Sunday, October 2, 2016

The Murder of Thomas Sankara

by Leo Zeilig

AFRICA IS A COUNTRY - October 15, 2015

To say that Thomas Sankara was isolated is a dreadful understatement. It was his very political exclusivity that generated the total separation from organisations, groups, parties and trade unions who could have supported his initiatives and defended the ‘revolution’ against the military. By 1987 Sankara was only really vulnerable to counter-coups from within the military. Opposition, under his instructions, had been marginalised or worse, and resistance inside the unions and among the broader radical left suppressed.  The counter-coup in October 1987 was ruthlessly planned and executed. Sankara’s was – with only a small militant core by his side – exceptionally exposed. In the morning of 15 October, 1987 he had discussed the situation facing the regime with Valère Somé, his advisor and comrade, at the presidential residence. His recent biographer Ernest Harsch takes up the story, ‘That afternoon, Sankara had a scheduled meeting with his small team of advisers. They gathered about 4:15 p.m. at the old Conseil de l’Entente headquarters, which for some time had served as an office of the National Conseil national de la révolution (CNR). The meeting was under way for only a brief time when shooting erupted in the small courtyard outside, around 4:30 p.m. or shortly after. Sankara’s driver and two of his bodyguards were the first to be killed. Upon hearing the gunfire, everyone in the meeting room quickly took cover. Sankara then got up and told his aides to stay inside for their own safety. “It’s me they want.” He left the room, hands raised, to face the assailants. He was shot several times, and died without saying anything more. If his exit from the room was intended to save his comrades inside, it failed. The gunmen, all in military uniform, entered the meeting room and sprayed it with automatic weapons fire. Everyone inside was killed, except for Alouna Traoré.’ Sankara’s brief unwavering ‘revolutionary’ moment was over.

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Thursday, September 8, 2016

Turkey’s little-known Africans

While Turkey is home to many ethnic minorities, this community often attracts immediate attention, particularly in the wake of the recent refugee crisis.

By Alev Scott

BBC - 8 September 2016

In the sleepy village of Naime, 60km southeast of the Aegean port of Izmir, a woman who claims to be 106 years old was trying to remember the founding of the Turkish Republic in 1923.  Dressed in baggy shalvar trousers, Hatice was huddled on a bench under the vine-covered veranda of her tiny house, her movements slow in the intense June heat. She squinted into the middle distance: “Yes, lots of drumming and trumpets.”  Hatice’s 93-year-old memories were understandably vague, but then, something else occurred to her.  “Atatürk freed my father. He was a free man after the Republic.” Hatice is the proud possessor of a Turkish ID card, but her parents were not. She knows very little about her family’s roots, only that her ancestors were among the hundreds of thousands of slaves brought from the East African coast to the Ottoman Empire in the late 1800s. Little knowledge of this African heritage remains; Hatice speaks only Turkish, and seemed irritated by my questions about her family history, most of which she could not answer. She could tell me that her parents were only freed in 1924 after the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, established laws of equal citizenship in the new republic’s constitution.

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Thursday, June 9, 2016

In The Future, ‘Made In China’ Could Become ‘Made In Africa’

Thanks to Beijing’s economic transition, Africa has a chance to pick up some of the industrial production now leaving China.

The Huffington Post - 06/08/2016

There’s a pretty good chance that some of the clothes you’re wearing, the shoes on your feet and even the device you’re using to read this were made in China. Even as its economy slows, China remains the world’s factory, churning out billions of dollars every year of goods. The government, though, wants to change this, which could be a huge opportunity for countries like Ethiopia — and the continent of Africa as a whole.
As China transitions its economy from manufacturing to services, some 85 million jobs will be up for grabs as a lot of that industrial production looks for a new home. Ethiopia, for its part, is aggressively positioning itself as a destination for some of that Chinese manufacturing.
Ethiopia, and Africa in general, may be a tough sale for manufacturers who are always looking to keep costs as low as possible. Compared to regions like Southeast Asia, where most of the outbound Chinese manufacturing is going, Ethiopia’s infrastructure is less developed, its workforce is less educated and its supply chain networks are not as a robust.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Forgotten genocide: Namibia's quest for reparations - Herero and Namaqua Genocide

Namibia has set a deadline for Germany to respond to demands of reparations for colonial racial atrocities and genocide.

By Hisham Aidi

Al-Jazeera - 7/8/2015


On July 6, a delegation of Namibian leaders, lawyers, and heads of civic organisations, arrived in Berlin hoping to meet with German President Joachim Gauck, to present him with a petition signed by over 2,000 German public figures including members of the Bundestag, the German national parliament.
The document, titled " Genocide is Genocide ", called on the German government to accept "historical responsibility" for the genocide perpetrated against the Herero and Nama people over a century ago.
Germany ruled Namibia from 1884 to 1915.
In January 1904, inhabitants of Namibia, the Herero rose up against German rule, and the colonialists - deploying weaponry that would later be used in World War I - responded mercilessly.
It was in October 1904 that General Lothar von Throtha, the Reich's commander in German "South-West Africa", issued his infamous extermination order - to kill any Herero, armed or not, found within the borders of German colonial territory.
As the Herero fled into the desert towards Botswana, the German authorities sealed off the border. 

