Africa and the Indian Ocean Region

ISBN-13: 9781138205345 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 114 str.

Timothy Doyle; Dennis Rumley

Opis

The book publishes some of the best papers presented at an Indian Ocean Research Group (IORG Inc.) symposium held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2013, entitled "The Political Economy of Maritime Africa in the Indian Ocean Region." It examines the presence of Africa as an increasingly significant force in the western Indian Ocean and considers the scope for greater African involvement in Indian Ocean region-building activities and Indian Ocean dialogue.

Spis treści

Introduction: Africa and the Indian Ocean Region 1. Infrastructure and influence: China’s presence on the coast of East Africa 2. Indian Ocean region: The evolving context and rising significance of the African littoral 3. Zones and routes: Securing a western Indian Ocean 4. India, Africa and the Indian Ocean 5. Impacts of forest-related large-scale land acquisitions in the Indian Ocean world 6. Lewis Nkosi’s Durban: An Indian Ocean city in flux