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Author:   Ute Röschenthaler ,  Alessandro Jedlowski
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Zed Books Ltd
Weight:   0.435kg
ISBN:  

9781786990778

ISBN 10:   1786990776
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   15 January 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Landscapes of Opportunity, Mobility, and Entrepreneurial Perspectives - Ute Röschenthaler and Alessandro Jedlowski Part I: Historical Relationships and Economic Networks 2. Chinese Migration to Africa: Historical Perspectives and New Developments - Li Anshan 3. Karimjee Jivanjee & Co. in Tanzania, 1860–2000: A Case for ‘Diasporic Family Firms’ - Gijsbert Oonk 4. The Lebanese Community of Ibadan: A Portrait of Successful Entrepreneurship - Azeez Olaniyan 5. Importing Goods to Khartoum: Traders between Sudan, China, and Dubai - Raphaelle Chevrillon-Guibert 6. The Senegalese in Argentina: Migratory Networks and Small-Scale Trade - Bernarda Zubrzycki Part II: Biographies of Mobility and Aspirations of Success 7. Migration, Successes and Liminal Spaces: A Contemporary Perspective on Africans in India - Renu Modi 8. African Businesses in Malaysia: ‘You Just Have to Be Smart’ to Survive - Ute Röschenthaler 9. Senegalese Women in International Trade: From Dakar to Asia - Mohamadou Sall 10. African Entrepreneurs in China: True Actors of Globalization - Laurence Marfaing and Alena Thiel Part III: Knowledge Transfer and Cultural Interactions 11. Chinese Textile Production in East Africa: Cooperation through the Experience of Tanzanian Managers - Sarah Hanisch 12. Mandarin Education for Economic Empowerment: The Confucius Institute in Lagos, Nigeria - Philip Ademola Olayoku 13. Africans in China: Agents of Soft Power? - Adams Bodomo 14. Rumberos and Guerrilleros: Angélique Kidjo, Freddy Ilanga, and African-Cuban Relations - Hauke Dorsch 15. Culture on the Move: Cape Verde between Africa and Latin America - Livio Sansone

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'Empirically rich and conceptually astute, this volume gives the reader unparalleled insight into the lives of mobile traders crisscrossing the Global South. Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary globalization and its historical roots.' Neil Carrier, University of Oxford 'This important collection offers compelling accounts of geopolitical histories, personal trajectories, and unexpected cultural outcomes. The volume is recommended to anyone interested in Africa's diverse transnational connections.' Heidi Ostbo Haugen, University of Oslo

'Empirically rich and conceptually astute, this volume gives the reader unparalleled insight into the lives of mobile traders crisscrossing the Global South. Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary globalization and its historical roots.' Neil Carrier, University of Oxford 'This important collection offers compelling accounts of geopolitical histories, personal trajectories, and unexpected cultural outcomes. The volume is recommended to anyone interested in Africa's diverse transnational connections.' Heidi Ostbo Haugen, University of Oslo 'Illuminating in shedding light on what are relatively little-known aspects of contemporary globalization ... would be read with reward by those interested in the developing economic and social components of the global South.' Pacific Affairs

Illuminating in shedding light on what are relatively little-known aspects of contemporary globalization ... would be read with reward by those interested in the developing economic and social components of the global South. * Pacific Affairs * This important collection offers compelling accounts of geopolitical histories, personal trajectories, and unexpected cultural outcomes. The volume is recommended to anyone interested in Africa's diverse transnational connections. * Heidi Ostbo Haugen, University of Oslo * Empirically rich and conceptually astute, this volume gives the reader unparalleled insight into the lives of mobile traders crisscrossing the Global South. Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary globalization and its historical roots. * Neil Carrier, University of Oxford *

Author Information

Ute Röschenthaler is professor of anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University, and a research fellow at Goethe University of Frankfurt. Her other books include Purchasing Culture: the Dissemination of Associations in the Cross River Region of Cameroon and Nigeria (2011) and Copyright Africa: How Intellectual Property, Media and Markets Transform Immaterial Cultural Goods (co-edited with Mamadou Diawara, 2016). Alessandro Jedlowski is a FNRS post-doctoral research fellow in anthropology at the University of Liège, Belgium, and a former Marie Curie/Cofund fellow at the same university. He is the author of several essays in international journals and edited collections, and he is the co-editor (together with Ute Röschenthaler) of a recent special issue of the Journal of African Cultural Studies on China-Africa media interactions.

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