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van Criekinge, Jan. "Historisch Overzicht van de Spoorwegen in West-Afrika." Afrika Focus 5, no. 3-4 (1989): 133–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2031356x-0050304003.

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Historical Survey of the Railway Development in West Africa The present day railway system in West Africa is the result of the transport-policy developed by the colonial powers (France, Great Britain and Germany) at the end of the 19th century. It is remarkable that no network of railways, like in Southern Africa, was brought about. The colonial railways in West Africa were built by the State or by a joint-stock company within the borders of one colony to export the raw materials from the production centres to the harbours. Nevertheless railways were built for more than economical grounds only

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Xie, Yongshun, and Chengjin Wang. "Evolution and Construction Differentiation Pattern of African Railway Network." Sustainability 13, no. 24 (2021): 13728. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132413728.

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Since the new century, countries in Africa have started a new round of rail network planning and construction which brings the completed different features together with the spatial organization of the railway network during the colonial period. Along with the strategic layout of “going out” with China’s railways, the organizational structure of the African railway network will make a tremendous change for the construction market, network organization, and gauge structure of the African railways. Based on the literature reviews, we analyzed and forecasted the evolution of railway network in Af

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Bucsky, Péter. "Afrikai vasutak kínai segítséggel – Kinek éri meg?" Afrika Tanulmányok / Hungarian Journal of African Studies 12, no. 1-3. (2018): 55–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.15170/at.2018.12.1-3.3.

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In Kenya and Ethiopia the new railways financed by Chinese loans and built by Chinese technology and by Chinese companies are already in service. Lot of people see these as a boost for development, but both of them are upgrades of already existent lines. It is questionable whether or not the countries will be able to repay the costs of these investments, and the railways can generate so high additional growth that can finance the loans. There are also other options for railway development than Chinese loans and it is interesting to analyse which option is the most straightforward and beneficia

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Budi, Nashon Budy, John Akumu Orondo, Samwel Okuro, and George Odhiambo. "The Decline of Lake Victoria Ferry Services in Kenya, 1961-2012." Journal of Historical Studies 4, no. 1 (2023): 43–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/jhs.1422.

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Purpose: This study examined the operations of Lake Victoria Ferry Services since the independence of the East African countries in 1961 when the management was under the East Africa Railways and Harbors (EARH) and later the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC). At the beginning of the 20th century the British colonial government established Lake Victoria transport as an extension of railway line in the lake region in Kenya and into Uganda. Despite some challenges, lake transport demonstrated progress in its services and expansion during the colonial period. However, when the management was transf

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Maggi, Stefano. "The Railways of Italian Africa." Journal of Transport History 18, no. 1 (1997): 54–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002252669701800106.

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Diallo, Yoro. "Les impacts de l‟Initiative la Ceinture et la Route sur le développement despays africains : cas du Mali." Journal of Sino-African Studies 3, no. 2 (2024): 16–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.56377/jsas.v3n2.1643.

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The aim of this article is to contribute to the debate on Sino-African cooperation in general andChinese investment in Africa in the context of the „Belt and Road Initiative‟ (BRI) in particular.Focusing on the railway projects in Mali, the main questions that came out of the debates generallyconcerned the results in terms of profits and economic gains. These questions also relate to theproblems associated with costs, in view of the debt that many African countries are carrying. Finally,they concern the way in which China and African countries would commit themselves in the future todeepening

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Odutayo, Dina, Raji Adisa, and Solanke Olayiwola. "Exploring Nexus between Transportation System and Economic Development in Nigeria: A Case of Railway Passenger Travel." NIU Journal of Humanities 8, no. 4 (2023): 57–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.58709/niujhu.v8i4.1731.

