Chinese in Africa
Chineseness’ and the complexities of identities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6039603 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Obert Hodzi (0000-0001-5896-3414, University of Helsinki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-7 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Ethnicity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-1369 • E-ISSN: 1469-2953 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14631369.2018.1539826 |
| OpenAlex | W2903702547 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 3 |
This introduction presents background information to a special issue exploring the complexities of the Chinese identity and forms in which ‘Chineseness’ is expressed by Chinese migrants in Africa. Existing literature and media reports on the Chinese in Africa assumes that they are a homogenous group, this introductory article argues to the contrary. The Chinese diaspora in Africa range from descendants of migrants that settled in Africa in the seventeenth century to twenty-first century migrants. This historical and contemporary engagement between China and African countries is essential to understanding the diversity and hybridity of Chinese identity in Africa. This observation provides the basis for the six articles in this special issue. Based on ethnographic observation and in-depth interviews with the Chinese diaspora and locals in Zimbabwe, Ghana, Zambia and South Africa, the articles provide a compelling argument on why there is no single Chinese identity in Africa
Aesthetics · China · Diaspora · Ethnography · Ethnology · Geography · Hybridity · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · China's Global Influence and Migration · Gender Studies · International Development and Aid · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics
Seeing China's Belt and Road
African Perspectives on South–South Migration
Partners or Predators? A Corpus-Based Study of China’s Image in South African Media
Home Away From Home
Returns from the South
Nostalgia, Scapegoating, and Alterity Politics. An analysis of the Albatross Undercutting Zimbabwe’s Leverage of Bilateral Relations with China
Flexible sovereignty and contested legality
Chinese in Africa
Dynamics of Identities
| Citations per year | 1.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |