The New Yorker: Nigeriatown

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Nigeriatown

February 9, 2009

In this issue of the magazine, Evan Osnos writes about African merchants living in China. Here, Osnos narrates an audio slide show about the economic, social, and religious life of African migrants in Guangzhou. With photographs by David Hogsholt.

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The Chinese Dream
February 9, 2009

In this issue, Evan Osnos writes about African merchants in China. Here he talks about the traders who flock to the Chocolate City neighborhood of Guangzhou, and how these migrants—and the election of Barack Obama—are changing Chinese ideas of race.

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