Connecting Africa and Asia

"""This book attests to the rapidly changing demographics of the world not least because of the shifts in the population size of our regions and the global political economy. By evoking an imagined AfrAsia community it presents thought-provoking analyses with insight into the recompositing of civilizations. The discussion chronicles and advocates the reshaping of our future away from the ignominy of nationalism and the threat of hegemonic ambitions towards a commitment to global partnership. It stretches the boundaries of our thoughts in new directions."" Kweku Ampiah, University of Leeds, UK. ""The study of Africa and Asia’s shared pasts and present has generated a great deal of scholarship in recent years. In this compelling book, Yoichi Mine skilfully presents a vision of a possible shared future, and the promises and pitfalls this could bring. Drawing on a range of scholarly genres, this book offers analysis of the underpinning and implications of the growing entanglements between the two world regions. Provocative and incisive, this book is a welcome new addition to research on Africa-Asia relations."" Scarlett Cornelissen, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. ""A long-awaited book looking back and looking forward Afro-Asian shared as well diverging past, present and future in the world stage with an Afro-Asian organic perspective and a multi-disciplinary craft immunizing from boring jargon. In the innovative writing, the author vividly presents the trendy themes of both the continents in foreseeable future, eloquently elaborating East Asia's different 'industrious revolution' from that of Europe, similar political tradition between pre-colonial Africa and Southeast Asia, and the 'aloof coexistence’ prevailing in Afrasian countries which provides a strong sense of hope given the much bigger proportion of migrants to their populations compared with Europe and North America that used to be at the receiving ends."" Liu Haifang, Director of Centre for African Studies and Associate Professor of School of International Studies, Peking University, China. ""This book attests to the rapidly changing demographics of the world not least because of the shifts in the population size of our regions and the global political economy. By evoking an imagined AfrAsia community it presents thought-provoking analyses with insight into the recompositing of civilizations. The discussion chronicles and advocates the reshaping of our future away from the ignominy of nationalism and the threat of hegemonic ambitions towards a commitment to global partnership. It stretches the boundaries of our thoughts in new directions."" Kweku Ampiah, University of Leeds, UK. ""The study of Africa and Asia’s shared pasts and present has generated a great deal of scholarship in recent years. In this compelling book, Yoichi Mine skilfully presents a vision of a possible shared future, and the promises and pitfalls this could bring. Drawing on a range of scholarly genres, this book offers analysis of the underpinning and implications of the growing entanglements between the two world regions. Provocative and incisive, this book is a welcome new addition to research on Africa-Asia relations."" Scarlett Cornelissen, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. ""A long-awaited book looking back and looking forward Afro-Asian shared as well diverging past, present and future in the world stage with an Afro-Asian organic perspective and a multi-disciplinary craft immunizing from boring jargon. In the innovative writing, the author vividly presents the trendy themes of both the continents in foreseeable future, eloquently elaborating East Asia's different 'industrious revolution' from that of Europe, similar political tradition between pre-colonial Africa and Southeast Asia, and the 'aloof coexistence’ prevailing in Afrasian countries which provides a strong sense of hope given the much bigger proportion of migrants to their populations compared with Europe and North America that used to be at the receiving ends."" Liu Haifang, Director of Centre for African Studies and Associate Professor of School of International Studies, Peking University, China. ""Many of the observations in the book – including those which are carefully interspersed with autobiographical anecdotes – and the conclusions based on them are stimulating. The comparative analysis is exceptionally good. But we will have to wait for several decades before we know if its prediction about the emergence of Afrasia as a single macro-region is vindicated. This open-access book has raised the level of discourse about Africa and Asia – the two largest and most populous continents on Earth. It is a timely, and hopefully enduring, contribution to scholarship."" Seifudein Adem, International Institute for Asian Studies."