The African Cake

From Africa is a Country Fri Apr 11 2014, 10:00:32

Last week a bunch of smartly dressed activists, myself included, made a visit to the UK's Department for International Development (DfID) offices in London pretending to be representatives of large food corporations and offering them a cake in the shape of Africa. This, we said, was to celebrate the help that the UK government is giving to big business's efforts to mount a new scramble for Africa. Watch what happened:

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