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This book seeks to widen perspectives on entrepreneurship by
drawing attention to the diverse and partly new forms of
entrepreneurial practice in Africa since the 1990s. Contrary to
widespread assertions, figures of success have been regularly
observed in Africa since pre-colonial times. The contributions
account for these historical continuities in entrepreneurship, and
identify the specifically new political and economic context within
which individuals currently probe and invent novel forms of
enterprise. Based on ethnographically contextualized life stories
and case studies of female and male entrepreneurs, the volume
offers a vivid and multi-perspectival account of their strategies,
visions and ventures in domains as varied as religious proselytism,
politics, tourism, media, music, prostitution, funeral
organization, and education. African cultural entrepreneurs have a
significant economic impact, attract the attention of large groups
of people, serve as role models for many youths, and contribute to
the formation of new popular cultures.
This book seeks to widen perspectives on entrepreneurship by
drawing attention to the diverse and partly new forms of
entrepreneurial practice in Africa since the 1990s. Contrary to
widespread assertions, figures of success have been regularly
observed in Africa since pre-colonial times. The contributions
account for these historical continuities in entrepreneurship, and
identify the specifically new political and economic context within
which individuals currently probe and invent novel forms of
enterprise. Based on ethnographically contextualized life stories
and case studies of female and male entrepreneurs, the volume
offers a vivid and multi-perspectival account of their strategies,
visions and ventures in domains as varied as religious proselytism,
politics, tourism, media, music, prostitution, funeral
organization, and education. African cultural entrepreneurs have a
significant economic impact, attract the attention of large groups
of people, serve as role models for many youths, and contribute to
the formation of new popular cultures.
Max Esser was an adventurous young merchant banker, a Rhinelander,
who became the first managing director of the largest German
plantation company in Cameroon. This volume gives a vivid account
of the antecedents and early stages as experienced and described by
Esser. In 1896 he ventured, with the explorer Zintgraff, into the
hinterland to seek the agreement of Zintgraff's old ally, the ruler
of Bali, for the provision of laborers for his projected
enterprise. The consequences, many optimistically unforeseen, are
illustrated with the help of contemporary materials. Esser's
account is preceded by a look at his and his family's connections,
added to by an account of newspaper campaigns against him, and
completed by an examination of his Cameroon collection, which he
gave to the Linden Museum in Stuttgart.
Max Esser was an adventurous young merchant banker, a Rhinelander,
who became the first managing director of the largest German
plantation company in Cameroon. This volume gives a vivid account
of the antecedents and early stages as experienced and described by
Esser. In 1896 he ventured, with the explorer Zintgraff, into the
hinterland to seek the agreement of Zintgraff's old ally, the ruler
of Bali, for the provision of laborers for his projected
enterprise. The consequences, many optimistically unforeseen, are
illustrated with the help of contemporary materials. Esser's
account is preceded by a look at his and his family's connections,
added to by an account of newspaper campaigns against him, and
completed by an examination of his Cameroon collection, which he
gave to the Linden Museum in Stuttgart.
Trade connections and cultural exchange between Africa and the rest
of the global South have existed for centuries. Since the end of
the Cold War, these connections have expanded and diversified
dramatically, with emerging economies such as China, India, and
Brazil becoming increasingly important both as sources of trade and
as a destination for African migrants. But while these trends have
attracted growing scholarly attention, there has so far been little
appreciation of the sheer breadth and variety of this exchange, or
of its deeper social impact. This collection brings together a wide
array of scholarly perspectives to explore the movement of people,
commodities, and ideas between Africa and the wider global South,
with rich empirical case studies ranging from Senegalese migrants
in Argentina to Lebanese traders in Nigeria. The contributors argue
that this exchange represents a form of 'globalization from below'
which defies many of the prevailing Western assumptions about
migration and development, and which can only be understood if we
consider the full range and complexity of migrant experiences.
Multidisciplinary in scope, Mobility between Africa, Asia and Latin
America is essential reading for students and scholars across the
social sciences interested in the interconnected economic and
social make-up of the global South.
Trade connections and cultural exchange between Africa and the rest
of the global South have existed for centuries. Since the end of
the Cold War, these connections have expanded and diversified
dramatically, with emerging economies such as China, India, and
Brazil becoming increasingly important both as sources of trade and
as a destination for African migrants. But while these trends have
attracted growing scholarly attention, there has so far been little
appreciation of the sheer breadth and variety of this exchange, or
of its deeper social impact. This collection brings together a wide
array of scholarly perspectives to explore the movement of people,
commodities, and ideas between Africa and the wider global South,
with rich empirical case studies ranging from Senegalese migrants
in Argentina to Lebanese traders in Nigeria. The contributors argue
that this exchange represents a form of 'globalization from below'
which defies many of the prevailing Western assumptions about
migration and development, and which can only be understood if we
consider the full range and complexity of migrant experiences.
Multidisciplinary in scope, Mobility between Africa, Asia and Latin
America is essential reading for students and scholars across the
social sciences interested in the interconnected economic and
social make-up of the global South.
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