all intertwined and complicated. The chapters of this remarkable volume dispel a good deal of the myth that relates to these socio-evolutionary topics.'

M. Kassas, University of Cairo Giza 12613 Egypt