Asian Women in Africa: Scholars

In a bizarre celebration of International Women's Day, hosts Winslow Robertson and Dr. Nkemjika Kalu explore what it means to be an Asian women in an African country. This week, we had three guests share their experiences as Asian women scholars who do on-the-ground research in Africa: Prof. Yoon Jung Park, convener/coordinator of the (world-famous) Chinese in Africa/Africans in China (CA/AC) Research Network, who is currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University with affiliations as Senior Research Associate of the Sociology Department at Rhodes University; Solange Guo Chatelard, a PhD candidate at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and an associate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale, Germany, whose work studying Chinese communities in Zambia got her a job a production assistant in the film "When China Met Africa"; and Vivian Lu, a PhD student at Stanford University's Department of Anthropology looking at economic networks linking African merchants to production and trade sites of everyday goods in Asia and Africa. Lucky us!

Recommendations

• Winslow
• Risky Business: Is China Wavering in Africa? by Jacob Kushner
•  Dr. Kalu
• Kenyan comedy finds laughs in charities 'saving Africa' by Daisy Carrington
• The Samaritans by Xeinium Productions
• Solange Guo Chatelard
• Fong and the Indians by Paul Theroux
• The New Kings of Crude: China, India, and the Global Struggle for Oil in Sudan and South Sudan by Luke Patey
• Viviane Lu
• Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
• Prof. Yoon Jung Park
• Temporary Chinese Migration to Madagascar: Local Perceptions, Economic Impacts and Human Capital Flows by Cornelia Tremann

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Attending: China and the Chinese in Africa: What do we know?

The great thing about doing Africa-China stuff and living in D.C. is that there are more Sino-Africa events going on here per capita than any other city in the world (Note: I have no way of proving that statement). In that vein, I got a last minute invitation to a talk hosted by the Fletcher Women's Network on November 5: China and the Chinese in Africa: What Do We Know? This talk featured what I like to call the two triangles of the D.C. China-Africa Triforce: Prof. Deborah Brautigam and Dr. Yoon Jung Park! This event was a must-attend: Not only is it a treat to hear Dr. Park wax lyrical about all things China-Africa, I had been trying to meet Prof. Brautigam since March!

The newbie's guide to Africa-China research

Join your hosts Winslow Robertson and Dr. Nkemjika Kalu as they try and determine some of the major indicators of high-quality China-Africa research. They asked Dr. Yoon Jung Park, the convener/coordinator of the (world-famous) Chinese in Africa/Africans in China (CA/AC) Research Network, to be a guest on the podcast. Dr. Park is currently a freelance researcher. She has affiliations as Senior Research Associate of the Sociology Department at Rhodes University and just finished a Visiting Professorship in the African Studies Department of Howard University. If you ever wanted to figure out how to read an Africa-China article and/or news story like a pro, please listen to this episode!

PS Please excuse the typing sounds!

Recommendations:

• Winslow
• African videogames level up by Monica Mark
• Letter from Nairobi: “I Will Say It Before Death Comes” by Teju Cole
• Dr. Kalu
• China and regional integration as drivers of structural transformation in Africa by Richard Schiere, Alex Rugamba
• Tales from the Development Frontier: How China and Other Countries Harness Light Manufacturing to Create Jobs and Prosperity by Hinh T. Dinh, Thomas G. Rawski, Ali Zafar, Lihong Wang and Eleonora Mavroeidi

Sources:

How China's taking over Africa, and why the West should be VERY worried by Andrew Malone

UPDATE 1-China's Tewoo bets on African Minerals' Tonkolili mine by Reuters

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The Chinese, The Taiwanese, "Fong Kong," and Labor in South Africa

This is a recording of a lecture by Dr. Yoon Jung Park, entitled "The Chinese, The Taiwanese, 'Fong Kong,' and Labor in South Africa" that took place on September 12, 2013 at the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center. Dr. Park was introduced by the director of the Center, Dr. Harold Scott. Dr. Park's lecture was followed by a question and answer session.

Introduction - 0:32
Lecture - 5:21
Questions and answers - 1:01:17

SADC: Tonight: Prof. Horace Campbell Talks Libya and NATO

Tonight there are two competing events: a China happy hour and an Africa tweetup. Both events will be great!

