PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Taiwan in Africa: The Reversal of Political and Diplomatic Fortunes and the Possibility of a Resurgence in the Twenty-First CenturySabella Ogbobode AbiddePART 1 TAIWAN IN AFRICA: THEN AND NOW1 Taiwan in Africa: The Early Years and Years of Developmental AssistanceSabella Ogbobode Abidde2 Taiwan-Africa Relations: Exploring the Changing TrendsFelix Kumah-Abiwu3 Imperialism and the Taiwan Question: The Tragedy of the United Nations and Africa's HelplessnessFelix O. U. OriakhiPART 2 DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION AND GEOPOLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS4 Taiwan's Overture to SomalilandWalters Samah5 Taiwan and Apartheid South AfricaCharmaine Preterms6 Taiwan's Non-Formal International Engagement in the Absence of Formal International RecognitionSiphamandla ZondiPART 3 ECONOMIC AND GEOPOLITICAL CONSIDERATION7 China-Taiwan Geoeconomic Competition for Diplomatic Recognition: Battling for the Soul of AfricaGorden Moyo8 Building Capacity in Africa: An Overview of Taiwan-African Relations, 1960--1971Alecia D. HoffmanIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors