Join National Committee director Dr. Deborah Bräutigam as she discusses her book, Will Africa Feed China?, and China’s policies in Africa more generally, at the first installment of our China and the World series, with the National Committee on February 25, in New York City.
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China and the World: Africa
with Deborah Bräutigam
Thursday, February 25, 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP, New York City
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Given its experience of colonialism, Africans have long been suspicious of Chinese intentions on the continent. In 1966, the first president of Congo-Brazzaville, Fulbert Youlou, warned that China not only sought to colonize Africa but “would in due course turn the entire continent into a gigantic rice field.” Recent allegations of unprecedented Chinese state-sponsored acquisition of African farmland seem to indicate that Youlou’s prediction is materializing. These reports have alarmed those who fear that Africa, with its large tracts of untouched arable land, will enter a new colonial era. But, are such accusations warranted? Join National Committee director Dr. Deborah Bräutigam as she discusses her book, Will Africa Feed China?, and China’s policies in Africa more generally, at the first installment of our China and the World series, with the National Committee on February 25, in New York City.
The National Committee’s China and the World Series is sponsored by Dorsey & Whitney LLP. |
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 Dr. Deborah Bräutigam is the Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of Political Economy, director of the International Development Program, and director of the China Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Her most recent books include Will Africa Feed China? (Oxford University Press, 2015) and The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa (OUP, 2011). Before joining SAIS in 2012, she taught at Columbia University and American University.
Dr. Bräutigam’s teaching and research focus on China’s overseas engagement; African development strategies; governance and foreign aid. She has twice won Fulbright research awards and was the recipient of fellowships from the Council on Foreign Relations and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and research grants from the UK Economic and Social Research Council and the UK Centre for Economic Policy and Research. She has served as a consultant for a variety of governmental and non-governmental organizations, was a visiting scholar at the World Bank, and a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Dr. Bräutigam received her Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the program. |
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