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Studies frequently explored the relationship between economic performance and transport investments. However, how the performance of the economy relates to the usage of transport in Africa and Nigeria in particular is poorly explored prompting investigation on the nexus between railway passenger travel and economic development in Nigeria. The study employed the Vector Auto-Regressive (VAR) Model to analyse the 60-year annual time series data of railway passenger movement, annual GDP, and inflation. Results indicate about 72.5% of the variables entered in the model accounted for 72.5% of change

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Muhammad, Amjad Raza, and Abdul Basit Khan Dr. "Integrative Synergies between BRI of China and Agenda 2063 of African Union: Reviewing the Policy Documents and Analyzing the Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa-Priority Action Plan 2 (PIDA-PAP 2) (2021-2030)." Journal of Development and Social Sciences 5, no. 2 (2024): 793–808. https://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2024(5-II)72.

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<strong>Abstract</strong> This study analyzes the diverse and burgeoning relationship between China and the African Union (AU) which has significant global implications. The primary focus of the study is to explore Chinese policy commitments, competitive dynamics, capacity-building plug-ins as well as measures taken for the development of infrastructure under Priority Action Plan 2 (PAP 2) which is a landmark initiative of Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) to develop hydroelectric power, railways, roads, ports and information and communications technology (ICT) sectors. F

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Pereira, Hugo Silveira. "Colonial Railways and Conflict Resolution Between Portugal and the United Kingdom in Africa (c. 1880–early 1900s)." HoST - Journal of History of Science and Technology 12, no. 1 (2018): 75–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/host-2018-0004.

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Abstract In the 1870s, Portugal transferred the public works program it was undertaking on the mainland – in which railways played a decisive role – to its African colonies of Angola and Mozambique. In this strategy, the United Kingdom was an obvious partner, given the historical connection between both nations and the geographical proximity between the colonies each country had in Africa. However, British and Portuguese imperial agendas could easily clash, as both London and Lisbon coveted the same areas of Africa. Hence, the initial and apparent cooperation rapidly evolved to a situation of

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Vasiliki, Papatheologou. "China's Engagement with Africa in Peace and Security." Journal of Economics and Business 2, no. 4 (2019): 1258–62. https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1992.02.04.165.

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Τhe Belt and Road is expanding and the need to provide security to the Chinese infrastructure projects (railways and sea roads) and to protect the interests of Chinese companies is growing. China’s growing engagement with Africa is increasing the need for a more pro-active Chinese role in African security and for further support to Africa for achieving a balance between security and development. China has increased involvement in the UN peacekeeping in Africa, peace and security cooperation has become of the most important pillars of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Ch

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Bagwandeen, Mandira. "Africa’s Railway Renaissance: Continental Aspirations vs. National Realities." African Studies Quarterly 22, no. 1 (2023): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/asq.22.1.135892.

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As per the African Union’s 2016 prescription, most new rail projects in Africa are greenfield standard gauge railways (SGR) that cost billions of dollars, which, if successfully implemented and well run, can offer better services than road transport. However, to be viable, SGR investments must have adequate freight traffic, provide reliable services, and charge much lower tariffs than the trucking industry. This means that SGRs will very likely have to be subsidized, which most African governments cannot afford to do. Based on the rail economics for SGRs, this article argues that it would be m

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Hogbin, Vanessa. "Railways, disease and health in South Africa." Social Science & Medicine 20, no. 9 (1985): 933–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(85)90349-1.

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Havenga, Jan Hendrik, Zane P. Simpson, Anneke de Bod, and Wessel Pienaar. "Rail benchmarking – new paradigms: a South African position." Corporate Ownership and Control 11, no. 1 (2013): 233–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i1c2art2.

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A benchmark of South Africa’s freight rail system confirms that South Africa’s export lines compare favourably globally, but that the general freight sector of the business lags in all key indicators, and there is no clear comparison as far as a rail reform agenda is concerned. Neither a path of deregulation, rationalisation, investment and efficiency, such as in North America, nor one of a development state – network growth and high relative employment, such as in the Russian, Indian and Chinese railways – has been followed in South Africa. These countries, geographically speaking, are signif

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Semenova, Nelli K. "CHINA'S FOREIGN ECONOMIC PROJECTS IN THE RAILWAY SECTOR." Eastern Analytics 13, no. 1 (2022) (2022): 48–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.31696/2227-5568-2022-01-048-066.