Dear Colleagues, The Chinese miners in Ghana stories have justifiably dominated the recent Sino-Africa headlines. Sadly there is no upcoming local event that I can find for us to better learn about the issue, so I hope we might make that a topic of a future event. Feedback for the new newsletter has been pretty positive, though opinions are split as to whether the old aesthetic was more pleasing or not. If there is any section you think I should add, please let me know.. Jemila and Andy are thinking of putting together some fantastic Google+ Hangouts about different Sino-Africa issues, I will keep you updated as to their progress (there is a chance I might participate in both, but I would be sharing this information regardless) Here is one call for papers but I could not find a website, so I put it on here: We invite you to submit your essay dealing with globalization issues (broadly defined) to the Journal of International and Global Studies. The deadline for submission of essays is August 15, 2013. The Journal of International and Global Studies provides a peer reviewed multidisciplinary forum for the critical discussion of and reflections on the consequences of globalization throughout the world. The editors welcome essays that deal with globalization from economists, historians, political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, geographers, linguists, religious, ethnic, or environmental studies specialists, cross-cultural  education, media and communication researchers, or other humanities or social science scholars that have an international and global focus. One of our goals is to help undermine the fragmentation of specialization within the international academy by emphasizing broad interdisciplinary approaches to the comprehension of globalization in all of its many different forms and implications for different regions of the world. Here is another call for papers without a website:The Scientific Committee of the General Labor History of Africa are seeking authors to contribute the underlisted topics for the ILO-supported Volume II of the General History of Africa, 1900-Present. (Work has not yet begun on Volume I.) Selected authors will participate in a conference of authors to take place in Addis Ababa in December this year. Social welfare implementation and consequences on labour (pension, security, safety and health) (max. 30 pages). Mutualistic, associational and cooperative labour (max. 30 pages). Entrepreneurs (max 15 pages). Service/trade (max. 15 pages). A case study of migrant labor within Africa (can be seasonal labor) (max. 15 pages). A case study on outside Africa (highly paid/poor migrants) (max. 15 pages). We request those who are interested in contributing any of the above chapters to please send an abstract of not more than 500 words to Ugo Nwokeji <ugo@berkeley.edu> and Stefano Bellucci <sbe@iisg.nl> by Tuesday, June 11, 2013. We are still a ways off on the next event (the debate). Rather than risk losing momentum for the group, perhaps we could put together a potluck at someone's house? I am thinking it would have to be close to the metro (If anyone wants to do it at my place, you would have to take a short bus after getting off at Pentagon City, but I would be more than happy to pick you up from there). I would be quite willing to help set up and clean up if we were to do so, and even bring some of my famous (though neither Chinese or Ghanaian) garlic mashed potatoes. Thoughts? I think we could put something together by early or mid July. I hope to see you at Prof. Campbell's talk tonight! Just so you know: there WILL be radical Pan-Africanist sentiment present. You have been warned!  Area Events Author event, Horace Campbell By: Busboys and Poets Books Date and Time: Monday, June 10, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Location: Busboys and Poets 1025 5th Street NW Hearing- Modernizing U.S. International Food Aid: Reaching More for Less  By: House Committee on Foreign Affairs Date and Time: Wednesday, June 12, 10:00 AM Location: House Committee on Foreign Affairs 2172 House Rayburn Office Building U. S. Export - Import Opportunities for African Consumable Products 2013 Trade Show By: U. S. Export - Import Opportunities for African Consumable Products 2013 Trade Show Date and Time: Wednesday - Saturday, June 12 - 15 Location: Baltimore Convention Center 1 W Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Hilton Baltimore Hotel (Awards Dinner) 401 W Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Miss Africa USA Pageant By: Miss Africa USA Pageant 2013 Date and Time: Saturday, June 29, 07:00 PM Location: The Fillmore Silver Spring 8656 Colesville Rd  Silver Spring, MD 20910 Conferences International Convention of Asia Scholars 8 Oxford University China Africa Network & Alpha Professional Network Emerging