Mobility between Africa, Asia and Latin America: Economic Networks and Cultural Interactions [Paperback]

Trade and cultural exchange between Africa and the rest of the global south have existed for centuries, but after the end of the Cold War, these connections have expanded and diversified dramatically, with emerging economies such as China, India, and Brazil becoming increasingly important both as sources of trade and as a destination for African migrants. Though these trends have attracted growing scholarly attention, there has not been a close look at the breadth and variety of this exchange, or at its deeper social impact--until now.
 
This collection brings together a wide array of scholarly perspectives to explore the movement of people, commodities, and ideas between Africa and the wider global South. The contributors argue that this exchange represents a form of globalization from below, defying many prevailing Western assumptions about migration and development. Multidisciplinary in scope,Mobility between Africa, Asia and Latin Americais essential reading for students and scholars across the social sciences interested in the interconnected economic and social make-up of the global South.
 
 

Ute Röschenthaleris professor of anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University and a research fellow at Goethe University of Frankfurt. Her other books includePurchasing Culture: the Dissemination of Associations in the Cross River Region of Cameroon andNigeriaandCopyright Africa: How Intellectual Property, Media and Markets Transform Immaterial Cultural Goods.Alessandro Jedlowskiis a FNRS postdoctoral research fellow in anthropology at the University of Liège, Belgium, and a former Marie Curie/Cofund fellow at the same university. 
 
 

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About the contributors
Preface
 
1. Introduction: landscapes of opportunity, mobility and entrepreneurial perspectives
Ute Röschenthaler and Alessanlƒn