This book examines in detail the opportunities and challenges posed by the increasing presence of China and India in Africa, and proposes critical interventions that African governments must undertake in order to negotiate with China and India from a stronger and more informed platform.

Introduction:Africa in the twenty-first century : strategic and development challenges / Fantu Cheru and Cyril Obi -- China, India and (South) Africa : what international relations in the second decade of the twenty-first century? / Timothy M. Shaw -- South-South strategic bases for Africa to engage China / Dot Keet -- India's African relations : in the shadow of China? / Sanusha Naidu -- China's development cooperation with Africa : historical and cultural perspectives / Liu Haifang -- Engaging Africa : India's interests in the African continent, past and present / Sanjukta Banerji Bhattacharya -- Indian development cooperation with Africa / Pranay Kumar Sinha -- China and India's growth surge : the implications for African manufactured exports / Alemayehu Geda and Atnafu G. Meskel -- Chinese investment in African network industries : case studies from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya / Peter Draper, Tsidiso Disenyana and Gilberto Biacuana -- The role of India's private sector in the health and agricultural sectors of Africa / Renu Modi -- Navigating Chinese textile networks : women traders in Accra and Lomé / Linn Axelsson and Nina Sylvanus -- China and Africa : towards a new security relationship / Kwesi Aning -- The Darfur issue : a new test for China's Africa policy / He Wenping -- China and Zambia : between development and politics / Fredrick Mutesa -- African oil in the energy security calculations of China and India / Cyril Obi -- China and India in Angola / Alex Vines and Indira Campos -- The price of 'openness' : towards Chinese economic control in Zambia / Peter Kragelund -- Countering 'new imperialisms' : what role for the New Partnership for Africa's Development? / Fantu Cheru and Magnus Calais.