Powers in Africa Forum Calls for Papers Call for Papers: State Policy and the Cultural Politics of Heritage-Making in East and Southeast Asia -  International Institute for Asian Studies (Thank you Prof. Park)  Call for Papers - Verge: Studies in Global Asias (Thank you Prof. Park) Call for Proposals: China, UK, Low-Income Countries and Agriculture/Food Security - AgriTT (Thank you Prof. Brautigam) Opportunities Associate Editor - Devex Future Opportunities-Students - Deloitte Phandulwazi nge China Scholarship Programme for visiting scholars from Africa  - Stellenbosch University Centre for Chinese Studies Senior Fellow/Fellow, Africa Growth Initiative - Brookings Research Associate and Program Coordinator-Freeman Chair in China - Center for Strategic and International Studies Of Interest A Chinese investment view on mining in Africa - Though the article itself does not break new ground, it is interesting because it is written by Jianke Gao, the Chinese chief executive of Wesizwe Platinum and also it talks about the AU-sanctioned "African Mining Vision" of 2009, which I had never heard of. Chinese gold miners abused and raped Ghanaians, says online report - If the allegations are true, it might change the tenor of Chinese-Ghanaian relations. Quote that stuck with me: “I am not surprised - judging by how the Chinese treat their own mine workers at home,” Chinese gold miners released in Ghana - The miners are released and the Chinese embassy recommends anyone who is being targeted by the authorities to buy a plane ticket back to China. According to the Global Times, nearly 300 Chinese had returned to Guangxi while many others were preparing their evacuation from China. Due care for miners - A statesmanlike response about the detained Chinese miners in Ghana from the China Daily. Fears for African rhino in China rainforest - Seven African rhinos were transported to a Chinese wildlife park, but it may be part of a husbandry project. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei's Regular Press Conference on June 7, 2013 - Hong Lei is quite the diplomat in his response to a question about miners in Ghana. Hisense factory in Atlantis ‘to create 1,200 jobs’ - So China is bringing (more) manufacturing opportunities to Africa, it would seem. Also, calling anything "Atlantis" is just inviting trouble. Shanglin residents making millions in Ghana gold rush - This story one puts the number of Shangliners in Ghana at 50,000 and explains that they are changing the cultural landscape (Karaoke bars, possible brothels, etc.), among other observations. Survey shows China main source of inspiration for Kenyans - Interesting study carried out in January of this year, as China (34%) just beat out the US (33%) and Japan (9%) came in distant third. Finally, there is this quote: “Increasingly, Kenyans’ perception to the ‘Made in China’ tag is turning positive.” Everyone at the Chinese embassy in Nairobi is probably doing the macarena now. 网友独家-中国工人曝一人在加纳遭枪击遇 - (The title may be misleading or I read it wrong, but I did not see anybody get shot, I did not watch the entire video though) Sina video of Chinese being rounded up in Ghana. The video is really interesting, everyone apparently has a gun in the first clip. Member Contributions Brautigam, Deborah, "Developmental State Meets Post-2015 Development Finance" China in Africa: The Real Story Hansen, Peter C., "Investing in Nigeria: What It Takes" Nigeria Development & Finance Forum Park, Yoon Jung, "Perceptions of Chinese in Southern Africa: Constructions of the "Other" and the Role of Memory" African Studies Review Shinn, David, "More Fiction Than Fact Being Reported on Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam" The official blog of Amb. David H. Shinn Shinn, David, "Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and Nile Water" The official blog of Amb. David H. Shinn Shinn, David, "Global Witness China Programme" The official blog of Amb. David H. Shinn http://myndff.com/PolicyDialogue/Dialogue.aspx?Edition=82

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Sino-Africa Happy-Hour

Last night a few Sino-Africa watchers and I put together a "Sino-Africa Happy-Hour" (the second hyphen is deliberate!) at Bukom Cafe in Washington D.C. We had fantastic turnout, although it did not hurt that Prof. Jung Yoon Park and Amb. David Shinn let me tell everybody within earshot that they would be attending. Unfortunately, Prof. Deborah Brautigam could not make it, but there is always next time. 

Overall, the evening was great and gave many budding young Sino-Africanists a chance to get to know one another. Hopefully this can be a regular event. If anyone is in the D.C. area and is interesting in attending, please let me know of your availability. 

And now, for some photos (Note I have yet to put captions on the them)!