Africans in China : a sociocultural study and its implications on Africa-China relations / Adams Bodomo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bodomo, Adams.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africans--China--Social conditions--21st century.

Africans.

Black people--China--Social conditions--21st century.

Black people.

Relations.

Social conditions.

Africa--Relations--China.

Africa.

China--Relations--Africa.

China.

African diaspora.

Africans--Social conditions.

Black people--Social conditions.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, NY : Cambria Press, [2012]

Summary:

"While there is much discussion on Africa-China relations, the focus tends to lean more on the Chinese presence in Africa than on the African presence in China. This book focuses on analyzing this new Diaspora and is the first book-length study of the process of Africans travelling to China and forming communities there. Based on innovative intermingling of qualitative and quantitative research methods involving prolonged interaction with approximately 800 Africans across six main Chinese cities--Guangzhou, Yiwu, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Macau--sociolinguistic and sociocultural profiles are constructed to depict the everyday life of Africans in China. The study provides insights into understanding issues such as why Africans go to China, what they do there, how they communicate with their Chinese hosts, what opportunities and problems they encounter in their China sojourn, and how they are received by the Chinese state. Beyond these methodological and empirical contributions, the book also makes a theoretical contribution by proposing a crosscultural bridge theory of migrant-indigene relations, arguing that Africans in China act as sociopolitical, socioeconomic, and sociocultural bridges linking Africa to China. This approach to the analysis of Diaspora communities has consequences for crosscultural and crosslinguistic studies in an era of globalization."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introducing Africans in China

Africans in Guangzhou

Africans in Yiwu

Africans in Shanghai

Africans in Beijing

Africans in Hong Kong

Africans in Macau

Africans in China and beyond

Implications for Africa-China relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781604977905

1604977906

OCLC:

760176445

Publisher Number:

99967303134