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BEST BOOKS ON AFRICAN STUDIES: The African Experience. Pearson. Vincent B. Khapoya. 2013

The African Experience. Pearson. Vincent B. Khapoya. 2013.  

The African Experience is the only interdisciplinary survey to examine this region of the world from geographic, linguistic, social, historical, and political perspectives.     Drawing on research from all of the social sciences, this text captures Africa in its complex totality. The African Experience helps students develop a comprehensive and critical understanding of Africa, one that allows them to grasp the region’s internal dynamics and its evolving place in the world.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
•    Chapter 1. The Continent and Its People (The African Experience)
•    Chapter 2. African Traditional Institutions (The African Experience)
•    Chapter 3. Political Development in Historic Africa (The African Experience)
•    Chapter 4. Colonialism and the African Experience (The African Experience)
•    Chapter 5. African Nationalism and the Struggle for Freedom (The African Experience)
•    Chapter 6. African Independence: The First Thirty Years (The African Experience)
•    Chapter 7. The African Struggle for Democracy and Free Markets (The African Experience)
•    Chapter 8. Africa in World Affairs (The African Experience)
•    Chapter-9 The Conditions of Decolonization (Modern Africa)

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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

BEST BOOKS ON AFRICAN STUDIES - Modern Africa: A Social and Political History By Basil Davidson





This book, revised and enlarged from its first edition, is primarily for students preparing for a variety of intermediate and senior level examinations in which a knowledge of the history of modern Africa is required.....
 









TABLE OF CONTENTS:
•    Chapter-1 The Early Years of the Twentieth Century (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-2 Colonial Africa: to 1930 (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-3 African Responses: to 1930 (Modern Africa)  
•    Chapter-4 Key Ideas for Progress (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-5 Colonial System and the Great Depression (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-6 The Second World War, 1939-1945 (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-7 Towards African Politics (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-8 Colonialism in Crises (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-9 The Conditions of Decolonization (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-10 Raising National Flags: North-East Africa (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-11 Libya and Maghrib (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-12 South of the Sahara: French Colonies (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-13 British West Africa: (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-11 Libya and Maghrib (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-12 South of the Sahara: French Colonies (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-13 British West Africa: (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-14 East and Central Africa: British Settler Colonies (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-15 In Other Empires: Belgian, Portuguese, Spanish (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-16 The 1980s: Unfinished Business (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-17 History Begins A New (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-18 Questions About National Stability (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-19 Questions About Development (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-20 Questions About Unity

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Africa at LSE Blog 5th Anniversary Reading List: 10 Must-Read Books on African Politics, Society and Economics

6 June 2016 is the five year anniversary of the launch of the Africa at LSE blog. To celebrate the occasion, LSE Review of Books recommends ten illuminating reads on African politics, society and economics. You may also like to check out ten recommended Africa at LSE blog posts to revisit, covering diverse topics such as Africa’s urban transition, the question of penalty shoot-outs in football and Mahatma Gandhi’s political awakening in South Africa. 

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Sunday, June 5, 2016

Next time someone says, “But Africans sold themselves into slavery!”, send this article to them

UHURU SOLIDARITY - 08 Sep 2014

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following except from pages 47-50 of Overturning the Culture of Violence, written by Penny Hess, Chairwoman of the African People’s Solidarity Committee and printed by Burning Spear Publications, debunks the cynical and anti-black argument that “Africans enslaved themselves.” This argument points to the presence of Africans who collaborated with the European slave masters and “sold” Africans to them in order to shift the responsibility for the slave trade off the shoulders of the European colonial slavemaster and onto the backs of the colonized and enslaved African.

Today, as the voice of the enslaved African community asserts itself in the world and lifts up the demand for reparations, the blame-shifting “African collaborator” argument can be seen gaining traction in universities and bourgeois historical publications, not as an historical argument but as a political defense against the legitimacy of the reparations demand. As an organization of white people working under the leadership of the African People’s Socialist Party to organize white people in solidarity with the African struggle for liberation and reparations, we in the Uhuru Solidarity Movement find it timely to publish this excerpt here:

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

BÖLGESEL SORUNLAR UAB 424 Afrika’da Toplum ve Siyaset - FINAL SINAVI - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Degerli Arkadaslar, 

ORTADOĞU’DA GÜNCEL SIYASET UAB 330 
Final sinaviniz 
SALI GUNU 
24 MAYIS 2016 TARIHINDE
SAAT 14:00 - 15:00 arasinda 
ONLINE olarak http://mudes.maltepe.edu.tr/lms/default.aspx  gerceklestirilecektir.

