and, south africa calls it quits.nts to leave the international criminal court that prosecutes war criminals. the icc ordered south africa to arrest the wanted president of sudan last year and pretoria has resented it ever since. anchor: thanks very much for your company. dead in the water. the ceta trade deal between the e.u. and canada seems to have sunk without a trace, as the canadian international trade minister walks out of talks in brussels. all this after frantic efforts to persuade the belgian region of wallonia to reverse its opposition to the deal. , but it refused so the planned ratification by, e.u. member states next week now looks unlikely. the e.u.'s trade commissioner is perhaps whistling in the dark, saying she still hopes to find a solution. reporter: it was day two of the summit in brussels, where big european decisions are usually made among leaders of e.u. member states. but this time is different, and it is as much about discord in the -- says much about discord in the e.u. when the small belgia

i also wanted to thank south africa the things. i oftentimes cannot come pleaded with 11 propositions added to it. south africans are also members of the north number and come chinese a seizure. >> what's the reaction to this news? some of the human rights organizations, as well as south africans, democratic official opposition party in south africa has not taken south africa to court saying that minutes of international relations had no place in the phallus -- in the policy to help you communicate. it was described as astounding. organizations inc. is a take back to human rights. not only in south africa, but also on the african continent. >> thank you for that. there are less than three weeks to go in the u.s. presidential race. mccain has been bruising. hillary clinton and donald trump took time out thursday to trade jokes at an annual charity cymer. >> it is an american tradition. a strategic moment that gives candidates a chance to lighten them move by putting away their claws, and poking at each other. after he took the mic a

he's in johannesburg, south africa. thanks for joining us. why did south africa take this step? >> south africa made the decision to leave the international criminal court because it did not like the court's decision that south africa should hav should have ae sudanese president, omar al-bashir, when when he visited south africa more than a year ago. and south africa said the court should not be telling it to arrest sitting heads of state. there should have been diplomatic immunity. so they said they don't like that-- what they called interference-- from the i.c.c. >> sreenivasan: coming on the heels of the withdrawal from burundi, is this part of a larger trend? >> well, that-- there are many that are worried tathis-- that the two-- that the decision of the two african countries to leave the i.c.c. this week could set off a movement where several other african countries withdraw from the i.c.c. already, the african union, which represents all 54 countries of africa, has said that they don't think that the i.c.c. should press charges against any sitting head of state. and uganda

this is about south africa. this is the rand and these are the big banks in south africa.ng against every single major currency in the world. that's the most since the day after brexit. it's more than two standard deviations below its main after south african prosecutors said they will prosecute the finance minister for fraud. they have summoned him to appear in court on allegations he legally authorized early retirement and established an investigative unit when he headed the tax agency almost a decade ago. this matters because it could happen that standard & poor's cut its rating. it's at saying distraction. a negative outlook. it says it is focused on south africa's economic and fiscal outcomes. keep an eye on these assets in the next few days. this has to be one of the charts of the day. this tells us everything you need to know about the global bond market. value of the negative yield bonds fell by 10% to $10.7 trillion. the record in june was 12.2 trillion. the total was 476 billion. japan accounts for almost half the world's total of negative bonds. 44% comes from w

i have seen us ignore africa. there are six countries in africa that are members of the united nations. there isn't a single american diplomatic representative in any of those six. when guinea became independent, the soviet ambassador showed up that very day. we didn't recognize them for two months; the american ambassador didn't show up for nearly eight months. i believe that the world is changing fast. and i don't think this administration has shown the foresight, has shown the knowledge, has been identified with the great fight which these people are waging to be free, to get a better standard of living, to live better. the average income in some of those countries is twenty-five dollars a year. the communists say, "come with us; look what we've done." and we've been in on the whole, uninterested. i think we're going to have to do better. mr. nixon talks about our being the strongest country in the world. i think we are today. but we were far stronger relative to the communists five years ago, and what is of gr

fair or not, south africa is often jokingly called "africa light" or the "civilized africa." whatever you call it, all i know is that for me, south africa was a good spot to begin my african adventure. join me as we explore the gateway to africa: south africa. travel. for some, it's a luxurious escape, or maybe an adrenaline-filled adventure. but if you're like me, it's a precious opportunity to discover and to give back. it's time to get real. it's time to get raw. it's time for "raw travel." johannesburg, or jo'burg as the locals call it, is the business hub of south africa. but tourists often keep visits short,

