Black Ghosts : A Journey Into the Lives of Africans in China

EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023: TRAVELChina today is a land of opportunity for African people blocked from commerce with most of Europe and Northern America.It is also an intersection of racism and prejudice. Noo Saro-Wiwa goes in search of China's 'Black Ghosts', African economic migrants in the People's Republic.Living in clustered communities, they are key to the trade between the continents.Her fascinating encounters include a cardiac surgeon, a drug dealer, a visa overstayer and men married to Chinese women who speak English with Nigerian accents.This is a story of intersecting cultures told with candour and compassion, focusing on the shared humanity between the sojourner and their hosts.