From Band Aid to Breadbasket: Ethiopia’s Struggle To Rewrite Its Story of Hunger

From Band Aid to Breadbasket: Ethiopia’s Struggle To Rewrite Its Story of Hunger

In the weeks running up to Christmas in 1984, amid the familiar din and bustle of high streets and shopping malls across the U.S. and U.K., a new holiday song began wriggling its way in among the classic carols and cheery pop tunes piped into every store. “There won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas time,” a blockbuster lineup of pop and rock stars — including U2’s Bono, Boy George, Sting, members of Duran Duran and George Michael — sang plaint…