 SINAVI ALABILMENIZ ICIN ILK 10 DAKIKA ICINDE SISTEME GIRIS YAPMANIZ GEREKMEKTEDIR!
MUDES sistemini kullanabilmeniz icin kullanici adi ve sifresine sahip olmaniz gerekmektedir.
Coktan secmeli ve dogru/yanlis seklinde toplam 40 soruya bir saat icinde yanit vermeniz beklenmektedir. 
Final sinavi icin asagidaki okumalardan sorumlusunuz:
Daha onceki testlerden 20 soru
Asagidaki okumalardan 20 soru 
7. Bolum: Egitim ve Gelismislik Iliskisi: Misir Ornegi (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2)  
9. Bolum: Afrikali Yazarlarin Gozunde Hristiyan Misyonerler (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2)   
12. Bolum: Guney Afrika’da Endustri Iliskileri: Tarihsel Gecmis ve Apartheid Sonrasi Donusum (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2) 
13. Bolum: Sahra Alti Afrika’da Bir Devletcilik Mucizesi: 1994 Sonrasi Ruanda Ekonomisi (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2)   
14. Bolum: Dogu Afrika Ekonomileri (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2) 
17. Bolum: Afrika’ya Kalkinma Yardimi Politikalari: Turkiye ce Cin Ornekleri (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2) 
Eger ders ile ilgili herhangi bir sorunuz olursa, lutfen bana iletmekten cekinmeyin.

Tugrul Keskin
OFIS SAATLERI: Carsamba 13:00-16:30
Dersin Izlencesi/Programi

REGIONAL ISSUES IREU 424 AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS: FINAL EXAM - MALTEPE UNIVERSITY

Dear all,
You will take the final exam (REGIONAL ISSUES IREU 424 AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS) online on
May 26, 2016 between 10:00 - 11:00.
You will take the final exam at the following homepage:
In order to take this exam, you need to have User-ID and password. 

 SINAVI ALABILMENIZ ICIN ILK 10 DAKIKA ICINDE SISTEME GIRIS YAPMANIZ GEREKMEKTEDIR!
 
You will have 30 questions (multiple choice and true/false). 
15 questions from previous quizzes  and 15 questions from the following chapters: 
Chapter-11 Libya and Maghrib (Modern Africa) 
Chapter-12 South of the Sahara: French Colonies (Modern Africa) 
Chapter-13 British West Africa: (Modern Africa)
Chapter-14 East and Central Africa: British Settler Colonies (Modern Africa) 
Chapter-15 In Other Empires: Belgian, Portuguese, Spanish (Modern Africa)
Chapter-16 The 1980s: Unfinished Business (Modern Africa) 
Chapter-17 History Begins A New (Modern Africa) 
Chapter-18 Questions About National Stability (Modern Africa) 
Chapter-19 Questions About Development (Modern Africa) 
Chapter-20 Questions About Unity
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Best to all,
--
Tugrul Keskin
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 13:00-16:30
http://internationalstudiesandsociology.blogspot.com.tr/2016/02/course-syllabus-current-politics-in.html

Sunday, May 15, 2016

BÖLGESEL SORUNLAR UAB 424 Afrika’da Toplum ve Siyaset - HAFTA-14 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Degerli arkadaslar, 
 
HAFTA -14,  bu hafta icin kitaptan su bolumleri okuyunuz:
 
14. Bolum: Dogu Afrika Ekonomileri (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2) 
17. Bolum: Afrika’ya Kalkinma Yardimi Politikalari: Turkiye ce Cin Ornekleri (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2) 
 
Bu hafta icin su belgeseli izleyiniz:
 

 
GAZETE MAKALESI: Bu hafta RUSYA'NIN AFRIKA DIS POLITIKASI 
uzerine haber/makalesi getirebilirsiniz.
 
Eger ders ile ilgili herhangi bir sorunuz olursa, lutfen bana iletmekten cekinmeyin.

Tugrul Keskin
OFIS SAATLERI: Carsamba 13:00-16:30
Dersin Izlencesi/Programi
 

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

REGIONAL ISSUES IREU 424 AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS - Country Analysis Selection - MALTEPE UNIVERSITY

Simay Ozmen - Togo
Durusel Kurum – Mozambique
Basak Yoksun – Zimbabwe
Tugce Topcuoglu – Senegal
Mihrab Karamustafa – South Africa
Ecem Uzum - Madagascar

Yunus Kuloglu - Kenya 
Cansu Kalender - Tanzania  
Meltem Aybirdi - Angola 
Mehmet Gorkem Bal - Botswana

Analytical Paper: In this requirement, you will select a country and will critically analyze it based on our textbook. This paper should be at least 2000 words in length. You must provide a word count at the end of your paper. The paper is due on Sunday May 15th. Everyone will select a different country. Your selection must be approved and registered by me; therefore, you must contact me directly regarding your selection. The deadline for selecting/registering your country with me is Sunday, April 3rd. The deadline for submitting your review is Sunday May 22nd. Late submissions will not be accepted.

