China and East Africa

Chapurukha M. Kusimba; Tiequan Zhu; Purity Wakabari Kiura

doi:10.5771/9781498576154

Summary

China and East Africa: Ancient Ties and Contemporary Flows marks the culmination of a new round of archaeological and historical research on the relations between China and Africa, from the origins to the present. Africa and Asia have always been in constant contact, through land and seas. The contributors to this volume debate and present the results of their research on the very complex and intricate networks of connections that crisscrossed the Indian Ocean and surrounding lands linking Africa to East Asia. A growing number of speakers of Austronesian languages returned to Africa, reaching Madagascar in the early centuries of the Common Era. The diffusion of domesticated plants, like bananas, from New Guinea to South Asia and Africa where phytoliths are dated to the mid-fourth millennium in Uganda and mid-first millennium BCE in southern Cameroon, provide additional evidence on early interactions between Africa and Asia. Africa and Asia have always been in constant contact, through land and seas. Edited by Chapurukha Kusimba, Tiequan Zhu, and Purity Wakabari Kiura, this collection explores different facets of the interaction between China and Africa, from their earliest manifestations to the present and with an eye to the future.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-7614-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-7615-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 278
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures and Tables No access
3. Preface No access
1. 1. Lithic Assemblages No access
  2. Oldowan/Mode 1 Stone Tool Technology No access
  3. Hypotheses Concerning the Variability No access
  4. Cognitive Abilities and Technical Skills No access
  5. Early Stone Age in China No access
  6. Discussion and Conclusion No access
  7. Note No access
  8. References No access
2. 1. Local Archaeologies Trans-Regional Networks: What We Know and How We Know It No access
  2. Looking Forward: Integrating Field and Laboratory Approaches in the Study of East Africa and East Asian Deep History of Interactions No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. References No access
3. 1. Global Connections: China and Africa No access
  2. The Role of Islam in Linking China and East Africa No access
  3. Chinese Trade Ceramics Found in East Africa No access
  4. Chinese Trade Ceramics Found in East Africa No access
  5. Uses of Imported Ceramics in East Africa No access
  6. Trade Ceramics as Symbols of Power, Status, and Prestige No access
  7. Discussion and Conclusion: Trade Ceramics as Evidence for Early Contact with China No access
  8. A Summing Up No access
  9. Notes No access
  10. References No access
4. 1. Materials and Methods No access
  2. Results No access
  3. The Dentition in Aging, Health, and Disease No access
  4. Population Affinities: The Skeletal and Dental Evidence No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. References No access
5. 1. Archaeological Evidence of Contact and Connections between China and East Africa No access
  2. Sino-Kenya Archaeological Project No access
  3. Coinage, Currency, and Trade No access
  4. East African Exports to China No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. References No access
6. 1. Siyu in Historical Perspective No access
  2. Origins and Identity Formation of Siyu No access
  3. Economy, Production, and Exchange No access
  4. Siyu and Its Environments No access
  5. Trade Pottery and Beads No access
  6. Discussion and Conclusion No access
  7. Note No access
  8. References No access
7. 1. Historical and Archaeological Research along the Coast of Tanzania No access
  2. Documentary and Archaeological Evidence Indicative of Tanzania-China Connections No access
  3. Kunduchi Ruins Site No access
  4. Discussion and Conclusion No access
  5. Note No access
  6. References No access
8. 1. The Medieval Port Town of Mtwapa (ca. 1000–1750 CE) No access
  2. Sample Preparation and Analysis No access
  3. Results and Discussion No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. References No access
9. 1. Analytical Methods No access
  2. Results and Discussion No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. References No access
10. 1. The Archaeological Site of Manda No access
  2. The Beads in Archaeology No access
  3. The Evidence for Bead Production and Consumption at Manda No access
  4. Bead Making and Consumption at Manda No access
  5. Glass Beads Consumption No access
  6. Analytical Research No access
  7. Analytical Results No access
  8. Lead Glass No access
  9. Discussion No access
  10. Conclusion No access
  11. References No access
1. 1. Trade and Economic Exchange between China and Africa No access
  2. Comparing and Contrasting Ancient and Contemporary China-Africa Policies No access
  3. Notes No access
  4. References No access
2. 1. Chinese Investments in Kenya No access
  2. The Chinese are Coming, Learn Mandarin Quickly No access
  3. Soft Power and Diplomatic Power No access
  4. What Does China Have to Gain? No access
  5. Why Has Africa Turned to China? No access
  6. Kenyan Perspectives about the Chinese? No access
  7. Growing Unease as Chinese Influence Rises No access
  8. Other Negative Aspects: Poaching No access
  9. The Intertwined Relations of Kenya and China No access
  10. The Future of China-Africa Relationships No access
  11. Conclusion No access
  12. References No access
3. 1. “Fake” Charities and Real Businesses No access
  2. Producing Mitumba: Strategies for Price-setting and Processing Used Clothing Bales No access
  3. Wholesale and Distribution of Used Clothing Bales No access
  4. Note No access
  5. Reference No access
4. 1. Ancient International Maritime Contacts with East African Coast No access
  2. Potential for Underwater Archaeology in Eastern Africa No access
  3. Maritime Archaeological Potential in Kenya No access
  4. Maritime Archaeological Potential in Lamu No access
  5. Maritime Archaeological Potential in Malindi No access
  6. Maritime Archaeological Potential in Mombasa No access
  7. Maritime Structures and Practices No access
  8. Opportunities in Underwater Cultural Heritage in Kenya No access
  9. Development of Maritime Museum and UCH Trails No access
  10. Challenges in the Management of UCH in Eastern Africa No access
  11. Conclusion No access
  12. Notes No access
  13. References No access
5. 1. System of Separation of Cultural Relic Protection and Market Economy. No access
  2. Incentives and Guarantees of the Economic Gain No access
  3. Cultural Heritage and Economic Construction No access
  4. Summary and Conclusion No access
  5. Note No access
  6. References No access
6. 1. The Research Framework No access
  2. Ties and Flows: The Narrative Thread No access
  3. Great Opportunity and Important Implications No access
  4. References No access
Index No access Pages 269 - 274
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 275 - 278