Who Owns Africa?

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-94-6270-343-8
Verlag: Leuven University Press

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

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)
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Utietiang Ukelina, Bekeh

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
IntroductionFrom the European Scramble for Africa to the New ScrambleBekeh Utietiang Ukelina
Chapter OneThe Political Economy of Contemporary Africa: Lessons from the Scrambles for Africa John K. Marah
Chapter TwoDecoding the Realpolitik of African States: The Paradox of Foreign Policy Options in a Context of Imperial Scramble Nene-Lomotey Kuditchar
Chapter ThreeDoing Good: US Aid and Philanthropic Colonialism in Africa Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina
Chapter FourThe 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 SixChina in Africa: Rethinking Development, the Role of the Nation State, and Neo-Benevolent Imperialism Seth N. Asumah
Chapter SevenGovernmentality of China in Africa: A New Scramble through Road and Belt Initiatives Kudakwashe Chirambwi
Chapter EightChina’s Incidental Empire: How Chinese Energy Demand Created an Informal Empire in Africa Philip J. Murray
Chapter NineMalawi-China Relations: A Strategic But Weak Developmental Partnership Paul Chiudza Banda & Gift Wasambo Kayira
ConclusionReflections 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.