You will use the following format in your paper (Country Analysis):
1.     Introduction (At least 100 words)
2.     A Brief History of the country: Before WW I, (At least 500 words)
A Brief History of Colonialism in the country: Who colonized the country and how long did they stay……
3.     Social and Cultural Structure: Ethnicity, race, gender, population, education level, urbanization (At least 500 words)
4.     Political Structure: Independence, monarchy, dictatorship, parliamentary democracy, military rule…. (At least 400 words)
5.     Economic Structure: Foreign debt, World Bank influence, privatization, social welfare and health system …… (At least 400 Words)
6.     Future Trajectories and Conclusion (At least 100 words)

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

South Africa: Julius Malema Vows To Reclaim African Land From White Settlers

AFRICAN GLOBE - May 3, 2016

The leader of South Africa’s opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) movement has launched his party’s campaign for the upcoming local elections, promising to rescue citizens from poverty, unemployment and corrupt government.
Around 40,000 people turned up at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Saturday displaying massive support for fiery EFF leader Julius Malema’s promises to reclaim African land from white settlers without compensation and nationalise banks.
The huge turnout was a shot across the bows of the ANC, which failed to fill a similar stadium during the launch of its own manifesto in the coastal city of East London two weeks ago.
“We are not chasing the whites away. We are saying you have too much land. We want you here in South Africa, but 80 percent of the land belongs to us,” Malema told the crowd.
The white minority still holds the vast majority of farmland as well as a disproportionate share of the country’s wealth, and the EFF is capitalising on African discontent over the perceived lack of change under the ANC government since the end of apartheid 22 years ago.
Malema’s Campaign Promises
Malema, clad in the EFF’s signature red overalls and beret, made many promises from free land, water and electricity for the poor to flushing toilets in all homes as he campaigned ahead of municipal elections in August.
“We want Black communities to be like white communities,” he told the enthusiastic crowd.

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REGIONAL ISSUES IREU 424 AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS: Week-13 - QUIZ-5 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITY

Dear all, 
For the WEEK-13, you should read the following chapters before you come to the class:
 
•    Chapter-17 History Begins A New (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-18 Questions About National Stability (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-19 Questions About Development (Modern Africa)

PLEASE ALSO WATCH THIS MOVIE:
  What's behind South Africa's economic troubles?
 
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring the newspaper articles THURSDAY and I do not accept the newspaper articles by email.

FOR THE WEEK 13, please bring newspaper articles related with  
US FOREIGN POLICY AND  AFRICA
Other subjects will not be accepted.

QUIZ - 5: You will take the quiz-5 on THURSDAY. YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING READINGS:
•    Chapter 8. Africa in World Affairs (The African Experience) 
•    Chapter-8 Colonialism in Crises (Modern Africa) 
•    Chapter-9 The Conditions of Decolonization (Modern Africa) 
•    Chapter-10 Raising National Flags: North-East Africa (Modern Africa) 
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Best to all,
--
Tugrul Keskin
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 13:00-16:30
African Society and Politics
http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/ 

BÖLGESEL SORUNLAR UAB 424 Afrika’da Toplum ve Siyaset - HAFTA-13 - TEST-5 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Degerli arkadaslar, 
 
HAFTA -13  bu hafta icin kitaptan su bolumleri okuyunuz:

12. Bolum: Guney Afrika’da Endustri Iliskileri: Tarihsel Gecmis ve Apartheid Sonrasi Donusum (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2) 
13. Bolum: Sahra Alti Afrika’da Bir Devletcilik Mucizesi: 1994 Sonrasi Ruanda Ekonomisi (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2)
 
Bu hafta icin su belgeseli izleyiniz:
 Bi Dünya Yaşam - 2. Bölüm - TRT Belgesel
 
GAZETE MAKALESI: Bu hafta AFRIKA VE AMERIKAN DIS POLITIKASI 
uzerine haber/makalesi getirebilirsiniz.
 
TEST-5: SALI gunu yapilacaktir. Bu test icin asagidaki bolumlerden sorumlusunuz:

4.Bolum: Afrika’nin En Buyuk Ekonomisi ve Nufusu Nijerya’nin Baslica Problem ve Potansiyelleri (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2) 
5.Bolum: Bir Ulke Analizi Olarak Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyeti (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2)
6.Bolum: Afrika’da Buyuk Goller Bolgesi’nin Guvenlik Sorunlari ve Ucuncu Dunya Yaklasimlari (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2) 
 
Eger ders ile ilgili herhangi bir sorunuz olursa, lutfen bana iletmekten cekinmeyin.

