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7. China–Africa Relations: Averting the Risk of Deepening Subaltern Capitalism

Author : Kenneth Omeje

Published in: The Failure and Feasibility of Capitalism in Africa

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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This chapter examines in detail China–Africa relations which has been the primary basis for the commodity boom and growth of the past one and half decades, but argues that there is the need to deploy appropriate regional and national strategies to avert the reproduction of subaltern capitalism in the relationship. The chapter further explores the history of the Chinese engagement with Africa which can be divided into three phases: the pre-colonial phase (howbeit, China had no colonial ambition in Africa), the early independence phase and the contemporary post-Cold War phase. China–Africa relations have grown remarkably since the 1990s with the result that over the past decade, China has been Africa’s largest trading partner, displacing historical and traditional allies like the European Union and the US.

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Title: China–Africa Relations: Averting the Risk of Deepening Subaltern Capitalism
Author: Kenneth Omeje
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: The Failure and Feasibility of Capitalism in Africa
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-75169-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-75170-8

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75170-8_7

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