William G. Moseley, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography and Director of the Food, Agriculture and Society Program at Macalester College will be speaking on his new book, "Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation" (Agenda Publishing, 2024). Why have so many approaches to farming and food policy failed in Sub-Saharan Africa? Because, argues William Moseley in this compelling analysis, of the shortcomings of a prevailing western, colonial agricultural science that is infused with power and politics. To tackle food security successfully, the book argues, we need a non-colonial, indigenous agronomy that creates the social innovation needed to support the livelihoods of small-scale farmers.