Tugrul Keskin
OFIS SAATLERI: Carsamba 13:00-16:30
Dersin Izlencesi/Programi
 

Sunday, May 1, 2016

BÖLGESEL SORUNLAR UAB 424 Afrika’da Toplum ve Siyaset - HAFTA-12 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Degerli arkadaslar, 
HAFTA -12  bu hafta icin kitaptan su bolumleri okuyunuz:

7. Bolum: Egitim ve Gelismislik Iliskisi: Misir Ornegi (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2)  
9. Bolum: Afrikali Yazarlarin Gozunde Hristiyan Misyonerler (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2)
 
Bu hafta icin su belgeseli izleyiniz:
  Bi Dünya Yaşam - 1. Bölüm - TRT Belgesel
 
GAZETE MAKALESI: Bu hafta AFRIKA'DA KADIN VE ISCI HAKLARI uzerine haber/makalesi getirebilirsiniz.
Eger ders ile ilgili herhangi bir sorunuz olursa, lutfen bana iletmekten cekinmeyin.

Tugrul Keskin
OFIS SAATLERI: Carsamba 13:00-16:30
Dersin Izlencesi/Programi

REGIONAL ISSUES IREU 424 AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS: Week-12 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITY

Dear all,
For the WEEK-12, you should read the following chapters before you come to the class:

•    Chapter-14 East and Central Africa: British Settler Colonies (Modern Africa)  
•    Chapter-15 In Other Empires: Belgian, Portuguese, Spanish (Modern Africa)  
•    Chapter-16 The 1980s: Unfinished Business (Modern Africa)

PLEASE ALSO WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARY:
"The Trade Trap" Sub Saharan Africa Problems of Economic Development

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring the newspaper articles THURSDAY and I do not accept the newspaper articles by email.

FOR THE WEEK 12, please bring newspaper articles related with  
WOMEN AND WORKERS RIGHTS IN AFRICA
Other subjects will not be accepted.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Best to all,
--
Tugrul Keskin
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 13:00-16:30
African Society and Politics
http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/2016/02/course-syllabus-regional-issues-ireu.html

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Siyahım Afrikalıyım Türküm - trt belgesel


Bi Dünya Yaşam - 1. Bölüm - TRT Belgesel - AFRIKA

Burası Afrika. Cebelitarık'tan Ümit Burnu'na, Kızıldeniz'den Atlas Okyanusu'na insanoğlunun en eski yurtlarından biri. Hatta belki birincisi. Yaklaşık 1 milyar insan bu koca kıtada bugün modern hayatın getirdiği şartlar ve imkanlarla yaşıyor. Dünyanın her yerinde olduğu gibi. Ancak Afrika'nın istisnaları da yok değil.  Arap Yarımadası'nın karşısı Kızıldeniz boyunca Doğu Afrika olarak tanımlanıyor. Bilim insanlarının bir kısmı burada bulunan yüzbinlerce yıl öncesine ait kalıntıları yorumlayarak burayı insanlığın dünya üzerinde ilk ortaya çıktığı yer adlandırıyor.  Ve bugün Etiyopya'nın Omo Nehri vadisinde yaşayan bu kabile insanları atalarından aldıkları ilham doğrultusunda bize onları çağrıştıran yaşam tabloları sunuyor. Burada yalnızca sıradan bir şehir dışı doğası değil, dünyanın en özel doğal yaşam alanları birbiri ardınca sıralanıyor.

Bi Dünya Yaşam - 1. Bölüm - TRT Belgesel - AFRIKA

Bi Dünya Yaşam - 2. Bölüm - TRT Belgesel 

Thursday, April 21, 2016

REGIONAL ISSUES IREU 424 AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS: Week-11 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITY

Dear all,
For the WEEK-11, you should read the following chapters before you come to the class:
  
•    Chapter-11 Libya and Maghrib (Modern Africa)  
•    Chapter-12 South of the Sahara: French Colonies (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-13 British West Africa: (Modern Africa)


PLEASE ALSO WATCH THIS MOVIE:
The Stream - How China is changing Africa  
 
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring the newspaper articles THURSDAY and I do not accept the newspaper articles by email.

