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Yijie Zou

Grant Type

Dissertation Fieldwork Grant

Institutional Affiliation

William and Mary, College of

Grant number

Gr. 10252

Approve Date

October 7, 2021

Project Title

Zou, Yijie (William and Mary, College of) "Chinese Speed, African Time, and Freedom: A Study of Time, Value, and Labor among Chinese Entrepreneurs in Ghana‍ "

This project focuses on the relationships between time, value, and labor in the frontier economy under contemporary Ghana-China connections. Since the 2000s, the influx of Chinese capital and labor into Ghana opened up a new economic frontier in the coun