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With the US and China both competing for influence in Africa, it’s unclear whether their actions during the pandemic will change perceptions of either superpower on the continent. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP)
AFROPHOBIA
Video

China’s African headache

Racist and derogatory videos are causing incalculable damage to China’s image in Africa, but this is unlikely to change the relationship

  • Aanu Adeoye
7 min read
With the US and China both competing for influence in Africa, it’s unclear whether their actions during the pandemic will change perceptions of either superpower on the continent. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP)
CHINA

Africa must resist cultural imperialism, be it Chinese or Western

This is a response to Mathew Blatchford’s column ‘Don’t attack the Chinese — learn from their example’

  • Sishuwa Sishuwa
22 min read
Soft power: A Senegalese man waves a Chinese flag in 2009 as he waits for China’s president to arrive. (Seyllou Diallo/AFP)
BANK OF CHINA

Cultural imperialism with Chinese characteristics

Africa is on the frontline of China’s neocolonial project. We must resist

  • Sishuwa Sishuwa
15 min read