Starving on a Full Stomach : Hunger and the Triumph of Cultural Racism in Modern South Africa (Reconsiderations in Southern African History)

An ideology of African ignorance arose in South Africa during the first half of the 20th century: Africans were hungry because they didn't know how to feed themselves properly. This work tells of the foods Africans ate, the maladies they suffered, and how the doctors and politicians reacted.