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China, long before the Belt and Road Initatve was announced, formed a strategic plan for the constructon of internatonal railways. Afer the Chinese government formally proposed a strategy for Chinese high‑speed rail to enter the overseas high‑speed rail market in 2009, the actvity of Chinese railway constructon contnues to grow. The PRC has accelerated the modernizaton of its internal railways and has created the world's most advanced high‑speed rail system. The unifcaton and standardizaton of the constructon process of high‑speed railways, rolling stock, infrastructure facilites and new techn

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Mnjama, Nathan M. "Railway records as sources of information for the study of Kenya history." African Research & Documentation 63 (1993): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305862x00016897.

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The history of Kenya is closely linked to the history of the railways. Although the reasons for the construction of this line were varied, one result of its construction was the rapid socio-economic development of Kenya which followed its completion in 1901. The railway's role in the socio-economic development of Kenya was perhaps best summed up by Sir Edward Grigg, the Governor of Kenya, in a speech to mark the official opening of the Uganda extension when he remarked:The results of this railway project of thirty years ago have exceeded the wildest dreams of its originators. By accident the r

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Wang, Guangsheng, Zhiyi Lei, Tong Yu, Cheng Zhang, Haijun Sun, and Jéssica Saturnino Sabino de Sousa. "Logistics Performance Evaluation in West Africa." Frontiers in Computing and Intelligent Systems 2, no. 1 (2022): 54–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.54097/fcis.v2i1.2967.

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With containerization and supply chains stimulating global trade each country has to apply measures and new strategies in order to maintain or develop a relevant position in this area. West Africa have now the support and financial power to reach their full potential. By betting in infrastructure reform and resource integration, West African countries might achieve the desired goal of construction, industrialization and a better layout of sea and airports that enables the interconnection of transportation infrastructures. Therefore, this thesis research focuses on the study and optimization of

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Volodina, M. A. "The Development of Railways on the African Continent: A Factor of International Cooperation or Competition?" Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law 17, no. 3 (2025): 201–24. https://doi.org/10.31249/kgt/2024.03.11.

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The progressive development of African societies directly depends on the formation of modern mechanisms for the progressive modernization of all spheres of public life on the African continent. Thus, the primary role on the path to modernization and development of Africa is given to infrastructure projects implemented by joint efforts of African states and international companies. The creation of transport corridors connecting several African countries is a priority for infrastructure projects. Such corridors are a kind of multimodal solution for solving several strategic tasks: the possibilit

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Pereira, Hugo Silveira. "The Camera and the Railway: Framing the Portuguese Empire and Technological Landscapes in Angola and Mozambique, 1880s–1910s." Technology and Culture 64, no. 3 (2023): 737–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tech.2023.a903971.

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abstract: Starting in the 1880s, Portugal invested in constructing railways in its African colonies, Angola and Mozambique. The aim was both to solidify Portuguese presence in territories disputed by other imperial nations and to facilitate exploration of the resources that imperial policymakers assumed existed in the colonial hinterland. To promote the perception that Portugal was an imperial nation, hundreds of photographs recorded the construction, inauguration, and operation of these new railways. Using a semiotics approach, this article analyzes photographs from various sources in Portuga

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ROGERSON, Christian M. "TRANSNATIONAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: AN EARLY EPISODE FROM COLONIAL SOUTHERN AFRICA." Revista Română de Geografie Politică 26, no. 1 (2024): 14–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.30892/rrgp.261102-374.

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Cross-border tourism marketing and promotion is a widely endorsed approach for encouraging regional tourism development. The aim in this paper is to uncover an early historical example of regional tourism development which occurred in colonial Southern Africa. Using archival sources the study pinpoints the contributions of publicity material produced by South African Railways for the promotion of tourism in the territories of colonial Zimbabwe and Mozambique. In encouraging international tourism to South Africa during the 1920s and 1930s there was an understanding that South Africa’s leading n

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Rogerson, Christian, and Jayne Rogerson. "Past Niche Tourism: The First Chapter of Mountain Tourism in South Africa." Studia Periegetica 45, no. 1 (2024): 23–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.58683/sp.1945.