south africa is willing and able to pay.e going through a difficult .atch economically speaking our belief is we have bottomed out and we are not moving into recession. we look forward to better times in the next few years. tom: bring up the chart again with the decline of the gdp, and this goes back to durban and the heritage. industry that is unfortunately my stereotype of south africa, link the mining industry into your future success. usedn: the mining industry to be very important and still is in export terms. notwithstanding the fact that we have had a demand decline, particularly from china, but is is a small part of our gdp. there are other sectors of the economy have been growing and can grow into the future. agriculture and reprocessing, many american companies are invested. -- latest invest meant is an investment is in chinese companies building small cars on the african continent for the first time. we move into space technology innovation and science as well, including benefiting from that depreciated brand and

the program in south africa is excelling. we have lots of talent in the program in africa. realizing there is talent in africa. >> today we're playing against the wolf. right now i am nervous. i've never faced the picturtcher before. >> i believe through my hard work and determination i will make it to the mlb. katty: the young faces of globalization in sport. greatave produced a soccer players, no reason they cannot produce great baseball players as well. bruce springsteen has painted a lyrical portrait of america for decades, often featuring red-blooded blue-collar workers harkening back to another decade . he says these americans are being left behind an election campaign. he described donald trump as a con man. he spoke to our editor. >> bruce springsteen wrote born to run in a cottage. humble beginnings for a song that would launch this man from new jersey and to rock 'n roll superstardom. that hadhad to records not turned out well. i only had a few record deals. this was my last shot. i initially had the riff. chorus.ad the versus.not get the i spent six months writin

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africa, in the front row, please? >> thank you. cnb africa. my first question is, the population of africa is looking close to 200 million. and with structural forms, one of the pillars of the imf, what structural reforms would you be looking at for the continent, especially in the 1980's the imf and world bank push for the consensus and we hardly saw any yield, after so many years after. the second has to be china. spillovers, the imf did draw an interesting statistic that shows one percentage drop in exports from africa to china did have a 0.6 in verse drop when it came to grow for the african continent for sub-saharan africa. are we going to see any spillovers when it comes to china? thank you. dir. lagarde: on your first question, the reforms in africa, there are certainly two areas where we would be pushing strongly. the first one is infrastructure. and i am not necessarily talking about roads, bridges, and railroads exclusively, but i'm also thinking about soft infrastructure in order to improve broadband access, the process from which a

i think africa is an interesting place to be. you have to be more careful how you tread, because nigeria is down at 180, not only because of terrorism, but falling oil prices. we have seen with these companies it has really been revealed, unfortunately across many emerging markets, how much they did not deal with by using the paper of those profits on oil. francine: thank you so much. this is the picture. 14.22 four rand. -- for rand. if you look at the six members ranks index, it is falling 3.2% on the backs of a report. we still do not have confirmation. ♪ francine: i am francine lacqua in london with the first hour of bloomberg "surveillance." breaking news out of south african, the rand falling 3% after a report the finance minister is to be arrested. this is according to a local news station. we have two reporters on the ground in johannesburg listening to a news conference given right now by the south african police. the market reaction has been quite significant and quite violent. the9 for the rand against dollar. let's sh

reporter: now we head to southern africa, home to the rhinoceros.hese large land animals are native to zimbabwe, kenya, namibia and south africa where there are around 21,000 of them. but it used to be far more. since the turn of the century, there's been a huge rise in rhino killings. the global black market in rhino horn is now a billion dollar business. traders receive an average of $60,000 u.s. per kilo of horn. but while the battle against poachers is certainly challenging, it's not hopeless. >> africa was once populated by hundreds of thousands of rhinoceroses. africa's national parks have had to ramp up security because more and more poachers are heavily armed. the fight against poaching is turning into a war. the rangers in south africa's kruger national park don't want to be recognized out of concern for their families' safety. >> from years back rangers used to focus more on environmental stuff and with time there seem to be a switch of us being more military in some ways. like you can see, i'm carrying a rifle. >> there are often firefigh

