Khan Mohammad, Guive (19..-....)

He holds a master’s degree in Development Studies from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. His master’s thesis focused on the Chinese presence in West Africa. He is currently working as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

His PhD research interests are related to the arrival of Chinese goods in Africa, with special attention to West African transnational traders and state–business relationships in Africa. He has published a number of papers, such as “ The Chinese Presence in Burkina Faso : A Sino-African Cooperation from Below ” in The Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, or “ The Revolution of Chinese Goods in Africa: Mass Consumption and New Material Culture ” (with Prof. A. Kernen) in Politique Africaine.