How the present day land-grabbing in Africa is forcing thousands to migrate to Europe - Voice Online
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IN THIS exclusive excerpt from his new book Why We Are Coming, author Yasin Kakande—an international journalist, migrant activist and TED Fellow—lays bare the shocking truth about the Western exploitation of Africa that is the root cause of Africans choosing to leave their homelands for the UK, US and other developed nations.
Across Africa many Western investors, including Wall Street bankers and wealthy individuals, are rushing in to acquire agricultural land and are displacing hundreds of thousands of Africans. This shift places the food system in Africa in the hands of a few Western corporations whose interests are, first and foremost, economic gain.
