1st Edition

Africa and Europe Issues in Interregional Relations in 21st Century Africa

224 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book discusses the interregional relationship between Africa and Europe. It examines various issues and dynamics in the relationship including trade, migration, regional integration and organisations, conflict, peace and security, culture, education, technology and innovation, as well as partnerships between African academic institutions and EU member states or state agencies, and with... Read more

Part 1: Framing Africa-EU Relations

1. Africa and Europe: Selected issues in interregional relations

Christopher Changwe Nshimbi

2. The constraints of deeper regional economic integration: International experiences of the 19th and 20th centuries

Benard Yvars

3. Conceptual foundations of Africa-EU relations

Christopher Changwe Nshimbi

Part 2: Selected Issues in Africa-EU Relations

4. Rethinking regional security management in Africa: Insights from ECOWAS and SADC in the 21st Century

Ayodele S. Owolabi

5. Integration in East Africa and prospects for free trade in Africa: Lessons from history for Africa-EU relations

Peter Kipng’eno Kirui

6. Deradicalizing Africa-EU relations through partnership in the 21st century: “Look at us differently, as partners rather than paternalists”

Leon Mwamba Tshimpaka

7. The African Continental Free Trade Area: The Springboard for a better AU-EU Partnership

Gallous Atabongwoung

8. Africa-EU mandate on protecting African women migrant workers: Prospects for AfCFTA?

Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo and Zainab Monisola Olaitan

9. Overcoming internal African hurdles for the success of AfCFTA and Africa-EU relations: A Socio-Cultural Approach

Isaac Mhute

10. Africa-EU cooperation in research and higher education for societal development: Lessons from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Programme in Tanzania

Hezron Makundi

11. Global governance and governance of natural resources in Africa

Inocent Moyo and Simphiwe Lindinkosi Gcina Ricardo Xulu

Part 3: Conclusion

12. Concluding reflections

Inocent Moyo

Biography

Christopher Changwe Nshimbi is SARChI Research Chair in the Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region, Director of the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), and Full Professor in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Leon Mwamba Tshimpaka is a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the SARChI Chair in the Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region (PEMS) at the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Inocent Moyo is a Full Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and Acting Deputy Dean of Research, Innovation and Internationalisation in the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering at the University of Zululand, South Africa.