Destination Africa : contemporary Africa as a centre of global encounter Destination Africa : contemporary Africa as a centre of global encounter Mayke Kaag Guive Khan Mohammad and Stefan Schmid Indian educators in Ethiopa : from brothers in faith to commercial recruits Sophia Thubauville Dilemmas of egalitarianism : development workers from the two German states and inequalities in socialist Tanzania Eric Burton New actors in Africas higher education landscape : Malaysias branch campuses and their motivation to enter the African market Alexandra Samokhvalova Leadership Danwei and asymmetrical attentiveness : work relations at a Chinese educational farm in Zambia Di Wu Hierarchies of values and Asian consumer goods in Cameroon Ute Röschenthaler KAAY FECC! (Come dance!) Economic cultural and emotional flows in sabar dance tourism (Senegal Europe) Alice Aterianus Owanga Estamos Juntos E Misturados! Intercultural translation between Mozambican and Brazilian students Miriam Ocadiz Arriaga Chinese motorcycle companies in Burkina Faso : a success subject to African agency Guive Khan Mohammad Lions Clubs in Africa : a Travelling model and its appropriation for the creation of a Pan African network Jean Frédéric de Hasque Cameroons Kribi Deep Seaport construction project : between state ownership and tendencies of extraversion Fabien Nkot and Gérard Amaugou. This work challenges received ideas of Africa as a marginal continent and place of exodus by considering the continent as a centre of global connectivity and confluence. Flows of people goods and investments towards Africa have increased and diversified over recent decades. In light of these changes the contributions analyse new actors in such diverse fields as education trade infrastructure and tourism. They show the historicity of many current mobilities towards Africa and investigate questions of agency and power in shaping encounters between Africans and others in Africa today. In this way the volume contributes significantly to debates on Africas position in global mobility dynamics and provides a firm basis for further research