While the West focuses on using fewer resources, the BRIC countries – among others – are sucking in more and more to feed their booming economies. This is driving South-South trade and creating new flows of commodities and capital goods out of and into sub-Saharan Africa. Oliver O'Connell examines Africa's role in South-South trade. While the West focuses on using fewer resources, the BRIC countries – among others – are sucking in more and more to feed their booming economies. This is driving South-South trade and creating new flows of commodities and capital goods out of and into sub-Saharan Africa. Oliver O'Connell examines Africa's role in South-South trade. While the West focuses on using fewer resources, the BRIC countries – among others – are sucking in more and more to feed their booming economies. This is driving South-South trade and creating new flows of commodities and capital goods out of and into sub-Saharan Africa. Oliver O'Connell examines Africa's role in South-South trade.