Cowries and Rice
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Cowries and Rice
Podcast by Winslow Robertson
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87 episodes
Episode 79 - Will there be a ban on China's commercial ivory trade?
The Illegal ivory trade, is a quite contentious issues in Africa-China relations. There are merely and estimated 470,000 elephants remaining on the Af...
Episode 78 - How Africa fits into China's G20 agenda
The G20 Summit, an international forum for governments and central bank leaders of the world's 20 largest economies, is being held for the first time...
Episode 77 - Chinese youth are changing the wildlife conversation on the ground
China’s complicated relationship with wildlife trade does the country no favors in regard to its international standing, despite a slow and steady att...
Special Episode - Behind the scenes of Chinese diplomacy with Amb. Shu Zhan
At the 4th Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Conference, held in Nairobi, Cowries and Rice and the Sino Africa Centre for Excellence Foundation foun...
Special Episode - Live from the 4th Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Conference in Nairobi
At the 4th Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Conference, held in Nairobi, Kenya, Cowries and Rice teamed up with the China Africa Project and the Si...
Episode 76 - Technology transfer in South Africa
Technology transfer is one of the most potentially beneficial aspects of the China-Africa relationship, but how many training centers, visits to China...
Episode 75 - Incubated in China, a memoir by Shubila Ruth Kikoko
More and more Africans in China are sharing their experiences with the outside world on their own terms. Blogs, videos, songs, etc. are springing up a...
Episode 74 - Following up on FOCAC with Tang Xiaoyang
The Sixth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was held in Johannesburg in December of last year. which resulted in China pledging $60 billion in mostly...
Episode 74 - Sicomines, the IMF, loans, and power
The Sicomines deal is one of China's largest "minerals for infrastructure" deals in Africa as well as one of its least understood. China Exim Bank ext...
Episode 73 - Chinese businesses in Africa, CSR, and Chinese government policy
In this episode, we go back to a topic we have previously discussed at Cowries and Rice yet one that we judge timely and important enough to revisit:...
Episode 72 - Lily Kuo!
This pod is an excuse to speak with Lily Kuo, who we have been following for quite some time. There is a good chance that, if you are listening to thi...
Episode 71 - China and Ghana
Today's episode is going to focus on the Golden relations between Ghana and China, specifically around mining. To discuss this topic, we are inviting...
Episode 70 - Knowledge production, rumors, and truth
A lot of China-Africa research is done through onsite interview, but what are the strengths of limitations of that kind of research - that is to say,...
Episode 67 - Chinese New Year in Africa
ALERT: This is a Mandarin-language episode.
To celebrate the Chinese New Year of the fire monkey, Cowries and Rice brings to you a a very...
Episode 69 - How the SACE Foundation supports African entrepenuers
If you are an individual African entrepreneur, what sort of organizations are available to you to help navigate the Africa-China relationship? There a...
Episode 68 - Why every Africa-China researcher should be following SAIS CARI
If you are listening to this podcast, there is a good chance that you have heard of Prof. Deborah Brautigam and her research - "The Dragon's Gift: The...
Episode 66 - China in the Middle East and beyond
President Xi Jinping's first overseas trip of 2016 was to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Iran. Between January 19th to the 24th, Xi visited each country and...
Episode 65 - So what is it like being African entrepreneur in the Africa-China relationship?
What is the role of the African entrepreneur on the African continent in the Sino-Africa relationship? To answer that question first-hand, hosts Winsl...
Episode 64 - Chinese wholesalers in Kampala
Hosts Winslow Robertson, Lina Benabdallah, and Yiting Wang look at the lives of Chinese wholesalers in Uganda with Dr. Ward Warmerdam, who received hi...
Episode 63 - Sustainability, SEZs, and the UNDP
Over the past few months, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in China has put out two phenomenal Sino-Africa reports: the 2015 Report on...
Episode 62 - FOCAC Assessment: Sustainability and wildlife
The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) just ended on December 4-5 in Johannesburg, South Africa. For historical context, FOCAC was initiated in...
Episode 61 - FOCAC Assessment: How this FOCAC compared to 2012
The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) just ended on December 4-5 in Johannesburg, South Africa. For historical context, FOCAC was initiated in...
Episode 60 - Will Africa Feed China?
Prof. Deborah Brautigam is one of the foremost China-Africa scholars in the world, perhaps most famous for her 2010 book The Dragon's Gift: The Real S...
Episode 59 - Everything you need to know about FOCAC: Rising Powers
We are continuing to discuss the Sixth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) for the rest of the month. FOCAC will be held in three weeks, Decembe...
Episode 58 - Everything you need to know about FOCAC: Chinese Researchers
Note: This episode was recorded live in a cafe, and has considerable ambient noise which we were unable to remove. In addition, we could not properly...
Episode 57 - Everything you need to know about FOCAC: Security
Note: This episode was recorded live over lunch, and has considerable ambient noise which we were unable to remove.
We are continuing to...
Episode 56 - Everything you need to know about FOCAC: Sustainable Development
We are continuing to discuss the Sixth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) for the rest of the month. FOCAC will be held in three weeks, Decembe...
Episode 55 - Everything you need to know about FOCAC: Media
South Africa is hosting the sixth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) this December. FOCAC was initiated in the year 2000 and in Beijing in orde...
Episode 54 - More ways to connect with the Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Network
The Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Network aims to strengthen and widen the reach of emerging cross-regional communities of research and...
Episode 52 - The Ivory Queen?
On Wednesday October 7, 2015, Yang Feng Glan, a 66-year-old Chinese restaurant owner in Dar es Salaam station and vice-president and secretary-general...
Episode 51 - Clean cookstoves
Note: This episode was recorded last year and is missing some content. It has been uploaded as the podcast is relaunching.
Clean cookstov...
Episode 50 - TAZARA and Zambia
Note: This episode was recorded last year and is missing some content. It has been uploaded as the podcast is relaunching.
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Aly-Khan Satchu's Interview with Howard French
Aly-Khan Satchu, CEO of Rich Management (http://rich.co.ke), interviews Howard French, author of "China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are...
Episode 49 - A Zambian perspective of Sata's Zambia
What did Michael Sata, the recently passed President of Zambia, mean to Zambians who had worked and lived in China, or even married Chinese people? Ho...
Episode 47 - Sata and Zambian politics
We continue our discussion on China-Zambia relations following the death of President Michael Sata, and host Winslow Robertson wanted to look at what...
Episode 46 - China, Zambia, and Sata: An overview
What does the unfortunate death of President Michael Sata, who passed away on Wednesday October 29 due to an undisclosed illness, mean for the China-Z...
Episode 45 - Why you should go to Morocco with Liang Zhang
The Africa-China relationship is pretty smooth when you have the Export-Import Bank of China or the China Development Bank throwing billions of dollar...
Episode 44 - Marxism and goat hair
There are a variety of media outlets interested in the Africa-China relationship, and in this episode host Winslow Robertson wanted to discuss how the...
Episode 43 - Ask not what Africa can do for you, but what you can do for Africa
Former President of Tanzania Benjamin Mkapa was recently at Zhejiang Normal University’s Institute of African Studies and the China-Africa Business Co...
Episode 42 - What visa denial? The Dalai Lama and South Africa
The Dalai Lama was recently supposed to visit the 14th World Peace Summit, to be held in South Africa, yet his visa to the country was, for all practi...