China Goes to Africa

China Comes to Africa trade between China and Africa has mushroomed to over $106 billion. In a new book, La Chinafrique (ital) photographer Paolo Woods explores the economic,
Paolo Woods

Lagos, Nigeria
Jacob Wood, left, arrived in Nigeria at the end of the 1970s and began to build an industrial empire that today includes 15 factories and more then 1600 workers. Wood is an official adviser to the president and is now a local "chief."

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