Utietiang Ukelina Who Owns Africa?

Neocolonialism, Investment, and the New Scramble
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-94-6166-475-4
Verlag: Leuven University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

Why in spite of Africa’s abundant

natural and human resources its people are still poor

The independence of African countries from their European colonizers in the late 1950s and 1960s marked a shift in the continent's political leadership. Nevertheless, the economies of African nations remained tied to those of their former colonies, raising questions of resource control and the sovereignty of these nation-states.

Who Owns Africa? addresses the role of foreign actors in Africa and their competing interests in exploiting the resources of Africa and its people. An interdisciplinary team of scholars examines the concept of colonialism from a historical and socio-political perspective. They show how the language of investment, development aid, mutual interest, or philanthropy is used to cloak the virulent forms of exploitation on the continent, thereby perpetuating a state of neocolonialism that has left many African people poor and in the margins.

Contributors: John K. Marah (State University of New York Brockport), Nene-Lomotey Kuditchar (University of Ghana), Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina (State University of New York Cortland), Tokie Laotan-Brown (Merging Ecologies, Athenry), Asher Lubotzky (Indiana University Bloomington), Seth N. Asumah (State University of New York Cortland), Kudakwashe Chirambwi (National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe), Phillip Murray (United States Military Academy West Point), Paul Chiudza Banda (Tarleton State University), Gift Wasambo Kayira (University of Malawi)

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Utietiang Ukelina, Bekeh

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

IntroductionFrom the European Scramble for Africa to the New Scramble Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina

Chapter One The Political Economy of Contemporary Africa: Lessons from the Scrambles for Africa John K. Marah

Chapter Two Decoding the Realpolitik of African States: The Paradox of Foreign Policy Options in a Context of Imperial Scramble Nene-Lomotey Kuditchar

Chapter Three Doing Good: US Aid and Philanthropic Colonialism in Africa Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina

Chapter Four The New Scramble and Its Economic Impact on West African Women Tokie Laotan-Brown

Chapter Five “We Are Returning to Africa, and Africa is Coming Back to Us”: Israel’s Evolving Relations With Africa Asher Lubotzky

Chapter Six China in Africa: Rethinking Development, the Role of the Nation State, and Neo-Benevolent Imperialism Seth N. Asumah

Chapter Seven Governmentality of China in Africa: A New Scramble through Road and Belt Initiatives Kudakwashe Chirambwi

Chapter Eight China’s Incidental Empire: How Chinese Energy Demand Created an Informal Empire in Africa Philip J. Murray

Chapter Nine Malawi-China Relations: A Strategic But Weak Developmental Partnership Paul Chiudza Banda & Gift Wasambo Kayira

Conclusion Reflections on Neocolonialism and the New Scramble Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina

About the Authors

Über Autor(innen)

Utietiang Ukelina, Bekeh
Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina is Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies and the Director of the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies at the State University of New York, Cortland.