exogenous land quality and endogenously evolving population determine the existence of land rights, slavery, and polygyny. I use …, slavery, and polygyny occurred where land was most suitable for agriculture, and where population density was greatest. These … theories of slavery. …

This essay has explored the validity of Marxist dependency theories in the context of the emerging China-Africa trade … patterns, this discussion has shown that the China-Africa economic links represent a distinct south-south dialectic occurring … the idea that China’s involvement in Africa is of a conventional center-periphery type; which suggests the existence of …

The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in different West African countries in recent years has been met … because of distinctive socio-cultural traits, or whether the Chinese supposed effectiveness is just a characteristic feature … of any trading Diaspora, is open to question. This exploratory study of Chinese and Nigerian entrepreneurial migrants in …

This study dissects with great acuteness some of the big questions on China-Africa relations in order to debunk … direction of China-Africa relations. In the mean, the relationship from an economic standpoint is promising and encouraging but … management. A number of positive signs suggest that China is heading toward the direction which would provide openings for a …

the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan Af-rica (SSA) in relation to the EU. However, Africa's least developed …), to the detriment of regional integration and pro-poor growth. However, mounting competi-tion between China and other … global players for Africa's resources is resulting in windfall profits for Africa. The latter is leading to a revival of …

trade and slavery have evolved into a “modern” business, especially under the forms of compulsory labour and sexual …