In part two of a six part series for the Ugandan Observer, grant-recipient Benon Herbert Oluka travels to Kenya, where students have already embraced Mandarin Chinese. After completing her bachelor’s degree in international relations at the United States International University… Continue Reading
Several countries around Africa are reacting to China’s growing influence in different ways, including by introducing the teaching of the Chinese language. In part I of this six-part series published in The Observer , Benon Herbert Oluka examines China’s increasingly… Continue Reading
Thousands of Africa’s best and best-connected students have been lured to Chinese universities with free degrees, luxurious accommodation and generous monthly allowances. Thousands more will follow in what is an immense and sustained attempt to repair China’s reputation and expand… Continue Reading