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Book SynopsisThis book probes key issues pertaining to Africa’s relations with global actors. It provides a comprehensive trajectory of Africa’s relations with key bilateral and major multilateral actors, assessing how the Cold War affected the African state systems’ political policies, its economies, and its security. Taken together, the essays in this volume provide a collective understanding of Africa’s drive to improve the capacity of its state of global affairs, and assess whether it is in fact able to do so.
Trade Review“An edited compilation of thoughts and perspectives on Africa’s multifaceted interactions with the rest of the world. … Africa and the World: Bilateral and Multilateral International Diplomacy offers credible insights into Africa’s external engagements in a unique and novel way.” (Oluwole Olutola, African Studies Review, Vol. 63 (1), 2020)
“Africa and the World is informative and easy to read. It offers scholars and students significant insights into the policy and strategy frameworks that inform Africa’s engagements with the world, and the push and pull factors that underpin Africa’s bilateral and multilateral relations.” (Sanusha Naidu, South African Journal of International Affairs, February, 2019)
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Inspirations and Hesitations in Africa’s Relations with External Actors
Charles MutasaPart I: Bilateral Relations: Traditional Powers 2. Africa and the United Stater: A History of Malign Neglect
Adekeye Adebajo3. Africa and Russia: The Pursuit of Strengthened Relations in the Post-Cold War Era
Rosaline Daniel and Vladimir Shubin4. Africa and China: Winding Into A Community Of Common Destiny
Liu Haifang5. France and Africa
Douglas A. Yates6. To Brexit and Beyond: Africa and the United Kingdom
Alex Vines 7. Africa and Portugal
Clara Carvalho Part II: Bilateral Relations: Non-Traditional Powers 8. Africa and Italy’s Relations After the Cold War
Bernardo Venturi9. Brazil-Africa Relations: From Boom to Bust?
Adriana Erthal Abdenur10. A Renewed Partnership? Contemporary Latin America-Africa Engagement
Danilo Marcondes11. Africa and India: Riding the Tail of the Tiger?
Kudrat Virk12. Africa-Japan Relations in the Post-Cold War Era
Scarlett Cornelissen and Yoichi Mine13. Africa and the Nordics
Anne Hammerstad14. Africa, the Islamic World, and Europe
Roel van der Veen
Part III: Multilateral Relations 15. Africa and the Middle East: Shifting Alliances and Strategic Partnerships
Hamdy A. Hassan and Hala Thabet16. Africa at the United Nations: From Dominance to Weakness
James O.C. Jonah17. Africa and the International Criminal Court
Dan Kuwali18. Can the BRICS Re-Open the “Gateway to Africa”? South Africa’s Contradictory Facilitation of Divergent Brazilian, Russian, Indian and Chinese Interests
Patrick Bond19. Europe-Africa Relations in the Era of Uncertainty
Gilbert M. Khadiagala20. Africa and the World Trade Organisation
Mariama Williams21. Sub-Saharan Africa: the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
L. Adele Jinadu22. Conclusion
Dawn Nagar
