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Destination Africa : contemporary Africa as a centre of global encounter / Mayke Kaag, Guive Khan-Mohammad and Stefan Schmid -- Indian educators in Ethiopa : from 'brothers in faith' to 'commercial recruits' / Sophia Thubauville -- Dilemmas of egalitarianism : development workers from the two German states and inequalities in socialist Tanzania / Eric Burton -- New actors in Africa's higher education landscape : Malaysia's branch campuses and their motivation to enter the African market / Alexandra Samokhvalova -- Leadership, Danwei, and asymmetrical attentiveness : work relations at a Chinese educational farm in Zambia / Di Wu -- Hierarchies of values and Asian consumer goods in Cameroon / Ute Röschenthaler -- 'KAAY FECC!' (Come dance!) Economic, cultural and emotional flows in sabar dance tourism (Senegal -- Europe) / Alice Aterianus-Owanga -- Estamos Juntos E Misturados! Intercultural translation between Mozambican and Brazilian students / Miriam Ocadiz Arriaga -- Chinese motorcycle companies in Burkina Faso : a success subject to African agency / Guive Khan-Mohammad -- Lions Clubs in Africa : a Travelling model and its appropriation for the creation of a Pan-African network / Jean Frédéric de Hasque -- Cameroon's Kribi Deep Seaport construction project : between state ownership and tendencies of extraversion / Fabien Nkot and Gérard Amaugou.

With the end of the Cold War, the world seemed to move from a bipolar to a unipolar system, with the neoliberal West globally imposing its laws. However, it has been acknowledged that other actors, such as China, India and Brazil, have become increasingly influential, helping to lead to a new multipolarity at the global level. The question of what this emerging multipolarity means for Africa is important. Will Africa become crushed in a mounting struggle over raw materials and political hegemony between superpowers and fall victim to a new scramble for Africa? Or does this new historic conjunc

This paper presents the results of a short-term research project conducted in 2017/2018 on the various ways in which migration and land dynamics inWest Africa are intertwined. Contrary to much conventional (policy) thinking in the European Union (EU) today, our point of departure is not that migration is the problem to be solved - nor that (access to) land is the straightforward means to discouraging migration. Drawing on local case studies in four West African countries, this research aims to shed light on the various relationships between migration and land, and to analyze to what extent they may contribute to or obstruct (local) inclusive and sustainable development in Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Benin. In doing so, we aim to offer food for thought concerning possible ways for making the connection between migration and land more fruitful and productive for as many people as possible, especially in relation to the opportunities and constraints facing different categories of West African youth.

With the end of the Cold War, the world seemed to move from a bipolar to a unipolar system, with the neoliberal West globally imposing its laws. However, it has been acknowledged that other actors, such as China, India and Brazil, have become increasingly influential, helping to lead to a new multipolarity at the global level. The question of what this emerging multipolarity means for Africa is important. Will Africa become crushed in a mounting struggle over raw materials and political hegemony between superpowers and fall victim to a new scramble for Africa? Or does this new historic juncture offer African countries and groups greater room for negotiation and manoeuvring, eventually leading to stronger democracy and enhanced growth? The chapters in this volume offer food for thought on how Africa's engagements with the world are currently being reshaped and revalued, and, importantly—on whose terms?

[…]. - 1. INTRODUCTION: CLIMATE AND SOCIETY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH MALI /Mirjam de Bruijn & Han van Dijk. - 2. CLIMATIC, ECOLOGICAL AND HUMAN INFLUENCES ON THE VEGETATION OF THE HAYRE-SEENO AREA / Yvonne M. de Boer. - 3. THE DOGON HEARTLAND: RURAL TRANSFORMATIONS ON THE BANDIAGARA ESCARPMENT / Walter van Beek. - 4. COPING STRATEGIES OF DOGON CULTIVATORS OF THE NORTHERN ESCARPMENT / Aline Brandts. - 5. MILLET CULTIVATION AND CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN WAYRE, A DOGON VILLAGE ON THE NORTHERN SEENO / Pieter Maas. - 6. COPING STRATEGIES OF THE RIIMAYBE IN DEBERE (DOUENTZA DISTRICT) / Selma Griep. - PHOTOS. - 7. THE CARAVAN TRADE OF CEREALS AND SALT: NOMADS AND FARMERS CONNECTED / Mark Rutgers van der Loeff. - 8. DOUENTZA. THE DYNAMICS OF A RURAL CENTRE IN THE SEMI-ARID SAHEL / Renate Zondag. - 9. MIGRATORY DRIFT OF DOGON FARMERS TO SOUTHERN MALI (KOUTIALA) / Karin Nijenhuis. - 10. MOVEMENTS IN A NEW WORLD: FULBE MOBILITY AND SURVIVAL IN SOUTHERN MALI (KOUTIALA) / Josee van Steenbrugge. - 11. MOVING PEOPLE: PATHWAYS OF FULBE PASTORALISTS IN THE HAYRESEENO AREA, CENTRAL MALI / Mirjam de Bruijn & Han van Dijk. - […]