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Vlog: How Africans in China Challenge Stereotypical Views on African Migration

by Eric Olander

Hong Kong-based Lingnan University Assistant Professor Roberto Castillo, one of the world’s foremost scholars on the African diaspora in China, published a new vlog that previews a number of the key themes featured in his upcoming book on the topic.

Castillo challenges many of the prevailing stereotypes about the African population in China, contending that so much of what people believe is shaped by warped U.S. and European perceptions of race, migration, and African identity.

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