Ute Röschenthaler is professor of anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University, and a research fellow at Goethe University of Frankfurt. Her other books include Purchasing Culture: the Dissemination of Associations in the Cross River Region of Cameroon and Nigeria (2011) and Copyright Africa: How Intellectual Property, Media and Markets Transform Immaterial Cultural Goods (co-edited with Mamadou Diawara, 2016).Alessandro Jedlowski is a FNRS post-doctoral research fellow in anthropology at the University of Liège, Belgium, and a former Marie Curie/Cofund fellow at the same university. He is the author of several essays in international journals and edited collections, and he is the co-editor (together with Ute Röschenthaler) of a recent special issue of the Journal of African Cultural Studies on China-Africa media interactions.

• 1. Introduction: Landscapes of Opportunity, Mobility, and Entrepreneurial Perspectives - Ute Röschenthaler and Alessandro JedlowskiPart I: Historical Relationships and Economic Networks 2. Chinese Migration to Africa: Historical Perspectives and New Developments - Li Anshan3. Karimjee Jivanjee & Co. in Tanzania, 1860–2000: A Case for ‘Diasporic Family Firms’ - Gijsbert Oonk4. The Lebanese Community of Ibadan: A Portrait of Successful Entrepreneurship - Azeez Olaniyan5. Importing Goods to Khartoum: Traders between Sudan, China, and Dubai - Raphaelle Chevrillon-Guibert6. The Senegalese in Argentina: Migratory Networks and Small-Scale Trade - Bernarda ZubrzyckiPart II: Biographies of Mobility and Aspirations of Success7. Migration, Successes and Liminal Spaces: A Contemporary Perspective on Africans in India - Renu Modi8. African Businesses in Malaysia: ‘You Just Have to Be Smart’ to Survive - Ute Röschenthaler9. Senegalese Women in International Trade: From Dakar to Asia - Mohamadou Sall10. African Entrepreneurs in China: True Actors of Globalization - Laurence Marfaing and Alena ThielPart III: Knowledge Transfer and Cultural Interactions11. Chinese Textile Production in East Africa: Cooperation through the Experience of Tanzanian Managers - Sarah Hanisch12. Mandarin Education for Economic Empowerment: The Confucius Institute in Lagos, Nigeria - Philip Ademola Olayoku13. Africans in China: Agents of Soft Power? - Adams Bodomo14. Rumberos and Guerrilleros: Angélique Kidjo, Freddy Ilanga, and African-Cuban Relations - Hauke Dorsch15. Culture on the Move: Cape Verde between Africa and Latin America - Livio Sansone

Illuminating in shedding light on what are relatively little-known aspects of contemporary globalization … would be read with reward by those interested in the developing economic and social components of the global South.