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Online archive: 1985 - 2020 

Afrika Focus is a multidisciplinary journal dealing with Africa. Afrika Focus is published biannually and it is subject to international peer-review. Between January 2008 - January 2021 Afrika Focus was co-published by the Africa Platform of Ghent University Association (GAP) and Afrika Brug, the organisation which had been publishing the journal for twenty years. Afrika Focus was first published in 1985 and replaced the AVRUG-bulletin which in 1978 replaced the Nieuwsbulletin van de Afrika-Vereniging van de Rijksuniversiteit Gent. The latter first appeared in 1972.

From June 2021 onwards Afrika Focus is published by Brill Publishers https://brill.com/view/journals/afoc/afoc-overview.xml. With any questions on the editorial process or submission guidelines, please contact Annelies.Verdoolaege@UGent.be

  • Volume 33 • Nummer 2 • 2020 • China in Africa and Africa in China

    Volume 33 • Nummer 2 • 2020 • China in Africa and Africa in China


Editorial


Editorial

  • Inge Brinkman

Volume 33 • Issue 2 • 2020 • China in Africa and Africa in China

Articles


The delicate Tissue being woven between Africa and China

  • Lieve Joris

Volume 33 • Issue 2 • 2020 • China in Africa and Africa in China

The Myth of Zheng He: Kenya-China Encounters in Yvonne Owuor's The Dragonfly Sea

  • Mingqing Yuan

Volume 33 • Issue 2 • 2020 • China in Africa and Africa in China

From watchdog to lapdog: political influence of China on news reporting in Malawi

  • Mwaona Nyirongo

Volume 33 • Issue 2 • 2020 • China in Africa and Africa in China

Beyond Silencing the Guns: China and a new Metaphor for Peace and Security in Africa

  • Andreas Velthuizen

Volume 33 • Issue 2 • 2020 • China in Africa and Africa in China

Rethinking the political economy of Chinese-African agricultural cooperation:: The Chinese Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centers

  • Mariasole Pepa

Volume 33 • Issue 2 • 2020 • China in Africa and Africa in China

The Democratic Republic of the Congo-China's Deals on Construction of Roads in Exchange of Mines

  • Philippe Tunamsifu Shirambere

Volume 33 • Issue 2 • 2020 • China in Africa and Africa in China

The impact of Behaviour Change Intervention (BCI) on adolescent HIV risk reduction in selected schools in Northren Malawi

  • M. Mwale
  • A.S. Muula

Volume 33 • Issue 2 • 2020 • China in Africa and Africa in China

Efficacy of the Ekiti State Anti-grazing Law. Key Stakeholders' Perspectives

  • Nathaniel S. Olutegbe
  • Oke O. Ogungbaro

Volume 33 • Issue 2 • 2020 • China in Africa and Africa in China

Reports - Rapports


The devil is in the detail. Disclosing the impact of religion on the milk system in Ethiopia

  • Eline D'Haene

Volume 33 • Issue 2 • 2020 • China in Africa and Africa in China

Reviews - Comptes Rendus


Wit-Zwart in Zwart-Wit. Samen en toch apart

  • Paul Van Damme

Volume 33 • Issue 2 • 2020 • China in Africa and Africa in China