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Mountain tourism enjoys a long history in many countries, much of which is unrecorded. This paper addresses one dimension of the neglected past of recreation and tourism in the Global South. The focus is on the development of mountain tourism as a form of niche tourism in South Africa. The paper contributes to the limited international historical scholarship on niche tourism. In addition, it extends the literature in South African tourism scholarship on tourism’s past, tourism history and the historical geographies of tourism. Using the limited extant literature and with primary archival sourc

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Kabanda, Umar. "Challenges of Capacity Building and Development from Chinas’ Aid Model; a Case Study of the East African Community Countries." Cross-Currents: An International Peer-Reviewed Journal on Humanities & Social Sciences 2, no. 1 (2016): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.36344/ccijhss.2016.v02i01.001.

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There is an increase of Chinese partnership to African development through loans and grants which are directed to African infrastructural development for capacity development. This development has been implemented on the continent through numerous constructions of infrastructural projects in the form of roads, railways, dams, installation of fibre wires across the East Africa community. This approach to development through aid for infrastructural development is opposed to the former colonial masters’ approach that based on capacity building in their former colonies with a focus of their contri

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Kabanda, Umar. "Challenges of Capacity Building and Development from Chinas’ Aid Model; a Case Study of the East African Community Countries." Cross-Currents: An International Peer-Reviewed Journal on Humanities & Social Sciences 2, no. 1 (2016): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.36344/ccijhss.2016.v02i01.001.

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There is an increase of Chinese partnership to African development through loans and grants which are directed to African infrastructural development for capacity development. This development has been implemented on the continent through numerous constructions of infrastructural projects in the form of roads, railways, dams, installation of fibre wires across the East Africa community. This approach to development through aid for infrastructural development is opposed to the former colonial masters’ approach that based on capacity building in their former colonies with a focus of their contri

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Dobler, Gregor. "The green, the grey and the blue: a typology of cross-border trade in Africa." Journal of Modern African Studies 54, no. 1 (2016): 145–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x15000993.

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AbstractWhat are the reasons for the extraordinary dynamism of many African border regions? Are there specificities to African borderlands? The article provides answers to these questions by analysing the historical development of African state borders’ social and economic relevance. It presents a typology of cross-border trade in Africa, differentiating trade across the ‘green’ border of bush paths and villages, the ‘grey’ border of roads, railways and border towns, and the ‘blue’ border of transport corridors to oceans and airports. The three groups of actors associated with these types of t

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Taleb, Wafaa. "China’s Economic Engagement in Africa: A Study of Neo-Colonialism vs. Development Partnership." Proceedings of the International Conference on Future of Social Sciences 1, no. 1 (2024): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.33422/icfss.v1i1.457.

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This study investigates whether China’s African engagement represents neo-colonialism or a mutually beneficial partnership. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, it analyses quantitative data on trade and investments alongside qualitative insights from interviews with African policymakers, business leaders, and civil society. The analysis focuses on trade volumes, investment trends, and the financial terms of Chinese loans and aid. Key findings reveal a significant increase in Sino-African trade, rising from $10 billion in 2000 to $200 billion in 2019, and Chinese investments surpassing $49 bill

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Pereira, Hugo Silveira. "Appropriation, Integration, and Nation Building: Portuguese Railways in the Second Half of the Nineteenth and Early Years of the Twentieth Century." Social Science History 45, no. 2 (2021): 391–416. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2021.4.

