Bourdarias Francoise. (2010). Chinese migrants and society in Mali : local constructions of globalization. African and Asian Studies, 9 (3), p. 269-285. ISSN 1569-2094.
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Chinese migrants and society in Mali : local constructions of globalization
African and Asian Studies, 2010,
9 (3), p. 269-285 ISSN 1569-2094
In this contribution, I shall consider the social perceptions of politics and economy related to the interdependences between Chinese migrants and local population in Mali. Such representations give a particular shape to a large number of identity constructions. In each specific context, the spaces and groups to which Malian and Chinese residents refer, highlight social representations of the two nation-states and societies, of their present relationships. Individual and collective strategies should then be analysed from a point of view stressing the links between economic rationalities and political constructions.
