From investors to Do-it-All: Chinese Immigrants, their Activities and Local People's Perceptions in Tanzania, 1990s to the Present

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dc.contributor.authorMgaya, Edward Simon
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-31T11:55:32Z
dc.date.available2023-01-31T11:55:32Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionMain Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractSince the 1990s, there has been an unprecedented rise in the number of Chinese immigrants across Africa. In Tanzania, the influx of Chinese people forming social-economic clusters—‗Chinatowns‘ is springing. The new individual Chinese quest for achievement, necessitating new waves of migration to Africa, is not yet well researched. This paper examines this new trend as it manifests in the Tanzanian context. It looks at the motivation for Chinese migration to Tanzania, their networks, activities, and the local people‘s perceptions of those engagements. Using information gathered from surveys, and written and oral sources, the paper establishes that since the 1990s, Chinese migrants have increasingly turned from investors to engage in almost every small business they come across. Because of Tanzania‘s generally small local economies, these relatively new entrants to the market have undoubtedly caused mixed perceptions among the locals. While the Sino-African relationship is generally viewed positively by the Tanzanians, the Chinese residing in the country are perceived less positively, as exemplified by perceived hostility and rudeness from the Chinese migrants.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMgaya, E.S. (2022). From investors to Do-it-All: Chinese Immigrants, their Activities and Local People's Perceptions in Tanzania, 1990s to the Present. Journal of Sino-African Studies 1(1), 1-17en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5947
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Sino-African Studiesen_US
dc.subjectTanzania, China, Sino-Tanzania relations, migration, investmenten_US
dc.titleFrom investors to Do-it-All: Chinese Immigrants, their Activities and Local People's Perceptions in Tanzania, 1990s to the Presenten_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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