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Is there a new scramble for Africa involving China, Japan, and India in competition with each other and with the Western world? This book explores the historical and unfolding dynamic interactions among China, India, Japan, and Africa and their ramifications.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: Toward Afro-Asian Strategies for Containing Globalization
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SECTION I
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
1 Africa and Asia in the Postcolonial Era
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2 The Baganda and the Japanese
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3 The Lion of Judah and the Dragon
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SECTION II
RACE, RELIGION AND DIPLOMACY
4 The Yellow Man's Burden: Race and Revolution in Sino-African Relations
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5 Changing the Guards from Hindus to Muslims
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6 Africa in Japanese Diplomatic Thought
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7 Diplomacy and Economics of Sino-Optimism in Ethiopia
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NATIONALISM, DECOLONIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
8 John Locke and Mahatma Gandhi in African Resistance
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9 Gandhi, Marx and the Warrior Tradition: Towards Androgynous Liberation
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10 Comparative Culture and Development: The Case of Japan
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BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE
11 Islam at War and Communism in Retreat: What is the Connection?
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12 Japan and the Iraq War
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13 Conflict Resolution in Japan
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SECTION V
MIGRATION AND DIASPORIZATION
14 Africa and India as Mothers of Diasporas
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15 Comparative Diasporas in Japan and the United States
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16 Afro-Optimism from Mahatma Gandhi to Barack Obama
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SECTION VI
ROLE MODELS IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
17 Africa between Meiji Restoration and Legacy of Atatürk
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18 Is Japan's Cultural Experience Relevant for Africa's Development?
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19 Japan in Africa
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20 The Arab Spring and Female Empowerment
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21 Conclusion: Toward Sociology of Discourse on Sino-African Relations
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SECTION VII
APPENDICES
Appendix One. God's Omnipotence and Human Genius: From the Afro-Asian Tsunami to Shakespeare's Tempest
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Appendix Two. From Osagyefo Nkrumah to Nana Obama: Between the Post-Colonial and the Post-Racial
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Über den Autor / die Autorin
Ali A. Mazrui is Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities at the State University of New York in Binghamton, New York. He has been officially received by the heads of state of India and China and has served as chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. Dr. Mazrui has also served as president of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America. His research interests include the soft power of culture and religion in the Middle East and South Asia and the years of ideological power in Mao's China.
Seifudein Adem is associate professor of political science at the State University of New York in Binghamton, New York. He has taught at universities in Ethiopia, Japan, and the United States. Dr. Adem has published widely on the political economy of Africa-China relations and Africa-Japan relations.
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Is there a new scramble for Africa involving China, Japan, and India in competition with each other and with the Western world? This book explores the historical and unfolding dynamic interactions among China, India, Japan, and Africa and their ramifications.
