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Commodities, Africa and China

Jeffrey Herbst, Greg Mills

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Two conventional wisdoms about Africa have been overtuned in recent months - with potentially dramatic implications for continental development and security: the first has to do with commodity prices. The second is the seeming retreat from Africa of investors and entrepreneurs from Chinea, which is surprising.

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Two conventional wisdoms about Africa have been overtuned in recent months - with potentially dramatic implications for continental development and security: the first has to do with commodity prices. The second is the seeming retreat from Africa of investors and entrepreneurs from Chinea, which is surprising.

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Two conventional wisdoms about Africa have been overtuned in recent months - with potentially dramatic implications for continental development and security: the first has to do with commodity prices. The second is the seeming retreat from Africa of investors and entrepreneurs from Chinea, which is surprising.

Key concepts: China, Geography, Archaeology

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