In the past decade the international media first focused on China’s economic boom, which was then followed by the ‘Africa is rising’ narrative. The latter partly as a result of China’s investments. Many have wondered whether China’s interest in Africa would trigger a new wave of colonialism and exploitation of mineral resources, needed to keep […]
Bleeding, splintering, RGB pixels paint repeated images of handshakes and embraces — filmed off a television screen, or from existing filmed material — until they expand to a short panorama of the China-Africa Summit held in Beijing in 2006. Rapturously applauding, celebratory faces of powerful men, presidents and heads of state are seen, to a […]
“Three days after defending its decision to buy its milk from Grace Mugabe’s farm, Nestlé Zimbabwe has decided to discontinue doing business with the farm, it said on Thursday. This follows after numerous organisations, including AfriForum, called on consumers to boycott Nestlé products if the company did not stop buying milk from Gushungo Dairy Estate, […]
