Food is central to power. Food has influenced power relations through land grabs and the manipulation of food aid as part of a system of political patronage, and through looting, displacement and diversion of aid by soldiers, warlords and militia. It has played a role in how countries are
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Outside the confines of classrooms, the SOAS Development Department has a lot of activity happening throughout the academic year. The most well-received and well-attended lecture series is the Development Studies Seminar Series organised by Feyzi Ismail and Alfredo Saad-Filho. The seminar takes place weekly across both terms with