Mapping International Student Mobility Between Africa and China

Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
1 The Dawn of an Era?: Globally Mobile African Students and China
	Introduction
	Shifting Sino-African Relations
	China as a Migration Destination
	South-South Mobility and Migration Theory
	Conceptualising International Educational Migration
	Macro-theoretical Explanations as an Accompaniment to the Theory of Practice
	Postcolonial Theory
	World-Systems Theory
	The Study
	A Focus on Africa
	Synopsis of the Book
	References
2 International Student Mobility in a Changing World
	Mobility Between the West and ‘the Rest’
	Factors Driving International Student Mobility from ‘the Rest’ to the West
	Stratification of International Student Flows and the World Economy
	How Power Is Mirrored in the Discourse of Periphery/Semi-periphery-core Mobility
	A Public Diplomacy Rationale
	Conclusion
	References
3 Pre-mobility Life-Worlds: Who Is on the Move?
	Disadvantaged Students: International Mobility Against the Odds
	Middle-Class Students: Mobility Within the ‘Field of the Possibles’
	Conclusion
	References
4 Strategising and Spontaneity in Mobility Decision-Making
	Introduction
	Scholarship Provision
	Disadvantaged Students: ‘It Is Always Difficult for Us to Realistically Think that We Can Go and Study Abroad’
	Involuntary Mobility: Eritrean Scholarship Holders
	Middle‐Class Students Leveraging Africa-China Power Asymmetries
	Social Elites: Taking Advantage of Chinese Public Diplomacy Efforts
	Conclusion
	References
5 Experiences in China: Getting on, Getting Out?
	Crossing International Borders: How Do Students’ Pre-mobility Lives ‘Travel’ with Them?
	China as a Destination for International Migrants
	Academic Experiences
	Social Silo-ing: Social Experiences in China
	The Social Networks of Middle-Class Students
	Conclusion
	References
6 Post-graduation Plans: Navigating Global Regimes of Mobility
	Introduction
	Returnees
	Obligations at Home
	Starting a Business in China with Plans to Return Home in the Future
	China as a ‘Stepping Stone’ to Other Countries
	Conclusion
	References
7 Concluding Thoughts: The Future of Africa-China Student Mobility
	Structural Factors in Migration
	Challenging Axioms Within Research on International Student Mobility
	The Future of International Student Mobility Between Africa and China
	Future Directions for Research on Africa-China Student Mobilities
	References