Includes bibliographical references and index.

The new scramble, geography and development -- Old economic power interests and strategies in Africa -- Chinese interests and strategies in Africa / with Ian Taylor -- Other new economic power interests and relations with Africa -- Driving the global economy: West African and Sahelian oil -- The scramble for land: the Ugandan case / with David Taylor -- Powering and connecting the global economy through conflict: uranium and coltan -- Furnishing and feeding the world? Timber, biofuels, plants, food and fisheries -- The Asian scramble for investment and markets: evidence and impacts in Zambia / with Godfrey Hampwaye -- Can Africans unscramble the continent? -- Conclusion: the new scramble in perspective.