Dispatches from Dakar V

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AUDIO about Environment posted on February 14, 2011 by Stefan Christoff

Blessing J. Karumbidza speaks on corporate land grabbing in Africa.

by Stefan Christoff

» Download file 'wsfblessingfinal.mp3' (19.5MB)

Audio reports from the World Social Forum 2011 in Dakar, Senegal produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.

In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we will hear from Blessing J. Karumbidza activist and researcher at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa speaking on contemporary corporate land grabs in Africa and grassroots struggles for food and economic sovereignty in Africa. In this interview Karumbidza speaks on the relationship between current international corporate land practices in Africa in a historical context of European colonization.

For more information visit http://www.seri-sa.org/

Music featured in this report created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal.

Dispatches from Dakar interview series is produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by community organizer and journalist Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon/

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