amane G Thiombiano Editor

Sabella O. Abidde is a professor of political science and a member of the graduate faculty at Alabama State University. He holds a BA in international relations and an MSC in educational administration from Saint Cloud State University Minnesota, an MA in political science from Minnesota State University Mankato, and a Ph.D. in African Studies, World Affairs, Public Policy and Development Studies from Howard University. He has edited and co-edited several volumes including Xenophobia and Nativism in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean (Routledge, 2023). Professor Abidde is a Lifetime member of the African Studies and Research Forum (ASRF), the American Association for Chinese Studies (AACS), the Midwest Association for Latin American Studies (MALAS); and the Association of Global South Studies (AGSS) and currently serves as its VP/President Elect. Prof. Abidde is a 2023 MOFA Taiwan Fellow and a 2024 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow.

Dramane G. Thiombiano is from Burkina Faso, West Africa. He is an Assistant Professor at the National Yun-Lin University of Science and Technology. He previously taught at the International Master Program in Asia-Pacific Affairs at National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where he earned his master’s (2010) and Ph.D. (2016). His research interests include Entrepreneurship, emerging market analysis, China and Africa relations, Taiwan’s political economy, cross-strait relations, and Taiwan-Africa relations. His most recent publications are: “The Beijing Consensus versus the Washington Consensus in Africa: why is the Chinese Model Gaining Ground in Africa?” (Sun Yat-sen Journal of Humanities, 2016), “The Impact of China on the Agency and negotiating power of African countries: Cases of Angola and Niger” (African Journal of Political Science and International Relations, 2020); and “A Sentiment Based Text Analysis of the Perception of Chinese Infrastructure Development in Africa” (International Journal of Social Science Studies, 2022).