New Directions in Africa–China Studies

Interest in China and Africa is growing exponentially. Taking a step back from the?‘events-driven’ reactions characterizing much coverage, this timely book reflects more deeply on questions concerning how this subject has been, is being and can be?studied. It offers a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary and authoritative contribution to Africa–China studies. Its diverse chapters explore key current research themes and debates, such as agency, media, race, ivory, development or security, using a variety of case studies from Benin, Kenya and Tanzania, to Angola, Mozambique and Mauritius. Looking back, it explores the evolution of studies about Africa and China. Looking forward, it explores alternative, future possibilities for a complex and constantly evolving subject. Showcasing a range of perspectives by leading and ?emerging scholars, New Directions in Africa–China Studies is an essential resource ?for students and scholars of Africa and China relations.

Introduction Chapter 1: Studying China-Africa/Africa-China Relations – Chris Alden and Daniel Large From China in Africa to Global African Studies Chapter 2 From Field Work to Academic Field: Personal Reflections on China-Africa Research- George Yu Chapter 3: African Studies in China in the 21st Century: A Historiographical Survey - Li Anshan Chapter 4: Themes and Thoughts in Africanists Discourse about China and Africa - Kweku Ampiah Chapter 5: Media as a Site of Contestation in China-Africa Relations - Cobus van Staden and Yu-Shan Wu Chapter 6: ‘China in Africa’ in the Anthropocene: a Discourse of Divergence in a Converging World - Ross Anthony Chapter 7: Doing Ethnography Beyond China: the Ethic of the Ignorant Foreigner - Gabriel Bamana Chapter 8: Global African Studies and Locating China - Jamie Monson Views from Downstairs: Ethnography, Identity and Agency Chapter 9: Chinese Peanuts and Chinese Machinga: The Use and Abuse of a Rumour in Dar es Salaam (and Ethnographic Writing) – Derek Sheridan Chapter 10: Reflections on the Role of Race in China-Africa Relations - T Tu Huynh and Yoon Jung Park Chapter 11: Kenyan Agency in Kenya-China Relations: Contestation, Cooperation and Passivity - Maddalena Procopio Chapter 12: Bureaucratic Agency and Power Asymmetry: Benin and China - Folashadé Soulé-Kohndou Chapter 13: Dependency and Underdevelopment: the case of the Special Economic Zone in Mauritius - Honita Cowaloosur and Ian Taylor Chapter 14: Ivory Trails: Divergent Values of Ivory and Elephants in Africa and Asia - Stephanie Rupp Views from Upstairs: Elites, Policy and Political Economy Chapter 15: Neo-patrimonialism and Extraversion in China’s Relations with Angola and Mozambique: is Beijing making a difference? – Ana Cristina Alves and Sergio Chichava Chapter 16: Between Resource Extraction and Industrializing Africa - Mzukisi Qobo and Garth le Pere Chapter 17: A Chinese Model for Africa: the Problem with Problem-Solving - Chris Alden Chapter 18: New Structural Economics: Laying the Groundwork for Theoretical Reflection on China-Africa Engagement - Tang Xiaoyang Chapter 19: China-in-Africa and Global Economic Transformation - Alvin Camba and Ho-Fung Hong Chapter 20: China and African Security - Lina Benabdallah and Daniel Large Conclusion Chapter 21: Conclusion - Chris Alden and Daniel Large

Chris Alden is Professor of IR and Co-Head of the Africa International Affairs programme at the LSE, UK. Dan Large is Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy, Central European University, Hungary.