Africa is like a woman disappointed in love who feels overvalued by the next man that SAYS he loves her but may not be the real deal. Now, with racist attacks against Africans in China, African leaders now see China is no better than the West but are just after their own interest

Our leaders must develop a worldview (global strategic intent). The economic conquest of Africa is part of the Chinese worldview as a rising global power, but what is our worldview in our relationships with China? Have we exchanged one colonialism for another?

Africa can only rise on the basis of an endogenous worldview as I have argued in Emerging Africa. One that understands the dynamics of globalization and resolves to be largely self-sufficient without being isolationist. One that can become part of the productive value chain of

the goods of globalization, a factory, not just a markets for Chinese goods or any other. But this requires sophisticated economic thinking and policy, not just knee-jerk, ad Hoc economic nationalism that fails to address the real fundamentals.

For a full discussion of Africa-China relationship dynamics and Africa’s path to economic prosperity I invite you to read my book Emerging Africa:How the Global Economy’s Last Frontier Can Prosper and Matter. Available on http://Amazon.com  or http://Bookcraftafrica.com