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Yves Engler to launch “Canada in Africa: 300 Years of Aid and Exploitation” in Sackville, Fredericton

by NB Media Co-op
October 9, 2015
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Canada in AfricaYves Engler will be launching his most recent book, Canada in Africa: 300 Years of Aid and Exploitation, in Sackville and Fredericton.

Sackville/Oct 16: The Centre for International Studies (Mount Allison University) and NB Media Co-op will host the launch on Friday, Oct. 16 at 8pm at Thunder & Lightning, 23 Bridge St.
Facebook event page.

For more info contact: info@mediacoop.org or cis@mta.ca

Fredericton/Oct 18: The NB Media Co-op and the UNB International Development Studies will host the launch on Sunday, Oct. 18 at 5:30pm at Three Sisters Cafe, 289 Regent St. Facebook event page.

Yves Engler continues his groundbreaking analyses of past and present Canadian foreign policy with ‘Canada in Africa — 300 years of Aid and Exploitation’. This work documents Canadian involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, “scramble for Africa”, missionary movement and European colonialism. The book also reveals Ottawa’s opposition to anticolonial struggles, support for apartheid South Africa and Idi Amin’s coup as well as this country’s role in ousting independence leaders Patrice Lumumba and Kwame Nkrumah.

Based on an exhaustive look at the public record as well as on-the-ground research, Canada in Africa shows how the federal government pressed African countries to follow neoliberal economic prescriptions, which have benefited numerous Canadian corporations, including mining companies that have bought up much of the continent’s mineral resources, but are often bitterly resisted by local communities. The book also sheds light on Canada’s role in the violence that has engulfed Somalia, Rwanda and the Congo and Canada’s creeping military footprint on the continent. Finally, it points out that this country’s near total indifference to the impact of global warming is tantamount to a death sentence for ever-growing numbers of Africans.

If you’ve ever wondered why 45% of Africans still live on less than one dollar a day you should read this book.
https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/canada-in-africa

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