Introduction / D.A. Kotzé -- Underdevelopment and dependency / A.B. Emmett -- Some historical perspectives / J.A. van der Merwe -- African socialism / H.J. Swanepoel -- Humanism in Zambia / J.A. van der Merwe -- Black communalism in South Africa / H.J. Swanepoel -- Capitalism in Botswana /...

We examine the implications of the rise of a middle class in East and Southern Africa for food consumption patterns and the food system. A unique classification of food items shows that highly processed food has one-third of the purchased food market, with comparable shares in rural and urban...