ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook of Africa–Asia Relations is the first handbook aimed at studying the interactions between countries across Africa and Asia in a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive way. Providing a balanced discussion of historical and on-going processes which have both shaped and changed intercontinental relations over time, contributors take a thematic approach to examine the ways in which we can conceptualise these two very different, yet inextricably linked areas of the world.
Using comparative examples throughout, the chronological sections cover:
• Early colonialist contacts between Africa and Asia;
• Modern Asia–Africa interactions through diplomacy, political networks and societal connections;
• Africa–Asia contemporary relations, including increasing economic, security and environmental cooperation.
This handbook grapples with major intellectual questions, defines current research, and projects future agendas of investigation in the field. As such, it will be of great interest to students of African and Asian Politics, as well as researchers and policymakers interested in Asian and African Studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |18 pages
Introduction: Is it too early for an Afro-Asian view of the world?
part I|90 pages
Africa and Asia early contacts
section |24 pages
Early colonialism
section |30 pages
Late colonialism
section |34 pages
Postcolonial interactions
part 2|182 pages
Asia–Africa modern interactions
section |58 pages
Diplomatic and political exchanges
chapter 7|14 pages
The Discourse of ‘Datsu-A ron’
section |48 pages
Political-economic connections
section |76 pages
Societal-level interactions
chapter 16|10 pages
The role of Islam in forging linkages between Africa and Asia from the 1970s
chapter 18|18 pages
Education and gender in the global south
part III|181 pages
Africa–Asia contemporary relations
section |78 pages
Economic and development cooperation
section |52 pages
Security and governance
chapter 25|20 pages
The land–water–food–energy nexus
section |49 pages
Migration, environment and politics