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AbstractIn 1850, after three decades of political turmoil, Portugal started investing in major public works, particularly, in the construction of a national railway network. This strategy followed closely the suggestions of the Saint-Simonian technocrats with whom Portuguese engineers had been engaging since the 1820s. Additionally, it came in response to the longtime neglect suffered by the Portuguese transportation system, which hindered communications and trade between different areas of the kingdom and with neighboring Spain. The main goal of the investment was to modernize the national tr

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Deych, T. L. "China in Africa: Neo-Colonial Power or “Win-Win” Strategy?" Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law 11, no. 5 (2018): 119–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.23932/2542-0240-2018-11-5-119-141.

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The article deals with China’s policy in Africa in the last decade. As the analysis shows, China is increasing steadily its presence in Africa, not only in the countries rich in resources, although the resources, especially oil, remain of particular importance for the Chinese economy, but also in the poor in natural resources and little attractive from the strategic point of view states. The author analyzes the features of China’s diplomacy on the continent, China-Africa trade relations, the activities of Beijing as a donor and investor in Africa. Special attention is paid to “One belt – one r

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Kosyanov, V. A. "African horizons of Russian science and education." Proceedings of higher educational establishments. Geology and Exploration, no. 6 (March 19, 2020): 5–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.32454/0016-7762-2019-6-5-10.

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Based on the results of the first Russia—Africa Summit and Economic Forum, priority areas of economic cooperation, according to which concrete results can be achieved in the coming years, were identified. These are modern and high-tech mining and processing of minerals, geological exploration, energy (including renewable energy sources), infrastructure development (specifically the construction of railways and housing), agriculture, digital technology, medicine, science and education. Cooperation between Russian universities and African countries occupies a special place. Currently implemented

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Rogerson, Christian M., and Jayne M. Rogerson. "historical perspective on niche tourism: recreational trout fishing in South Africa." Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, no. 63 (April 5, 2024): 121–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/bgss-2024-0009.

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Niche tourism is an important focus in current tourism scholarship. Although the international literature on niche tourism is relatively recent in origin it must be acknowledged that niche tourism is not a new phenomenon and that many types of niche tourism have a long history. The aim in this paper is to address a knowledge gap in current niche tourism literature by examining its under-researched past with a case study of recreational trout fishing in South Africa. Using archival sources this study documents the emergence of trout fishing in South Africa and gives historical insight into its

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LINDSAY, LISA A. "‘NO NEED...TO THINK OF HOME’? MASCULINITY AND DOMESTIC LIFE ON THE NIGERIAN RAILWAY, c. 1940–61." Journal of African History 39, no. 3 (1998): 439–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021853798007312.

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In 1950, a young man named Ayo Salako went to work for the Nigerian railway as a casual laborer. He hoped to be like his father, a locomotive driver who had worked for the railway from 1916 to his death thirty-four years later. Indeed, Ayo Salako became a successful railwayman, climbing the career ladder to locomotive driver, transferring to a number of different stations and retiring with a pension in 1987. Although the two generations of men both made long, continuous careers in railway employment, Ayo Salako was rather different from his father in terms of his domestic life. The elder Salak

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Gonzales, Michael J. "Chinese Plantation Workers and Social Conflict in Peru in the late Nineteenth Century." Journal of Latin American Studies 21, no. 3 (1989): 385–424. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022216x00018496.

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As the world capitalist system developed during the nineteenth century non-slave labour became a commodity that circulated around the globe and contributed to capital accumulation in metropolitan centres. The best examples are the emigration of millions of Asian indentured servants and European labourers to areas of European colonisation. Asians replaced emancipated African slaves on plantations in the Caribbean and South America, supplemented a declining slave population in Cuba, built railways in California, worked in mines in South Africa, laboured on sugarcane plantations in Mauritius and

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Ampwera, Meshach. "Infrastructure and Innovation: Emerging Priorities of EU and Chinese Aid in Africa." China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies 05, no. 04 (2019): 511–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s2377740019500295.

