New Asian Approaches to Africa: Rivalries and Collaborations

Amakasu Raposo de Medeiros Car Pedro Miguel, Aparajita Biswas, Huaqiong Pan, Hyo-sook Kim, Masumi Owa, Motoki Takahashi, Scarlet Cornelissen, Takuo Iwata, Yongkyu Chang and Yu-Shan Wu

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Abstract: | Winner of the The Japan Consortium for Area Studies' 2021 Research Project Award | The 21st century has seen an increase in the presence and influence of Asian governments, firms and other stake-holders in Africa. With the changing times, changes in approaches to Africa by four major Asian countries (China, India, Japan and South Korea) have taken place. By tracing the history between these Asian countries and African countries, this collection reflects on the “new” phases of Asian Approaches to Africa. Composed by authors who are not only experienced expert scholars of African Studies, but also prominent specialists on African policies of Asian countries, this collection focuses on the official development assistance (ODA) as well as other crucial issues and actors such as business, civil society, and media to explore the new Asian approaches to Africa in a comprehensive manner. Organised into three sections, this collection explores the experiences of the “forums” (conferences, or summits) for Africa’s development hosted by four major Asian countries, reflects on Asian cultural influence in Africa, and highlights new phases of Asian approaches to Africa. This book looks to the future collaboration of Asian actors/ partners working in/ with Africa, rather than exaggerating rivalries and disputes in order to grasp the potentialities and challenges in the relationship between the two regions; an emerging and ongoing agenda that we will encounter further in the coming years. This book will be of interest to students, researchers and professors in universities, as well as research institutes on Asian and African Studies. It will also be of value to journalists, and government officials; particularly diplomats.

Keywords: Asia-Africa relationship; Africa; China; India; Japan; South Korea; Foreign aid; Cultural influence; Soft power; Business; Civil Society; International organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020 Written 2019-07-25
Edition: 1
ISBN: 978-1-62273-809-0
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