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Gay rights in Malawi

The Guardian’s coverage of the trial of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga is a good example of how a ‘negative’ story is both essential and in some senses ‘positive’. Tiwonge Chimbalanga and...

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Ethiopia and the recurring famine: same story, same pictures?

The 1984 famine in Ethiopia that led to the Live Aid phenomenon was a watershed for contemporary understandings of food crises, especially in the UK. Going back through my files the periodic coverage...

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The stereotype of the ‘African’ child

Images of impoverished children are regularly associated with stories about both ‘Africa’ and famine, even if the issue of famine in question is not specifically or only related to ‘Africa’. In this...

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