This article proposes a comparative reading of two short stories, whose authors benefited from the network built around the prestigious Caine Prize : « The Sale » by Tendai Huchu (Zimbabwe, 2012) and « The Road Workers of Chalbi » by Dalle Abraham (Kenya, 2015). The two short stories exhibit important thematic and formal differences : one is set in contempo rary times and describes the relationships of Kenyan villagers and Chinese workers, characterised by an obsessive fear of rape ; the other projects itself into a distant future to imagine « the sale » of Zimbabwe to a Sino-American capitalist empire. In spite of these diverging narrative options, the two short stories nevertheless paint a similar portrait of Chinafrica, which can also be found in the pages of the Black Panther comic book scenarized by Reginald Hudlin : in this respect, they are part of what could be called a literary geopolitics, featuring at least three decisive actors – China, Africa, and the West (Europe and America).