fufunding of our operations i in africa continues to be very lowow. it is importat that the same attention that this puts in trying to address politically other crises is exercised also in africa. because in the end, like everywhere else, you need to make peace to find a way forward for these millions of refugees in this place. karen: i'm not sure how many years it will take to eliminate conflict. that will be a long time. i'm hopeful that we'll make some difference. it may not be a huge difference right away. we won't see a lot of difference coming quickly, but we can at t least set the grounds forr people ththinking about refugees and migrants in a different way, accepting them more easily and readily. narrator: on the greek island of samos, volunteers like gabi are helping refugees who arrive onon shore near their home a afr fleeing conflilicts abroad. man: slow! slowow! [indistinct] man: mark! karen: we talk about their neediding safety and dignitity, and they need to have a journey that's safe, they need to arrive somewhere and be welcomed, rathe

and i have never seen anything like south africa.didn't know is ranching game. so you have rhino ranches. that is one of the saddest photos to me, you know, to south african, the owner of this ranch, he's incredibly proud, i'm saving rhinos. to me, this is the comeodd if i kaition of a species. these are rhino that are assets, the horns are cut off, they grow back, they are cutting them off, stock piling them hoping to sell them for millions and millions of dollars on the asian market. and to do it, they're having these rhino live like cat el. >> yeah. >> and these are buy logically dead, they're not part of ecosystems any more. it's not just rhino. they are doing it to stable, pick your species that america wants to hunt and they're turning it into a farm. >> trevor: when you have some of the more grew some stories and we show some of the people the pictures, i don't show you this to shock you, i show this to you to make you understand the graferrity of the situation. and also how brutal these people are. there is a man you talk abo

aree demonstrations spreading across south africa. this is more than a demand for free university education. it is indicative of vigor problems over questions of inequality and -- bigger problems over questions of inequality and race. here an 18-year-old law student brought her up. monty in south africa. funds notere are used appropriately. reporter: she just wants to go to class. her aunt struggles to pay the fees despite the adversity. goingught everything was veryone.sy for e president zuma and his african national congress have been smeared by scandals and allegations of corruption. freedom was not supposed to be like this. >> people are saying that we do not think what is being done to redress the past is adequate. the government, instead of responding to our legitimate grievances, is ignoring us. reporter: there's little sign of the protests fading with more demonstrations planned. ins is an important time south africa's coming-of-age. berg.ews, johannes katty: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, from leake

the german chancellor wrapping ina tour of africa today addis ababa. france is to open its first safe for drug addicts in paris. the center will allow people to drugs.inject hard ahead despiteing opposition from locals. let's get business news now. kate moody here with an update. starting with samsung's exploding phones. tell us more. kate: a consumer safety scandal and financial scandal for samsung. 8% at the close of trade in seoul this tuesday before the company announced the decision it would permanently stop production of its galaxy note 7 phone. andumers of the original replacement model have reported problems of overheating, some bursting into flames. on immediate impact samsung's bottom line will be survive thean it exploding scandal? of explosionsries and vacuum in the market. galaxy note 7 out of the picture, samsung's competitors are rushing in to share spoils. apple with the wa, now7, but also hua with a leg up. chinese brand offers , including high-end ones. >> because samsung is in trouble, hawee i-will look to the up volumes across range

the south africa face an inevitable downgrade? good to speak to you. when we last spoke, i think i did warn that if the minister was charged, it may lead to the rams being hammered. that was the case. beingmay lead to the rand hammered. the asset value impact was less the expected, and i think market was relatively acting in a very benign way to the events. in other words, i do not think that the market is factoring or discounting a credit rating downgrade. next elieve that in the period, there will be a review of standard & poor's, moody's, and other rating agencies on the south african story. and by the end of the year, they will determine in the early findings.eriod their i think the red line is effectively one in which the question will remain, does the minister stay in place? i think the comments from the presidency, the comments from the anc, the ruling party, have all indicated that the intention is to keep the minister in place, and they told him that the word on that -- that is the leadthat if crossed would to a whole different world in terms

