A Southern rising: partnership and power in Brazil’s Africa agenda

The scramble for Africa has begun among the BRIC countries, but Brazil has so far managed to keep intact its reputation as developement partner and equal.

Brazil is neither obsessed with the natural resources of African countries, nor preoccupied by other forms of conditionality.

Partnership and power

However, economic expansion and Brazilian longing for a higher international profile are challenging this model, argue senior researcher Ivan Briscoe and researcher Timo Peeters in their article A Southern rising: partnership and power in Brazil’s Africa agenda.