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Abstract

CONTENTS

1. Analyzing Foreign Direct Investment Disparities in Africa:
A Regional Perspective: Jyoti Gupta & A. S. Yaruingam....................

2. Geocultural Collaboration of Africa-Brazil and Mutual
Development under BRICS: Suresh Kumar & Parma
Khannawalia ........................................................................................

3. Handicrafts as Cultural and Economic Soft Power: A
Comparative Study of India and Africa: Gajendra Singh
and Abhishek Kumar............................................................................

4. Africa and Asia: Cultural Sisters, Cooperation Strangers:
Up to the 21st Century: Etuk Akaninyene Ufot and Ihuoma
Chinonso ..............................................................................................

5. Heal-Stream Diplomacy: Reciprocal Circulation of
traditional healing systems between Indian and Africa:
Rashmi Kapoor ....................................................................................

6. India-Namibia Linkages: Partnering in Uranium Sector:
Sandipani Dash and Anubha Srivastava...............................................

7. Role of Indigenous Knowledge in the Afro Indian Siddi
Communities‘ Health System: An Interface between
Tradition, Spirituality, and Medicine: Manish Karmwar
and Anushka Srivastava .......................................................................

8. Foreign Direct Investment Flows in African Economics: A
Bibliometric Analysis: Manoj Kumar Sinha and Manish....................

9. Decentralization in Democratic Republic of Congo:
Constitutional Provisions and Constitutional Reality:
Pravin Kumar Jha and Aabhankita.......................................................

10. Smiling Through the Blues: Hughes‘ Simple Tales of
Complex Truths: Geeta Rani................................................................

11.From Aid Conditionality to Development Partnership:
India‘s Lines of Credit in East Africa and the Politics of
South-South Cooperation: Hajari Lal Bairwa and Tannu
Kumar Meena.......................................................................................