i bless the rains down in africa... ? this is electric. ? i bless the rains ? ? down in africa ? ? i bless the rain ? both: ? i bless the rains ? ? down in africa ? ? gonna take some time ? ? to do the things we never had ? ? had. ? wait! stop! i can't! you can't what? i can't ignore what's going on with brenda and hugh! we weren't doing anything! i hope you guys were behaving, all right? because you know what happens on strike two. strike two and... strike... you're not out on strike two, but, you know, strike two, you're on thin ice. jess should be on thin ice. ugh! she took us on a couples trip! yeah, that's like taking alcoholics to a brewery! nobody here wants to hear from you, hugh. you hugh. u made us hang out with your lame couples friends! how are we lhow are we lame? there is no reason to attack us. and when singing toto, why is it always "africa"? they've got a deep catalog! robby: okay. look, i think we can all agree that jess is a very important member of this group. you hypocrite. before you cast aspersions on anyone else, you need to take a good long look at yourself

i was flicking through the papers to see how gone with the wind was received in africa and south africaurous reception amongst the population. but the papers has quite a bit on how it was received well over the world. it would be a very useful project. i think at this time someone should go through and talk about how the novel was received overseas. i have to say i'm not a fan. i think it presents a sort of moonlight magnolia version of slavery, sort of the glorified version, romanticized version of this horrible institution. it helps solidify my opinion, the support for jim crow is existing and obtaining in atlanta and georgia at that time. and by the way, strikingly enough of georgia was founded so in 1732, no allowed, not least because they were always trying to align with the spanish in florida in saint augustine to upset south carolina including the prized in virginia. so georgia was going to be this great wall separating spanish florida from south carolina, virginia and north carolina. but it didn't work out very well obviously this shows the lancet, georgia has one of the most si

south africa. new zealand. canada. and for that matter, the united states of america.ohn britain get on? remember 1938? the yankees won the pennant. wrong way corigan. last train on the 6th avenue hill. well, john britain got excited about the same sort of thing. the derby, or as he would say, the dahby. his job. his kids. getting his exercise on his day off. taking the football. only 300 miles away people were cheering another kind of event. and in london and every other british city in town, they read about what was going on in europe and got sore about it. but they were also pretty well determined to keep it none of their business. then this looked bad. the czechs have a mutual assistance pact with friends. and france had won with britain. this might mean war. even though everyone was anxious to avoid it. they had been through one war. hundreds of their brothers and friends had been killed. there was nothing beautiful to them about war. and they had no desire to another. >> in a last desperate effort to preserve peace, the prime minister today flew to munich. >> all

how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa and-- you could say that he'd made hisu caused him to sleep in it. you know, you saw a problem and over time took it on and-- let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually. this is over.

angie: there is a new twist in the top-level political risk in south africa. prime minister has been ordered to appear in course on fraud charges. the charges relate to the retirement and reappointment of one of his colleagues. the finance minister from 2009-2014. we are joined by the treasury director from pretoria. us,k you so much joining treasury director general. how does this affect the planning for the midterm budget for south africa? >> good morning, angie. it does unsettle things a bit, but the 26th of october is the date we sought and we will remain resolute to make sure that on that date, we are able as a team, led by the minister, to table yet another midterm statement. angie: we have seen the rand weakening against the dollar most of three months. we have seen it affected by this controversy. what affect does this have on investors and investors confidence in south africa? what have you heard? lungisa: i have already received some calls from some concerned investors. normally meet when we go on our roadshows. some of them met in new york. the side

those have yet to be discussed in south africa.hen they are, we will be happy to complete -- vonnie: the reaction from investors in new york -- we spoke with one of the largest lenders. he said they were stopping lending until the situation is clarified. have you seen much of that? nicky: not expressed like that. -- theys are looking to have not focused on the minister as an individual. vonnie: thank you for joining us. why he's hoping the treasury department will help them avoid criminal charges. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you may have never heard of -- he is wanted on criminal charges in greece and is currently hiding out in maryland. we spoke with matt phillips about this story. how did this unknown in economist come to get a very big job in greece a few years ago? >> this guy spend most of his career working as an of security economist in washington. in 2009, as he was watching the european debt crisis unfold and his home country of greece was at the epicenter, he felt the desire, the patriotism to apply to a job

china plans to complete his first permanent military bases in the horn of africa by 2017. it is also constructing another intercontinental rail line. >> that new railway opening up in east africa. >> that's it for business. stay with us, more news and headlines right after this. ♪]0kxopopop'p'p'p'p'p8úxú 10/05/16 10/05/16 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democrcracy now! >> look, donald trump has filed over 100 pages of financial disclosures -- which is what a what the law requires. >> gentlemen, i need ask about social security -- >> richard nixon -- >> gentlemen -- the people at home cannot understand either one of you. i

