China's Relations with Africa: A New Era of Strategic Engagement David H. Shinn and Joshua Eisenman. New York: Columbia University Press, 2023. xx + 484 pp. $35.00; £30.00 (pbk). ISBN 9780231210010

China's Relations with Africa: A New Era of Strategic Engagement provides a thorough analysis of China's extensive and growing political and security relations with Africa.It charts China's largely successful efforts to expand its influence on the continent by cultivating networks of relationships with African officials.In so doing, China's engagement with Africa helps to position Beijing as a leader in the Global South and an alternative to Western liberal democracy.This comprehensive text on China's political and security relations with Africa is an extremely timely and important addition