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How effective were the huge campaigns in 1984 of 'Band Aid' in the UK and 'USA for Africa' in the USA in helping with the famine in Ethiopia? I have heard the government at the time was given funds and misused them. Was it just a misguided western 'pat-on-the-back' fest or did it actually help?

by /u/hazysummersky in /r/AskHistorians

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