papers to see how gone with the wind was received in southern africa and south africa. bit of how it is received all over the world. knowing scholars it probably has been done but somebody should go to the papers and talk about how that was received overseas. i would have to say i'm not a fan. i think it presents a sort of moonlight magnolia version of slavery a sort of glorified version of this horriblele institution and it helps to solidify my opinion. the support that was existing in obtaining in atlanta and georgia at the time and by the way, strikingly enough it was founded in 1332 as a so-called colony, no negroes allowed not least because they were always trying to align with the spanish in florida and points northward including west virginia, so georgia was going to be this grateful separating spanish florida from south carolina, virginia but it didn't work out very well since the census showed atlanta and georgia have one of the most significant populations and it didn't work out as well also because it was hard to find people to work inau the field and plus it

miller went to south africa. where?ary johnson that miller was bust, he would say, i thought he was a guy. >> no, no, no. if i said that miller was abroad, he would say, well he's free to use any bathroom he wants. >> i appreciate the chuckle. 3,000 miles away. >> right. so he thinks aleppo is the marks brothers. >> what, you don't understand english? >> you missed the vice presidential debate. come on. that's the kind of excitement that only comes along once in a lifetime. >> well, down here, talking to some of the local today and they did ask me about pence and down here he is about about the whitest man on planet earth. >> and you said some. >> i said tim kaine is right up there with him. >> miller, have a good time. thanks for phoning in. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> he's going to frighten the lions, miller is. >>> up next, wild segment. the tip, moment away. >>> i put together a newscast call no spin news. i think i have been very fair in covering this race. if you disagree, we want to know about i

. >> and it's already started and hason in africa ambitious plans.e company is building massive factory in ethiopia in the shape of a shoe. it could be the start of a trend so-called american foreign hands. >> look at behind the numbers of what donald trump is saying. now, is it? just a few weeks away. we're taking a short break. stay with us. more headlines 10/06/16 10/06/16 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is dedemocracy now! >>>pres.. obama: i i want to eme to the american public, this is a serious stormrm. it h has already hitit haiti wih devastating effect and in the prococess of moving to the bahamas. because it is not going to be hitting enough land, it i is one to be bubuilding strength on its way to florida. amy: states of emergency have been declared in florida, georgia, and the carolinas as hurricane

they were grabbing people in west africa. and then bring them to carolina.rice industry flourishing. your 15 seconds to make your point. >> i to brief questions my first question is in regard to african-american history. is there any book that you would recommend that puts it all in a nut shell and the second question is in the regards to police brutality's. and by the time it gets to the news it is manipulated and destroyed. is there anything that you would suggest that we could possibly do. unfortunately your 15 seconds to answer the question. i would say. .. ..

very low, especially in africa. if zambia can get that kind of price and these were all private sector power companies that made these bids. this is a perfect example of how you can crowd in private sector and provide more energy at a lower cost to people in zambia. we want to scale this up. >> the russian prime minister published a big economic essay where he complained that the global economy system is unduly politicized. we can give-- and other examples. i want to have your opinion on whether the system is politicized. if that is a risk for the economy. let me see. around certain elections and political process in the future is definitely a risk for the economy. ofertainty about the impact brexit, uncertainty around the u.s. election, uncertainty about elections in europe, these are all risks. at the world bank group what we see is uncertainty. uncertainty is usually very bad for most developing countries. are cooperating with 189 member governments. despite the fact that it says in of agreementticles we are not

africa is at risk of losing its investment level credit status.ing up, political risks remain heightened across the world. we will hear from the chief economist at next. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: live from london and new york, i'm nejra cehic. vonnie: i'm vonnie quinn. you're watching bloomberg markets. rising political discord are threatening to derail the global economy. that's the latest warning from the imf. tom keene is with me now. interview theto chief economist at the imf. what can he possibly say? tom: he can't. what's interesting is the ambiguity of the report. frankly it's a fairly positive report even though you read paragraph to paragraph and there's a lot of gloom. i'm going to ask him about the first sentence of his summary. strong sustainable balanced inclusive growth eludes us. the median forecast is being downgraded. longer-term we don't know what kind of tit-for-tat tariff detection is an is going to be in place. tom: they do mention it early on. it dovetails a little bit into the election. clearly madame lagarde has said trad

