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This book critically analyses the ways in which Africa has shifted from the periphery of global trade, international relations and politics to the centre of the world stage because of its existing and potential economic prowess and purchasing power that the continent has to offer.

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Introduction: South-South Cooperation: Africa on the Centre Stage; R.Modi PART I: THE CONCEPT, HISTORY AND MOVING FORWARD South-South Development Cooperation: a Contemporary Perspective; F.Simplicio South-South Cooperation: What Prospects for a New Bandung Consensus?; F.Cheru Traces of the Past, Fragments for the Future: South-South Cooperation in the Indian Ocean; N.Bertz PART II: ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION Food Security and South-South Cooperation; A.Aderinwale & A.Sanusi The BRICs and Africa: Emerging Markets and South-South Cooperation; S.B.Bhattacharya Healthcare of Africans in India; R.Modi Challenges and Opportunities of Regional Trading Agreements in Africa; C.Patel India´s Economic Engagement with Sudan since 1990s: Search for Energy Security and Beyond; S.Sadasivan PART III: SOCIO-POLITICAL CONTEXT OF SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION South Africa and India as Regional Leaders in the Global South; K.Smith Social Protection Lessons from SADC for the Global South; M.Olivier & A.Govindjee Civil Society in Africa: Perspectives on the Expanding Engagement with Southern Partners; S.Naidu India, Africa and the IOR-ARC: Potential for Collaboration; S.Shekhawat

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"The book is a valuable contribution to literature because there are very limited books that are written specifically for the issue of South-South Cooperation. ... the book is enriched with examples that clearly define the discussed concepts and comments. Moreover, the book gives a great place to the international and regional institutions in the context of South-South Cooperation, and it is very crucial in this globalized world that the role of the institutions is not denied." (Yagmur Ersan, Turkish Weekly, turkishweekly.net, December, 2015)

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