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As the first book-length study of the history of the Chinese presence in Nigeria, this book examines how Chinese migrants and the Nigerian state, workers, traders, and consumers interacted with and influenced one another from the mid twentieth century to the early twenty-first century.
List of contents
1. Introduction, 2. From China to Nigeria: Migration of Chinese Industrialists and Nigerian Industrialization in the 1950s and 1960s, 3. Prosperity, Crisis, and Identity: The Textile Industry of Nigeria and Chinese Textile Manufacturers in the Post-Independence Era, 4. The Good Old Days: Work and Life of Nigerian Textile Workers at Chinese-owned Textile Factories, 5. From Chinese Factories into Everyday Lives: Enamelware in Northern Nigeria, 6. The Changing Dynamics of the Chinese Community in Nigeria since the 1990s, 7. Between the Nigerian State, Traders, and Consumers: The Rise and Fall of China Town in Lagos
About the author
Dr. Shaonan LIU is a lecturer at School of History, Beijing Normal University, China. His research interests include the history of Chinese in Nigeria, the history of Africa-China relation, and the economic and social history of West Africa.
Summary
As the first book-length study of the history of the Chinese presence in Nigeria, this book examines how Chinese migrants and the Nigerian state, workers, traders, and consumers interacted with and influenced one another from the mid twentieth century to the early twenty-first century.