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environment, restoring this h huge vast landsdscape, you know, degraded landscape is critical for africa, particulalarly for etethiopia. you knknow, half of ethiopia is mountains, and this mountainin system is degraded, and this degradation of this huge landscape, huge mountain chain of ethiopia is critical not only for ethiopia, but also for the entire region. consider egypt, look at the sudan, where six percent of the nile flows to these countries. how can you support life in e egypt without restoring ethiopia's mountaiains? so this isis regional, national, and international.l. >> environmental degradation is not only a problem for the dry regions of ethiopia. it can be just as devastating for countries like e rwanda, wheere rainfall is plentiful. this tiny country is grappling with the problem of a growing populatition trying to eke out a living on a finite amount of land. as in china and ethiopopia, over-farming on the hillsides caused serious erosion and a decline in fertility, forcining poor farmers to move into protected areas, such as the rugezi wetlands, a wildlife site of inter

europe has to be more convinced and look toward africa with more conviction. and from this we cannot go every time to ask for help to the united states without doing her part. states are busy and all the international theaters are the ones that are close to us. ofobviously need the support our best friends because the united states are our best friends. an we also have to start italian and european strategy. we can always just sit and wait for this type of support. therefore, the issue of the mediterranean in africa has in left aside during the last 10 years in the opinion in. we have to give it priority again. we have to work as the commission had foreseen it would do. it is not doing it but the necessary -- at the necessary speed and we will do whatever we can with the agreement with certain states, with the five states that are our priority. we have to work for africa to be a priority, including a priority from the point of view of resources. local involvement. we will talk about this during the g7 in italy -- he cicilline's year. in terms of investments, t

failing to africa and coming every african flight. dragging them across the atlantic to work in the battlefields. in particular and of course in the caribbean in the middle at the 18th century when the thought was more valuable. of course, the story shifted. the hope in conjunction with the caribbean because the africans outnumber the europeans at a rate 10 to one or 22 when the caribbean's create fertile grounds for the rise of slave revolts, which is not only jeopardizing the investments, but a lot of slave owners and their families. this of course released a retrenchment on the mainland, where the ratio is a much more favorable to slavery but that does not necessarily save because in 1739 -- in seven to 12 you have the results of the famed manhattan. recently spearheaded by angolan who not only many of them speech portuguese, but many of them were actually roman catholic. they were trying to get to spanish florida at that time controlled by same and there is a direct collaboration between spain and the enslaved africans in south ca

they announced last year that they intended to leave after the icc criticized south africa for ignoring court order to arrest syrian -- arrest sudanese president omar al-bashir. catherine clifford has more. reporter: breaking away from the international tribunal, it's postapartheid government hoped africablish, south initially threatened to leave the international criminal court last year. this followed a dispute when it ignored a court order to arrest sudanese president omar al-bashir, accused of genocide and war crimes when he was on it soil. the minister has submitted a withdraw,ice to saying the tribunals go against its diplomatic immunity laws. is under theca process of strengthening its own human rights and institutions and instruments, and our commitment is to continue to work closely with like-minded countries to ensure that south africa continues to be the beacon of light in the promotion of human rights. the president's government was facing a possible constitutional court defeat next month over its failure to arrest al bashir, however, it said friday that the legal battle wou

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africa, too, became a major participant in the columbian exchange. i want to put a little extra emphasis on the african case, because we tend to overlook it, preoccupied as we usually are with the dramatic story of early contact between europe and america. the fact is that plant forms from the america were transferred to africa even more widely and rapidly than was the case with europe. corn, first of all, then manioc and yams and sweet potatoes and peanuts and beans and tomatoes and cocoa and squashes of many different kinds. in fact, these have long since become the major food sources for vast areas of equatorial africa. one more thing here -- from the start, the transfer of these food crops to africa was all mixed up with the slave trade. slave dealers had to start their shifts with enough food to keep their human cargo alive for a lengthy ocean voyage, and foods like maize and yams, when you drive them out, will keep for a very long time, and therefore food that can be precisely useful in that regard. therefore, as early as the middle of the 16th