On Being Black in China
A relatively old piece (2013) but still relevant: People of African origin are still uncommon in China, but the infusionContinue Reading
Month: June 2021
Part 1: Nigerian nightlife and money throwing in China
By ROBERTO CASTILLO ‘African nightlife in China is as diverse as African nightlife can be’, I was told by Joe,Continue Reading
What’s It Like Being Black In China in 2021? Asian Boss
Can you imagine living as a minority in a largely homogeneous society? We recently had the chance to ask aContinue Reading
Teaching China Through Black History
A Reading and Teaching Guide to the history of Black and African American connections with China. To commemorate Black History Month inContinue Reading
The World in Guangzhou – Africans and Other Foreigners in South China’s Global Marketplace: Gordon Mathews
Only decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a placeContinue Reading
Hope and uncertainty in contemporary African migration
Hope and uncertainty in contemporary African migration Book launch Friday 10 March 2017 Background Access to safe and legal migrationContinue Reading
The Han saviour behind the blackface: gendered and racialised media representations in Africa-China popular geopolitics
Conference presentation #IACSS21: Abbreviated version of an upcoming paper on the popular geopolitics of Africa-China gendered and racialised encounters
Visualising Africa in Chinese Propaganda Posters 1950–1980
By Ignatius G. D. Suglo for Journal of Asian and African Studies This paper examines depictions of Africans in ChinaContinue Reading
Africans in China 