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Spécialisée sur le commerce et les commerçants ouest-africains, le secteur informel au Sénégal et la mobilité des Subsahariens dans l’espace Sahara-Sahel, plus particulièrement sur les phénomènes de translocalité et de sociabilité, elle travaille depuis 2011 sur les interactions entre les petits entrepreneurs chinois et africains et les changements induits par la présence chinoise au Sénégal au sein d’un groupe de recherche à GIGA : « Entrepreneurial Chinese Migrants and Petty African Entrepreneurs: Local Impacts of Interaction in Urban West Africa (Ghana and Senegal) » puis « West African Traders as Translators Between Chinese and African Urban Modernities » http://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/team/marfaing

Her thesis examines the globalization process of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Ghana. In the research area of China and Africa relations, she has published articles related to the Chinese SOEs globalization, social mobility and social adaptations of Chinese migration.

Editor of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, has been studying Chinese migration and issues of socio-economic change in China since the late 1980s. Focusing on the social and economic interaction between Chinese entrepreneurial migrants and African actors in Africa as well as on Chinese-African encounters in China since 2010, he has been Principal Investigator for the research projects “Entrepreneurial Chinese migrants and petty African entrepreneurs: Local impacts of interaction in urban West Africa” (2011-13) and “West African traders as translators between Chinese and African urban modernities” (2013-17) funded by the German Research Foundation DFG.

Born in Bafou (Cameroon). At 10, he watched for the first time Bruce Lee’s and started practicing Wushu in High School. He got a master in management and was exceptionally admitted into the Shaolin Temple. Later he successfully got a degree in Wushu, at the Sport University of Beijing.

He got the certification of International Jud and referee, and Wushu expert. DMS is presently the first Black and fourth foreigner to be designated as member of the Shaolin Temple of the 34th generation called SHI YAH MAI. From 1998 to 2005, he won many medals during Wushu international competitions in Asia, Europe and Africa. He also devotes himself to passing on his know-how in coaching and training. He participated in action films as an actor, a stuntman and choreographer for scenes which involve bouts.

He fluently speaks Chinese, English, French and Bamileke dialect. DMS is also a Businessman, currently the Vice-President of the Federation of Investors China-Africa and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DMS International Group. On a regular basis, DMS holds conferences and seminars about his unusual background and experiences in universities and international forums . In 2012, Dominique Saatenang created a troupe of artists under the name of “Shaolin Black and White”.