FOR THE WEEK 11, please bring newspaper articles related with  
NEOLIBERALISM IN AFRICA
Other subjects will not be accepted.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Best to all,
--
Tugrul Keskin
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 13:00-16:30
African Society and Politics
http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/2016/02/course-syllabus-regional-issues-ireu.html

BÖLGESEL SORUNLAR UAB 424 Afrika’da Toplum ve Siyaset - HAFTA-11 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Degerli arkadaslar, 
HAFTA -11  bu hafta icin kitaptan su bolumleri okuyunuz:

6.Bolum: Afrika’da Buyuk Goller Bolgesi’nin Guvenlik Sorunlari ve Ucuncu Dunya Yaklasimlari (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2) 
 
Bu hafta icin su belgeseli izleyiniz:
Ayna | Mozambik
GAZETE MAKALESI: Bu hafta AFRIKA'DA NEOLIBERALIZM uzerine haber/makalesi getirebilirsiniz.

Eger ders ile ilgili herhangi bir sorunuz olursa, lutfen bana iletmekten cekinmeyin.

Tugrul Keskin
OFIS SAATLERI: Carsamba 13:00-16:30
Dersin Izlencesi/Programi

Friday, April 15, 2016

BÖLGESEL SORUNLAR UAB 424 Afrika’da Toplum ve Siyaset - HAFTA-10 - TEST-4 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Degerli arkadaslar, 
 
HAFTA -10  bu hafta icin kitaptan su bolumleri okuyunuz:

5.Bolum: Bir Ulke Analizi Olarak Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyeti (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2)
 
Bu hafta icin su belgeseli izleyiniz:
SUDAN
 

GAZETE MAKALESI: Bu hafta SUDAN'da Toplum ve Siyaset uzerine haber/makalesi getirebilirsiniz.
TEST-4: SALI gunu yapilacaktir. Bu test icin asagidaki bolumlerden sorumlusunuz:

13. Bolum: Afrika Ekonomisi: Umutlar ve Gercekler (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)
14. Bolum: Kureselllesme Tuzaginda Afrika: Afrika’da Bir Basari Hikayesi: Botsvana (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)
1.Bolum: Afrika’da Toplum: Bati Afrika Insanlarinin Kulturel Ozellikleri: Dunu-Bugunu (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2)
2.Bolum: Rusya’nin Afrika Politikasi (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2) 

Eger ders ile ilgili herhangi bir sorunuz olursa, lutfen bana iletmekten cekinmeyin.

Tugrul Keskin
OFIS SAATLERI: Carsamba 13:00-16:30
Dersin Izlencesi/Programi

REGIONAL ISSUES IREU 424 AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS: Week-10 - QUIZ-4 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITY

Dear all,
For the WEEK-10, you should read the following chapters before you come to the class:
 
•    Chapter-9 The Conditions of Decolonization (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter-10 Raising National Flags: North-East Africa (Modern Africa)

PLEASE ALSO WATCH THIS MOVIE:
BAMAKO
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring the newspaper articles THURSDAY and I do not accept the newspaper articles by email.

FOR THE WEEK 10, please bring newspaper articles related with URBANIZATION IN AFRICA. Other subjects will not be accepted.

QUIZ - 4: You will take the quiz-3 on THURSDAY. YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING READINGS:
Chapter 6. African Independence: The First Thirty Years (The African Experience) 
Chapter-6 The Second World War, 1939-1945 (Modern Africa)      
Chapter 7. The African Struggle for Democracy and Free Markets (The African Experience)     
Chapter-7 Towards African Politics (Modern Africa)
 
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Best to all,
--
Tugrul Keskin
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 13:00-16:30
African Society and Politics
http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/ 

Sunday, April 10, 2016

REGIONAL ISSUES IREU 424 AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS: Week-9 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITY

Dear all,
For the WEEK-9, you should read the following chapters before you come to the class:
 
•    Chapter 8. Africa in World Affairs (The African Experience) 
•    Chapter-8 Colonialism in Crises (Modern Africa) 

PLEASE ALSO WATCH THIS MOVIE:
Ateşin Ortasında İzle Türkçe Dublaj Tek Parça HD Full Catch a Fire

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring the newspaper articles THURSDAY and I do not accept the newspaper articles by email.

FOR THE WEEK 9, please bring newspaper articles related with CHINESE ECONOMIC INVESTMENT IN AFRICA. Other subjects will not be accepted.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Best to all,
--
Tugrul Keskin
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 13:00-16:30
African Society and Politics
http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/ 

REGIONAL ISSUES IREU 424 AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS - Country Analysis Selection - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI


COUNTRY SELECTION:
Mihrab Karamustafa - South Africa

Analytical Paper: In this requirement, you will select a country and will critically analyze it based on our textbook. This paper should be at least 2000 words in length. You must provide a word count at the end of your paper. The paper is due on Sunday May 15th. Everyone will select a different country. Your selection must be approved and registered by me; therefore, you must contact me directly regarding your selection. The deadline for selecting/registering your country with me is Sunday, April 3rd. The deadline for submitting your review is Sunday May 15th. Late submissions will not be accepted.

