What are the fundamental issues, processes, agency and dynamics that shape the political economy of life in modern Africa? In this book, the contributors - experts in anthropology, history, political science, economics, conflict and peace studies, philosophy and language - examine the...

Sino-African relations: a framework for analysis -- Geopolitical-economic dynamism and nexus of China's engagement in Africa -- Clashing worldviews and discursive representations of China -- China's aid and energy geopolitics -- Foreign aid in China's Africa power projection -- Geo-economic...