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Abbreviations and Acronyms
The complexity of Africa’s involvement in global trade
1 Globalization from above and globalization from below
The creation of Afro-neoliberal capitalism and the elite consensus
2 Chocolate City (Guangzhou) in China
The origins of Chocolate City in Guangzhou
African trading posts, transnational spaces, and the immigrant community as a bridge to the host community
African traders and the long journey to Chocolate City
The complicated world of African traders in Chocolate City
African trading posts, transnational spaces, and the immigrant community as a bridge to the host community: a critical analysis
African traders: a concluding assessment
What is the future of globalization from below in Guangzhou?
3 The non-hegemonic world of Africa–China trade
Globalization from below and African market traders
Textiles and clothing: the special case of South Africa
Headline news: we must stop the Chinese onslaught – the special case of the Ghanaian steel industry
We destroy counterfeit Chinese goods
Globalization from below and Chinese market traders
The sex trade: prostitutes as commodities to trade in the world of globalization from below
The non-hegemonic world of Africa–China trade: implications for globalization from below and Africa’s trade regimes
4 Humanizing the US African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): inside apparel and textile factories
A brief overview of US–Africa relations
AGOA in historical and contextual perspective
4.1 Total exports from AGOA beneficiaries
The AGOA Textile and Apparel Provision
4.2 African clothing exports to the USA, 2002–10
4.3 US textile and apparel imports from top AGOA exporters
AGOA factories: the workers are human beings
A symbiotic relationship between globalization from above and globalization from below and an unimaginable tragedy
Africa’s markets and globalization from below
The future of Africa’s world trade
B: AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004
C: Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004
D: Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006