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The international development cooperation system has long revolved around the notion of a North-South divide and reflected much of the systemic imbalances in global economic relations. It aimed mostly at increasing official development assistance rather than tackling other key development issues like priority infrastructure and innovation capacity. Over the past decade, Africa has experienced rapid growth and rising global prominence, which has profound implications for global development cooperation on the continent. The European Union and China, two major contributors to African development,

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Thiombiano, Dramane, and Ahmet Yiğitalp TULGA. "A Sentiment Based Text Analysis of the Perception of Chinese Infrastructure Development in Africa: Cases from Nigeria and Ethiopia." International Journal of Social Science Studies 10, no. 1 (2021): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/ijsss.v10i1.5359.

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This paper investigates the perceptions of Africans on Chinese infrastructure development in Nigeria and Ethiopia. Using a sentiment-based text analysis methodology, this paper attempts to understand the perceptions and sentiments of Nigerians and Ethiopians on Chinese infrastructure projects. For this purpose, we choose Nigeria and Ethiopia as important destinations of Chinese investment in Africa. Africa is not only rich in natural resources; it also possesses a young population that makes the bulk of the working force. Despite its rapid GDP growth and growing urbanization, the continent is

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Blumenfeld, Wemakor, Azzouz, and Roberts. "Developing a New Technical Strategy for Rail Infrastructure in Low-Income Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia." Sustainability 11, no. 16 (2019): 4319. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11164319.

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Low-income countries (LICs) in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are investing in new railway lines to replace deteriorated infrastructure from the 19th and 20th century. These actions, despite financial and economic constraints, have been justified in common visions of continent-wide efficient networks to cope with the demands of growing populations. However, most of the recent rail infrastructure projects are driven by international suppliers’ preferences and financing rather than creating railways that match the requirements of interoperable regional networks. This paper therefore explores

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Money, Duncan. "Race and Class in the Postwar World: The Southern African Labour Congress." International Labor and Working-Class History 94 (2018): 133–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s014754791800011x.

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AbstractUnderstandings of class have often been highly racialized and gendered. This article examines the efforts of white workers’ organizations in Southern Africa during the 1940s to forge such a class identity across the region and disseminate it among the international labor movement. For these organizations, the “real” working class was composed of white men who worked in mines, factories, and on the railways, something pertinent to contemporary understandings of class.The focus of these efforts was the Southern African Labour Congress, which brought together white trade unions and labor

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Gordon, Mark L. "Community Participation Model for the Re-Electrification of Railways in South Africa and its possible impact on Youth Unemployment." Africa Journal of Technical and Vocational Education and Training 8, no. 1 (2023): 132–41. https://doi.org/10.69641/afritvet.2023.81167.

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This paper looks at Community Participation (CP) in large infrastructure projects particularly in South Africa directed at the South African rail network. In recent years there has been increased theft of railway infrastructure including the rail track equipment and overhead equipment. This paper firstly looks at the definition of the term CP and its importa nce especially when considering the current trends of youth unemployment, inequality and poverty in the region. Secondly the paper looks at the possible reasons for the theft of the rail infrastructure and possible areas of community invol

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Keno, Wasihun, and Janusz Szpytko. "Sustainable Transportation Corridors: Integrating Ports, Railways, and Green Logistics in the Horn of Africa." TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation 19, no. 1 (2025): 209–16. https://doi.org/10.12716/1001.19.01.24.

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Beena Banshiwal. "Issue of Corruption in South Africa: An overview." Universal Research Reports 11, no. 4 (2024): 410–15. https://doi.org/10.36676/urr.v11.i4.1562.

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Corruption in South Africa dates back to colonisation in 1652. Jan van Riebeeck, the Dutch East India company employee who was sent to colonise the Cape, got the job because he was given a second chance after he was fired for ignoring the company ban on using his office to pursue personal financial interests. “The period of Dutch rule he began, which lasted until 1795, was marked by tax evasion and corruption by public officials. Under British rule, which followed that of the Dutch, public spending was directed to serve private interests. The most prominent colonialist of the time, Cecil John

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Beena Banshiwal. "Issue of Corruption in South Africa: An overview." Universal Research Reports 12, no. 1 (2025): 555–60. https://doi.org/10.36676/urr.v12.i1.1562.

