Sugar: A Sweet Menace
How sugar travelled across the world and seduced all on its path, fuelled by African slaves working in brutal conditions.
Rarely has one foodstuff had such global influence as Sugar β on our trade and economy, movement of people around the world, and health and treatment of fellow humans. Once a costly luxury called βwhite goldβ, it was pivotal in one of mankindβs most shameful chapters β slavery. Joining Rajan Datar to find out more about Sugar and its connection with power is the Canadian historian Dr Elizabeth Abbott, the writer Marina Budhos whose Indian background inspired her research, and the Columbian political scientist Dr Eduardo Gomez, author of βGeopolitics in Healthβ.
Photo: A sugar bowl (Getty Images)
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Why sugar and power go together
Duration: 00:48
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- Sat 21 Apr 2018 19:06GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except Australasia, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
- Tue 24 Apr 2018 08:06GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
- Tue 24 Apr 2018 17:06GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Australasia
- Tue 24 Apr 2018 23:06GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
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