The Rise and Decline and Rise of China

<p><em>The Rise and Decline and Rise of China: Searching for an Organising Philosophy</em> represents a new and promising approach to Africa/China relations. What is most impressive is that it is an encounter between African and Chinese thought but this encounter is not just a set of stale comparisons of philosophical beliefs. This study places the concepts and attitudes in both China and Africa in their socio-political contexts in an attempt to provide a sophisticated sensitive and usable history. This attempt yields dividends especially for the primary audience of Africans as it gives a way of learning from the vast history of Chinese experience without reducing African experience to insignificance or irrelevance (as has happened so often in dialogues between Africa and the West). This book will be of interest to anyone from within Africa interested in engaging with China as a complex and nuanced place a place of challenge creativity and opportunity.</p>