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Corruption in South Africa dates back to colonisation in 1652. Jan van Riebeeck, the Dutch East India company employee who was sent to colonise the Cape, got the job because he was given a second chance after he was fired for ignoring the company ban on using his office to pursue personal financial interests. “The period of Dutch rule he began, which lasted until 1795, was marked by tax evasion and corruption by public officials. Under British rule, which followed that of the Dutch, public spending was directed to serve private interests. The most prominent colonialist of the time, Cecil John

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Iraki, X. N. "Is Kenya Facing East or West: An Empirical Analysis." International Business Research 11, no. 12 (2018): 134. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v11n12p134.

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In the last two decades China&rsquo;s economic influence in Africa has increased espoused by huge investment in infrastructure like roads, railways, airports and seaports. This has led many scholars to suggest that Africa is facing East away from the traditional West. The Western influence had permeated into governance, education religion and even consumption. Of interest is if China has successfully displaced the west from Africa in such a short time. This study investigates if Africa, in particular Kenya has really faced East (read China). We expect economies near each other geographical

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Komakech, Robert Agwot, and Thomas Ogoro Ombati. "Belt and Road Initiative in Developing Countries: Lessons from Five Selected Countries in Africa." Sustainability 15, no. 16 (2023): 12334. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151612334.

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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become a household name for developing countries, especially in Africa. The BRI proposal by Chinese President Xi Jinping was positively received by many countries, including policymakers in China. In response, the Chinese Government committed to investing USD 1 trillion over ten years from 2013 to 2023. As a result, 152 countries signed a cooperation agreement with China to work under the BRI framework. The BRI has played a vital role in addressing the global infrastructures gap through the construction of modern highways, airports, high-speed railways, b

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Uys, Mia. "Private trading in African wildlife: Alwin Karl Haagner's directorship of and departure from South Africa's National Zoological Gardens, Pretoria (1913–1926) (W. T. Stearn Student Essay Prize 2023)." Archives of Natural History 51, no. 2 (2024): 215–33. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2024.0926.

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In 1926, Alwin Karl Haagner (1880–1962), resigned from his position as director of South Africa's National Zoological Gardens (NZG) in Pretoria after thirteen years of service and left the country. While it has long been rumoured that he was involved in private animal trading, historians have not critically analyzed what led to his departure, nor his time as zoo director. However, a close reading of the reports compiled after two Commissions of Enquiry (1924, 1926) that were appointed to examine private trading and the depositing of animals at the zoo, reveals two important historical findings

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Zhao, Shengbo, Junheng Qi, Dongxue Li, and Xingping Wang. "Land use change and its influencing factors along railways in Africa: A case study of the Ethiopian section of the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway." Journal of Geographical Sciences 34, no. 6 (2024): 1128–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11442-024-2242-y.

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Ali Abbas, Hussein, Manimangai Mani, Wan Roselezam Wan Yahya, and Hardev Kaur Jujar Singh. "The Different Types of Ethnic Affiliation in M. G. Vassanji's No New Land." Advances in Language and Literary Studies 8, no. 1 (2017): 60. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.8n.1p.60.

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Establishing a sense of affiliation to ethnicity is one of the most controversial issues for people who are displaced in countries that are far away from their motherland. The colonisation of the British over Asia and Africa in the nineteenth century resulted in the mass movement of Indian workers from India to Africa. These workers were brought in to build railways that connected the British colonies in East Africa namely Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. While the arrival of the Indian workers is considered as a kind of colonial practice, but their deportation in the post-independence years is se

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Decker, Julio. "Lines in the sand: Railways and the archipelago of colonial territorialization in German Southwest Africa, 1897–1914." Journal of Historical Geography 70 (October 2020): 74–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2020.09.002.

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DOYLE, SHANE. "POPULATION DECLINE AND DELAYED RECOVERY IN BUNYORO, 1860–1960." Journal of African History 41, no. 3 (2000): 429–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021853700007751.

