Most of the debates on China in Africa has followed the flow from China to Africa but its not all one way traffic. Areas like "Chocolate City" in Guangzhou, China attracts thousands of African traders seeking business opportunities in the East. What the view like from this perspective?Artists Bill Kouélany & Goddy Leye recently visited "Chocolate City" as part of their Sparck residency and produced "Chocolate Banana"
Also see Farhad A.K. Sulliman KHOYRATTY (fiction writer, editor, translator; Mauritius) Journey to the West published at 2010 IWP:
"I was in Hubei province, having boarded the ship a week earlier at Shanghai, a good
few provinces east. I was heading upstream towards East Tibet. It wasn’t a ship really, more
a low‐cost transport craft, a riverboat.
This is how I describe myself: 43, elegant, an adventurer at heart. My name’s Marco,
one of the most common names among Mauritian Christians my age. I am of Black African
origin spiked with some French here and there. I was brought up a Catholic but am now as
lapsed as can be. My wife, Lakshmi, is Mauritian Hindu...." More here
Fahamu recently conducted a journalist study tour to China for their the Emerging Powers in Africa project. Download the newsletter here: http://www.pambazuka.org/images/Emerging%20Powers%20newsletter%20September%202010/Issue%201%20September%202010.pdf
ReplyDeleteAfrican journalist study tour to Beijing Organised by the Fahamu Emerging Powers in Africa Programme, four African journalists were selected to participate in a study tour to Beijing from 26-30 April. The participating journalists have maintained linkages with networks established since the tour, producing a number of articles for publication in ChinAfrica magazine. An overview of the study tour can be found at the following link: http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/africa_ china/64235
Conferences and Workshops China in Africa, Sino-Mozambican relations at a crossroads- 9 September 2010 Inst ituto de Estudos Sociais e Economicos (IESE) and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAII A) co-hosted a conference held in Maputo, Mozambique. Information on the conference can be found at the following link: http://www.saiia.org.za/component/ registrationpro/event/208/China-in-Africa--Sino- Mozambican-relations-at-a-crossroads
Recent Publications & New Reports Special edition of African and Asian Studies A spec ial ed ition (Volume 9, Number 3, August 2010) of African and Asian Studies, guest edited by Dr Yoon Jung Park has been released. The edition focuses on China in Africa and further information can be found at the following link: http://www.brill.nl/aas
China’s Exceptionalism in Africa: from Rhetorical to Substantive Difference? Written by Chris Alden and Dan Large, 25 August 2010 Article can be accessed at: http://www.saiia.org.za/diplomatic-pouch/china-s-exceptionalism-in-africafrom- rhetorical-to-substantive-difference.html
Impacts of mining on the local populations and the environment in Haut-Ogooué Gabo nese NG O, Bra inforest , has released a new report that assesses the impact that mining, namely uranium and manganese mines, has on the country’s environment and the devastation thereof on the livelihoods and health risks this poses for local communities living around these mines. For a summary of the report read: http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/node/5781
Useful Websites India-Africa Connect: http://indiaafricaconnect.in/ The website also provides access to Africa Quarterly which offers current updates on India-Africa relations, published by the Indian Council on Cultural Relations. Macau Hub: http://www.macauhub.com./ A valuable portal of information on China’s relationship with Portuguese speaking countries.
Fahamu recently conducted a journalist study tour to China for their the Emerging Powers in Africa project. Download the newsletter here: http://www.pambazuka.org/images/Emerging%20Powers%20newsletter%20September%202010/Issue%201%20September%202010.pdf
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