RT: China and the United States are engaged in an ongoing rivalry for influence in Africa. Who do you think will emerge as the dominant player? BO: I think even if you look right now, China’s influence is greater in Africa, especially from the economic side. The US does roughly about 85 billion dollars a year in trade with Africa; China does 200 billion dollars in trade with Africa. So China is already dominating the continent economically, and I think that influence will only deepen.Economic colonialism? The "real" neocolonialism discussed by Nkrumah?
(17 years of informed commentary)