China and East Africa

Preface: China and East Africa Ancient Ties and Contemporary Flows.

Chapurukha Kusimba



Part I: Ancient Ties



Chapter 1: The Emergence of Stone Tool Technology: A Comparative Study between Some Early Stone Age Assemblages in East Africa and China

Louis De Weyer

Chapter 2: Tracing Prehistoric Trade and Economic Links between the East African Coast and East Asia

Emmanuel K Ndiema

Chapter 3: Ancient Connections between China and East Africa

Chapurukha Kusimba

Chapter 4: The Biological and Cultural Identity of The Early Swahili Peoples of Coastal Kenya

Janet Monge, Allan Morris, Sloan Williams and Chapurukha Kusimba

Chapter 5: Incipient Globalization in First Millennium CE China and East Africa and China

Herman Kiriama

Chapter 6: Siyu Intertwined Exchange Networks from the Early Beginnings to the 15th Century

Ibrahim Busolo Namunaba

Chapter 7: Unravelling the Links between the Tanzania's Coast and Ancient China

Elgidius Ichumbaki

Chapter 8: Chinese Porcelain as Proxy for Understanding Early Globalization Between China and Eastern Africa

Tiequan Zhu and Chapurukha Kusimba

Chapter 9: The Sources of East African Chinese Longquan Celadon and Imitation Celadon

Min Wang, Tiequan Zhu, Khalfan Bini Ahmed and Chapurukha Kusimba

Chapter 10: The Consumption of Glass Beads in Ancient Swahili East Africa

Laure Dussubieux, Gilbert Oteyo and Chapurukha Kusimba



Part II: Contemporary Flows



Chapter 11: Six Hundred Years of Harmony: Comparing Zheng He's West Ocean Navigation with China's African Policy

Li Xinfeng

Chapter 12: Impacts of Chinese Influence in Contemporary East Africa

Angela Kabiru

Chapter 13: Becoming Mitumba: Transnational Secondhand Clothing Trade between China and Kenya

Boyang Ma

Chapter 14: The Potentials, Opportunities and Challenges of Underwater Cultural Heritage for Understanding Early Global Networks

Caesar Bita

Chapter 15: Opportunities and Challenges of Preserving Cultural Relics in a Globalized World

Zhan Changfa

Chapter 16: China and East Africa Ancient Ties and Contemporary Flows. A Critical Appraisal

Augustin F.C. Holl