You will use the following format in your paper (Country Analysis):
1.     Introduction (At least 100 words)
2.     A Brief History of the country: Before WW I, (At least 500 words)
A Brief History of Colonialism in the country: Who colonized the country and how long did they stay……
3.     Social and Cultural Structure: Ethnicity, race, gender, population, education level, urbanization (At least 500 words)
4.     Political Structure: Independence, monarchy, dictatorship, parliamentary democracy, military rule…. (At least 400 words)
5.     Economic Structure: Foreign debt, World Bank influence, privatization, social welfare and health system …… (At least 400 Words)
6.     Future Trajectories and Conclusion (At least 100 words)

Thursday, April 7, 2016

BÖLGESEL SORUNLAR UAB 424 Afrika’da Toplum ve Siyaset - HAFTA-9 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Degerli arkadaslar, 
 
HAFTA -9  bu hafta icin kitaptan su bolumleri okuyunuz:

  4.Bolum: Afrika’nin En Buyuk Ekonomisi ve Nufusu Nijerya’nin Baslica Problem ve Potansiyelleri (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2)
 
Bu hafta icin su belgeseli izleyiniz:
Nijerya  

GAZETE MAKALESI: Bu hafta Nijerya'da Toplum ve Siyaset uzerine haber/makalesi getirebilirsiniz.

Eger ders ile ilgili herhangi bir sorunuz olursa, lutfen bana iletmekten cekinmeyin.

Tugrul Keskin
OFIS SAATLERI: Carsamba 13:00-16:30
Dersin Izlencesi/Programi

Friday, April 1, 2016

BÖLGESEL SORUNLAR UAB 424 Afrika’da Toplum ve Siyaset - HAFTA-8 - TEST-3 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Degerli arkadaslar, 
 
HAFTA -8  bu hafta icin kitaptan su bolumleri okuyunuz:
 
1.Bolum: Afrika’da Toplum: Bati Afrika Insanlarinin Kulturel Ozellikleri: Dunu-Bugunu (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2) 
2.Bolum: Rusya’nin Afrika Politikasi (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 2) 
Bu hafta icin su belgeseli izleyiniz:
Ayna | Burkina Faso

GAZETE MAKALESI: Bu hafta Liberya ve Togo'da Toplum ve Siyaset uzerine haber/makalesi getirebilirsiniz.

TEST-3: SALI gunu yapilacaktir. Bu test icin asagidaki bolumlerden sorumlusunuz:

9. Bolum: Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti: Gec Olmasi Hic Olmamasindan Daha Iyi (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)
10. Bolum: Egitim ve Gelismislik Iliskis: Guney Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Nijerya ve Gana (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)
11. Bolum: Kenya’da Baskanlik Sistemi: Tarihsel Gelisimi ve Ulkenin Siyasi Duzenine/Gelismisligine Etkisi (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)
12. Bolum: Birlesmis Milletler Duzleminde Afrika: Insan Guvenligi Meselesi ve Somali Ornegi (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)

Eger ders ile ilgili herhangi bir sorunuz olursa, lutfen bana iletmekten cekinmeyin.

Tugrul
OFIS SAATLERI: Carsamba 13:00-16:30

REGIONAL ISSUES - AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS: Week-8 - QUIZ-3 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Dear all,

For the WEEK-8, you should read the following chapters before you come to the class:

•    Chapter 7. The African Struggle for Democracy and Free Markets (The African Experience)
•    Chapter-7 Towards African Politics (Modern Africa)

PLEASE ALSO WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARIES: 
 Africas Civil Wars Sierra Leone Documentary
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring the newspaper articles THURSDAY and I do not accept the newspaper articles by email.

FOR THE WEEK 8, please bring newspaper articles related with POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LIFE IN Ivory Coast, Lesotho Liberia. Other subjects will not be accepted.

QUIZ - 3: You will take the quiz-3 on THURSDAY. YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING READINGS:

 •    Chapter 4. Colonialism and the African Experience (The African Experience) 
•    Chapter-4 Key Ideas for Progress (Modern Africa) 
•    Chapter 5. African Nationalism and the Struggle for Freedom (The African Experience) 
•    Chapter-5 Colonial System and the Great Depression (Modern Africa) 
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Best to all,
--
Tugrul Keskin
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 13:00-16:30
African Society and Politics
http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/ 

Friday, March 25, 2016

BÖLGESEL SORUNLAR UAB 424 Afrika’da Toplum ve Siyaset - HAFTA-7 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Degerli Arkadaslar,  
HAFTA -7  bu hafta icin kitaptan su bolumleri okuyunuz:
 
13. Bolum: Afrika Ekonomisi: Umutlar ve Gercekler (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1) 
14. Bolum: Kureselllesme Tuzaginda Afrika: Afrika’da Bir Basari Hikayesi: Botsvana (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)

GAZETE MAKALESI: Bu hafta
Senegal 'de Toplum ve Siyaset uzerine gazete makalesi getirebilirsiniz.

