A LOOK BACK: China-Africa Migration: Contemporary movement and socio economic change

April 7, 2011 - 17:30 - 20:00
Location: 
Wits Professional Development Hub, Wits University, CNR of Jan Smuts and Empire Road (entrance off Empire Road), Johannesburg, South Africa
Speaker(s): 
Wilf Mbanga (Founder and Editor of “The Zimbabwean” Newspaper); Howard French (Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism); Sanusha Naidu

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The Open Society Foundation in partnership with African Centre for Society & & Wits Journalism is hosting a panel discussion on:

China-Africa Migration: Contemporary movement and socio economic change

  • Wilf Mbanga – Founder and Editor of “The Zimbabwean” Newspaper
    Title: Sino-Zim relations: who are the real beneficiaries?
  • Howard French – Open Society Fellow and author of “A Continent for the Taking”
    Title: New trends in Chinese Migration to Africa
  • Sanusha Naidu - Senior Researcher, Human Sciences Research Council
    Title: China and the changing balance of Africa’s political balance: What does this mean for Beijing’s engagements?

Thursday, 07 April 2011, 17:30 for 18H:00

Wits Professional Development Hub, Wits University, CNR of Jan Smuts and Empire Road (entrance off Empire Road)

Please RSVP by 05 April to Padma Dayah – padma.dayah@wits.ac.za or 011 717 4092