Chinese and African entrepreneurs : social impacts of interpersonal encounters / edited by Karsten Giese, Laurence Marfaing.

Includes index.

"This volume was originally published by Karthala in 2017 under the title 'Entrepreneurs africains et chinois. Les impact sociaux d'une rencontre particuliere'."

Includes a selection of work by participants in a workshop held in Dakar in January 2013, entitled: "South-South interaction and globalisation - petty Chinese entrepreneurs in Africa and African entrepreneurs in China"

Introduction: From rejection to social change / Karsten Giese, Laurence Marfaing and Alena Thiel -- Part 1. Others in distant places: opportunities for social mobility -- Social mobility of Chinese migrants in Ghana: the making of Chinese entrepreneurs / Katy N. Lam -- The impact of migration of the Chinese women in Niamey on gender and family relations / Naima Topkiran -- African cultural brokers in South China / Gordon Mathews -- Early Chinese migrants in Sub-Saharan Africa: contract labourers and traders / Yoon Jung Park -- Part 2. Encounters with the other, stimuli for social change -- Grassroots social change triggered by Africa-China encounters in urban China / Kelly Si Miao Liang -- Business partners and employers: Chinese traders as facilitators of grassroots social innovation in West Africa / Karsten Giese -- A transformative presence? Chinese migrants as agents of change in Ghana and Nigeria / Ben Lampert and Giles Mohan -- The Chinese factor in Senegal: changing entrepreneurial dynamics, and socio-economic restructuring / Amy Niang -- Part 3. The products of others: 'Made in China' as imaginary and opportunity -- This "Made in China" that gets africa moving: chinese motorcycles and entrepreneurship in Burkina Faso / Guive Khan-Mohammad -- "Made in China" and the African "China dream": an alternative to the West? / Laurence Marfaing -- Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods: negotiating imaginaries of authenticity in Accra's China trade / Alena Thiel.