Chinese devils, the global market, and the declining power of Togo�s Nana-Benzes

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dc.contributor.authorSylvanus, Nina
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-19T08:57:54Z
dc.date.available2018-01-19T08:57:54Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the shifting representations of and discourses produced about Chinese salesmen and their collaborators in the small West African nation of Togo. It suggests that in this context representations of China�s so-called New Scramble for Africa are troublesome, namely because they tend to silence the role of Togolese women traders as producers and as central historical and economic subjects in the making of a postcolonial commodity chain for printed African textiles. In so doing the article questions standard economic theories of global market forces, debunks stereotypes regarding the Chinese advance in West African markets, and challenges assumptions about the vulnerability of African societies.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Science
dc.identifier.citationSylvanus, N. (2013). Chinese devils, the global market, and the declining power of Togo�s Nana-Benzes. African Studies Review, 56: 65-80en_US
dc.identifier.issn0002-0206
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.6
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/3401
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.6
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectNew Scramble for Africaen_US
dc.subjectEconomic theoriesen_US
dc.subjectAfrican societiesen_US
dc.subjectTradeen_US
dc.titleChinese devils, the global market, and the declining power of Togo�s Nana-Benzesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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