China's second continent : how a million migrants are building a new empire in Africa / Howard W. French.
By: French, Howard W [author.].
ALFRED A KNOPF 2014Edition: First edition.Description: 285 pages : map ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780307946652 (pbk.); 9780307956989 (hardcover).Subject(s): Chinese -- Africa, Sub-Saharan | Immigrants -- Africa, Sub-Saharan | Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Emigration and immigration | China -- Emigration and immigrationGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 325.2510967Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | DT16.C48 F74 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000002734 |
"This is a Borzoi book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index.
Part One: Manifest destiny -- Mozambique -- Behold the future -- Friendly gestures -- Part Two: The devil and the deep blue sea -- Liberia: small fates -- Conakry: late to the banquet -- Freetown: instruments of magic -- Why Mali? -- Ghana: habits of democracy -- Part Three: Happy family -- Saints of the household -- Fat of the land.