The period from the 1990s has witnessed rapidly bourgeoning Sino-Africa ties, even though ties between them are not new. This is an interdisciplinary course intended to study the historical, economic, cultural, military, and political relations between the People’s Republic of China and independent Africa. Employing a miscellany of primary source documents and secondary sources, the course will explore these interactions between China and Africa. We shall be particularly interested in a number of pertinent questions, including, does present-day Chinese engagement in Africa amount to a “new scramble for Africa” or “neo-imperialism”? Is China a hegemonic power in Africa? What are the implications of the “Beijing Consensus”, and how has China’s embrace of market reform in the 1980s changed her economic and ideological ties with Africa? This course also investigates the nascent role of Chinese companies and businesses in a fast-developing Africa. The goal is to augment students’ comprehension of the dynamics of China-Africa relations in a progressively globalized world.