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Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid Rules
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VERA R CROWELL <[log in to unmask]>
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African Association of Madison <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:59:31 -0500
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AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK

Join African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year:Oct - Sept.

Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701
Phone: 608-258-0261 -- Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: www.AfricanAssociation.org

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"This is all that Africa gets from globalization, right?"

The continent of Africa is the richest continent on the planet. 

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"In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be hand carried down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers.
This took a great deal of time." 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter W. Vakunta" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:33 pm
Subject: Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid Rules
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> *****************************************************************
>  
>  AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK
>  
>  Join African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year:Oct - Sept.
>  
>  Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701
>  Phone: 608-258-0261 -- Email: [log in to unmask]
>  Web: www.AfricanAssociation.org
>  
>  *****************************************************************
>  
>  "The success is noteworthy, but the families’ sacrifices also 
> illustrate the risks of an American food aid system that is designed 
> to benefit domestic agribusiness and shipping interests and enmeshed 
> in an intricate framework of farm subsidies.
>  
>  [...]But critics in Congress contend that the United States could 
> feed far more people more quickly if it could buy surplus food in 
> Africa. It might also help boost the incomes of African farmers, by 
> providing a market for their crops, they say."
>  
>  This is all that Africa gets from globalization, right?
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  PETER W.VAKUNTA
>  DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN 
>  UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
>  602 VAN HISE HALL
>  1220 LINDEN DRIVE
>  MADISON WI 53706-1525
>  U.S.A
>  Office  608 262 4067
>  Home    608 442 6089
>  Cell    608 381 0407
>  
>  "The day will come when history will speak... Africa will write its 
> own history... it will be a history of glory and dignity." - Patrice Lumumba
>  
>

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