GMOs, Consumerism and the Global Politics of Biotechnology

GMOs, Consumerism and the Global Politics of Biotechnology
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Publisher : African Books Collective
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9789956763214
ISBN-13 : 9956763217
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Download or read book GMOs, Consumerism and the Global Politics of Biotechnology written by Munyaradzi Mawere and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite sustained continental and national struggles for autonomy, sovereignty and independence in postcolonial Africa, the continent is increasingly embattled by the forces of globalisation which threaten African identity that is at the core of African struggles for continental and national unity. Situating the debates in the contemporary discourses on decoloniality, global consumerism, global food apartheid and the challenges and prospects of the emergent sharing economies, this book critically examines the importation, use and implications of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and other such non-food products on African bodies, institutions and cultures. The book poses questions about how Africa can be decolonised both politically and in terms of global food apartheid and the dehumanising importation and use of foreign non-food products, some of which militate against the ethos of [African] identity, Renaissance and indigeneity. On note, the book urges the African continent to ensure the safety of imports ensuing from the global flows and circulations that are mired in the resilient invisible global matrices of power.


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