China: a complex mix of opportunity and pain for African immigrants
By BY BRIDGET BOAKYE Like many of you who follow African development projects in the media, I have seen the growingContinue Reading
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African ‘soft power’ in China: Chimamanda Adichie and the role of literature
By Abdi Latif Dahir for Quartz Africa Dear Ijeawele is a forthright and frank book, a 15-step letter about how to raise aContinue Reading
Policing Blacks in Guangzhou: How Public Security Constructs Africans as Sanfei
By Guangzhi Huang for Modern China This article looks at the role of Guangzhou’s Public Security Bureau in constructing Africans in the cityContinue Reading
[Book Review] The World in Guangzhou: Africans and Other Foreigners in South China’s Global Marketplace
It’s not Shanghai. It’s Guangzhou that is China’s new New York. The southern Chinese megalopolis is the 21st-century “land ofContinue Reading
Hey there, laowai: Traveling as a Black Woman in China
By Shanelle Glanville for GreenHeart Travel Disclaimer: My experience was in the summer of 2013 and it’s possible that things haveContinue Reading
Africans in China 