Bu hafta icin asagidaki belgeseli izleyiniz

Belgesel: Senegal

Eger ders ile ilgili herhangi bir sorunuz olursa, lutfen bana iletmekten cekinmeyin.

Tugrul
OFIS SAATLERI: Carsamba 13:00-16:30

REGIONAL ISSUES - AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS: Week-7 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Dear all,

For the WEEK-7, you should read the following chapters before you come to the class:

•    Chapter 6. African Independence: The First Thirty Years (The African Experience) 
•    Chapter-6 The Second World War, 1939-1945 (Modern Africa)
PLEASE ALSO WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARIES: 
 Faces Of Africa - Mwalimu Julius Nyerere
 
EWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring the newspaper articles THURSDAY and I do not accept the newspaper articles by email.

FOR THE WEEK 7, please bring newspaper articles related with POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LIFE IN Tanzania. Other subjects will not be accepted.
 
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Best to all,
--
Tugrul Keskin
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 13:00-16:30
African Society and Politics
http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/ 

Friday, March 18, 2016

REGIONAL ISSUES - AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS: Week-6 - QUIZ-2 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Dear all,

For the WEEK-6, you should read the following chapters before you come to the class:

Chapter 5. African Nationalism and the Struggle for Freedom (The African Experience)
Chapter-5 Colonial System and the Great Depression (Modern Africa)

PLEASE ALSO WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARIES:
Faces Of Africa- Kwame Nkrumah - CCTV
 
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring the newspaper articles THURSDAY and I do not accept the newspaper articles by email.

FOR THE WEEK 6, please bring newspaper articles related with POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LIFE IN MADAGASCAR. Other subjects will not be accepted.

QUIZ - 2: You will take the quiz-2 on THURSDAY. YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING READINGS:

•    Chapter 2. African Traditional Institutions (The African Experience)
•    Chapter-2 Colonial Africa: to 1930 (Modern Africa)
•    Chapter 3. Political Development in Historic Africa (The African Experience)
•    Chapter-3 African Responses: to 1930 (Modern Africa) 

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Best to all,

--
Tugrul Keskin
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 13:00-16:30
African Society and Politics
http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

BÖLGESEL SORUNLAR UAB 424 Afrika’da Toplum ve Siyaset - HAFTA-6 - TEST-2 - MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Degerli Arkadaslar,  
16 Mart Carsamba gunu saat 13-15 arasi Nijerya ve Gana uzerine TRT Afrika servisinden bir konusmacimiz olacak, lutfen herkes katilsin. Bu konusma ile ilgili bilgiyi su sayfada bulabilirsiniz:
http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/2016/03/maltepe-universitesi-edward-said.html
HAFTA -6  bu hafta icin kitaptan su bolumleri okuyunuz:
 
11. Bolum: Kenya’da Baskanlik Sistemi: Tarihsel Gelisimi ve Ulkenin Siyasi Duzenine/Gelismisligine Etkisi (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)
12. Bolum: Birlesmis Milletler Duzleminde Afrika: Insan Guvenligi Meselesi ve Somali Ornegi (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)

GAZETE MAKALESI: Bu hafta Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti VE Guney Afrika Cumhuriyeti'nde Toplum ve Siyaset uzerine gazete makalesi getirebilirsiniz.

TEST-2: SALI gunu yapilacaktir. Bu test icin asagidaki bolumlerden sorumlusunuz:
4. Bolum: Cezayir Demokratik Halk Cumhuriyeti ve Turkiye Ilsikileri (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1) 
5. Bolum: Kitasal ve Kuresel Politikada Angola (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1) 
6. Bolum: Mali’de 2012 Tuareg Isyani (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1) 
7. Bolum: Sudan: Yerel ve Kuresel Boyutlar ile Darfur Sorunu (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1) 

BU HAFTA USMAN ALIYU ARKADASIMIZ BIZLERE NIJERYA VE GANA UZERINE BIR KONUSMA YAPACAKTIR. EGER BU PANELE KATILIP, 500 KELIMELIK BIR OZET YAZARSANIZ 3 PUAN ALMA  SANSINIZ OLABILIR. YAZDIGINIZ KONUSMA OZETINI BIR DAHA KI DERSE GETIREBILIRSINIZ.
Edward Said Konusma Serisi: Nijierya ve Gana Uzerine - Usman Aliyu 16 MART
http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/2016/03/maltepe-universitesi-edward-said.html 

Eger ders ile ilgili herhangi bir sorunuz olursa, lutfen bana iletmekten cekinmeyin.

Tugrul
OFIS SAATLERI: Carsamba 13:00-16:30