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RAPID population growth is commonly depicted as one of the greatest problems facing modern Africa. For decades, the tendency of birth rates to exceed mortality rates has prompted predictions of land shortage, resource depletion and mass starvation. Underlying causes of high fertility are hypothesized to have been an unusually high demand for human agricultural labour, ‘traditional religious pronatalism’ and a ‘horror of barrenness’, while in some areas the later colonial period saw a shortening of the durations of post-partum sexual abstinence and lactation. Mortality decline from the 1920s is

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Chinnobaiah, Sandeep. "A Business Development Strategy for India's Rail Company Ircon in Expanding Businesses to Asia, Africa and Middle East." International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management 7, no. 4 (2016): 19–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijabim.2016100102.

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The Ircon is one of the key players in the market of transportation infrastructure development backed by Indian government and Indian railways. It has successful presence in various locations such as Malaysia, Algeria, Mozambique, Srilanka and India. The objective of the company is to expand globally to get lucrative projects simultaneously sustain competition locally and overseas. The idea is to devise a strategic marketing plan based on infrastructure spending data, location accessibility and market friendliness of the target market countries. The research design carried out was of comprehen

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Stein, Serena, and Marc Kalina. "Becoming an Agricultural Growth Corridor." Environment and Society 10, no. 1 (2019): 83–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ares.2019.100106.

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Agricultural growth corridors (AGCs) have begun proliferating across the actual and policy landscapes of southeastern Africa. Cast as an emerging megaproject strategy, AGCs combine the construction of large-scale logistics (i.e., roads, railways, ports) with attracting investment in commercial agribusiness and smallholder farming. While scholars have long attended to spatial development schemes in the Global South, literature on the rising AGCs of Africa’s eastern seaboard has only recently shifted from anticipatory to empirical studies as policy implementation reaches full force. The article

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Hrant, Abajyan, and Dechun Huang. "Future Impact of the New Silk Road." International Journal of Business, Economics and Management Works (ISSN: 2410-3500) 5, no. 12 (2018): 36–38. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2527938.

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The Chinese New Silk Road was developed and launched by President Xi Jinping in 2013. China designed the road with the aim of consolidating its role as an international power and also to address external and internal challenges that it faced. The road also referred to as the one belt, one road had the sole purpose of not only fostering trade with other countries but strengthening economic relations between China and its trade partners which included Europe and the Middle East. The Silk Road would integrate the markets and incorporate a variety of infrastructures such as airports, seaports, pip

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Shukra, Zahra Abdulhadi, Ying Zhou, and Lingling Wang. "An Adaptable Conceptual Model for Construction Technology Transfer: The BRI in Africa, the Case of Ethiopia." Sustainability 13, no. 6 (2021): 3376. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13063376.

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Unlike other developmental relationships, BRI is the most promising icon in transforming the construction industry and built environment in Africa; the infrastructure developments like highways, bridges, skyscrapers, and aviation take in advanced construction technologies, methods, and skills. However, the technological capability of Chinese construction firms is not transferred in the highest capacity to the host countries. Nevertheless, the main focus is on delivering modern railways, highways, and skyscrapers. Thus, this research aimed to propose an adaptable technology transfer model by id

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Wright, L. "Third World Express : trains and “revolution” in Southern African poetry." Literator 31, no. 1 (2010): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/lit.v31i1.34.

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This article examines political dimensions of the train metaphor in selected Southern African poems, some of them in English translation. Exploring work by Mongane Serote, B.W. Vilakazi, Demetrius Segooa, Phedi Tlhobolo, Thami Mseleku, Jeremy Cronin, Alan Lennox-Short, Anthony Farmer, Freedom T.V. Nyamubaya, Abduraghiem Johnstone and Mondli Gwala, the argument shows some of the ways in which the technological character of trains and railways is made to carry a message of political insurrection and revolution. The author shows that the political potential of the railway metaphor builds on the g

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