Gordon Pirie

A flower bed at the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

September 2, 2024

China‑Africa relations: new priorities have driven major shifts over the last 24 years ‑ 5 essential reads

Moina Spooner, The Conversation

China’s engagement with Africa has evolved over the past 24 years, with a shift towards mutually beneficial investments.

The plane carrying UK’s Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh arrives at Eastleigh Airport in Nairobi in February 1952. Photo by: Bristol Archives/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

February 1, 2021

Nairobi’s airports – windows on Kenya’s colonial past and top‑down planning

Gordon Pirie, University of Cape Town

Airport passenger terminals are often designed to flaunt a city and country. Embakasi’s rudimentary terminal made Nairobi’s newest airport more colonial utility than colonial showpiece.

Ethiopia’s national carrier is a key link between China and Africa. Wikimedia Commons

September 1, 2019

China has taken a different route to involvement in African aviation

Gordon Pirie, University of Cape Town

The aviation ambitions of several African countries are linked to Chinese investment.

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China‑Africa relations: new priorities have driven major shifts over the last 24 years ‑ 5 essential reads

Nairobi’s airports – windows on Kenya’s colonial past and top‑down planning

China has taken a different route to involvement in African aviation

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