The rise of China and India in Africa : : challenges, opportunities and critical interventions / / edited by Fantu Cheru and Cyril Obi.

• Superior document: Africa now
• TeilnehmendeR: Fantu Cheru, 1949-; Obi, Cyril,
• Place / Publishing House: London, England : : Zed Books,, ©2010.; [London, England] : : Bloomsbury Publishing,, 2021
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Africa now (Zed Books)
• Physical Description: 289 pages
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book examines in detail the opportunities and challenges posed by the increasing presence of China and India in Africa, and proposes critical interventions that African governments must undertake in order to negotiate with China and India from a stronger and more informed platform.

Table of Contents

The big picture : China and India as emerging giants. China, India and (South) Africa : what international relations in the second decade of the twenty-first century? / Timothy M. Shaw -- South-South strategic bases for Africa to engage China / Dot Keet -- India's African relations: in the shadow of China? / Sanusha Naidu -- China and India's relations with Africa : a historical perspective. China's development cooperation with Africa : historical and cultural perspectives / Liu Haifang -- Engaging Africa : India's interests in the African continent, past and present / Sanjukta Banerji Bhattacharya -- Indian development cooperation with Africa / Pranay Kumar Sinha -- China and India's growth surge in Africa. China and India's growth surge : the implications for African manufactured exports / Alemayehu Geda and Atnafu G. Meskel -- Chinese investment in African network industries : case studies from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya / Peter Draper, Tsidiso Disenyana and Gilberto Biacuana -- The role of India's private sector in the health and agricultural sectors of Africa / Renu Modi -- Navigating Chinese textile networks : women traders in Accra and Lomé / Linn Axelsson and Nina Sylvanus -- The conflict-development nexus : a precarious balance!. China and Africa : towards a new security relationship / Kwesi Aning -- The Darfur issue : a new test for China's Africa policy / He Wenping -- China and Zambia : between development and politics / Fredrick Mutesa -- The scramble for African oil and resources. African oil in the energy security calculations of China and India / Cyril Obi -- China and India in Angola / Alex Vines and Indira Campos -- The price of 'openness' : towards Chinese economic control in Zambia / Peter Kragelund -- Conclusion. Countering 'new imperialisms' : what role for the New Partnership for Africa's Development? / Fantu Cheru and Magnus Calais.