Chocolate Nations : Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa (Paperback)

from thewordygecko

I think the strength of this book is that it introduces the reader to the complexity of the issue. Politics and poverty interlaced with human need, greed, and the rights of children are not easy issues and the problems are clearly not going to be solved by buying one particular brand of chocolate...

from kmhyle

Orla Ryan's Chocolate Nations does a good job of exposing readers to the complexity of the issues surrounding the cocoa industry in West Africa. There is so much more involved than just saying yes to Fair Trade and no to Hershey. Most importantly, Ryan does not claim to have a solution to these p...

from mels_71

I received this book as part of the LibraryThing early reviewers program. I'd heard a little bit about the chocolate trade and the issue of child labour and slave labour associated with it through worldvision and our unshackled group at church so I was pleased to be able to get a copy of this boo...

from mels_71

I received this book as part of the LibraryThing early reviewers program. I'd heard a little bit about the chocolate trade and the issue of child labour and slave labour associated with it through worldvision and our unshackled group at church so I was pleased to be able to get a copy of this boo...

from CarlosMcRey

A thought-provoking look at Ghana and Ivory Coast, which produce about two-thirds of the world's supply of cocoa beans, and the contributions, both good and bad, that the cocoa industry makes to the lives of the people of those countries. Ryan goes beyond superficial impressions to show how the c...