Sociology of Africa: March 2016

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHfoztKNvzs

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6noZPkLwwU

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMY0iTcspNA

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

Saturday, March 12, 2016

REGIONAL ISSUES - AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS: Week-5- MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI

Dear all,

For this course, we have a website: http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/ Please visit the website weekly.

For the WEEK-4, you should read the following chapters before you come to the class:

• Chapter 4. Colonialism and the African Experience (The African Experience)
• Chapter-4 Key Ideas for Progress (Modern Africa)

PLEASE ALSO WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARIES:

THE STORY OF MARCUS GARVEY A DOCUMENTARY
http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/2016/03/rbg-story-of-marcus-garvey-documentary.html
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring the newspaper articles THURSDAY and I do not accept the newspaper articles by email.

FOR THE WEEK 5, please bring newspaper articles related with Political Life in Cameroon. Other subjects will not be accepted.

ALSO IF YOU ATTEND THE FOLLOWING EVENT AND WRITE A SHORT SUMMARY (500 WORDS) OF THIS EVENT, YOU MIGHT EARN UP TO 3 POINTS. WRITE A SHORT SUMMARY AND BRING IT TO THE NEXT CLASS.
MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI: Edward Said Konusma Serisi: Nijierya ve Gana Uzerine - Usman Aliyu 16 MART
http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/2016/03/maltepe-universitesi-edward-said.html

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/

Thursday, March 10, 2016

THE STORY OF MARCUS GARVEY A DOCUMENTARY

African Movie: BAMAKO ( FILM MALIEN )

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

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

Degerli Arkadaslar,

HAFTA -5 bu hafta icin kitaptan su bolumleri okuyunuz:

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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)

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

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

Monday, March 7, 2016

MALTEPE UNIVERSITESI: Edward Said Konusma Serisi: Nijierya ve Gana Uzerine - Usman Aliyu 16 MART

Potentials and challenges facing Africa’s populous nation Nigeria and Ghana: A model for African democracy

Usman Aliyu

Osman Aliyu: Born in Nigeria in the city of Kano in 1989, hold a BSc in Sociology and minor in Political Science. Recently pursuing M.A in Journalism at Marmara University. He writes articles related to Africa and Nigeria in several media outlets including World Bulletin, Turkey’s agenda and others. He is currently working as news editor and associate producer at TRT WORLD with focus in Africa.

Date and Time:
Wednesday March 16, 2016
13:00 - 15:00
Kültür Merkezi Derslik 6

T.C. Maltepe Üniversitesi Marmara Eğitim Köyü - 34857 Maltepe - İSTANBUL

REGIONAL ISSUES - AFRICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS: Week-4- Quiz-1 Thursday

Dear all,

For this course, we have a website: http://sociologyofafrica.blogspot.com.tr/ Please visit the website weekly.

For the WEEK-4, you should read the following chapters before you come to the class:

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

PLEASE ALSO WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARIES:

Congo White King Red Rubber Black Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAHxRD8dZOM

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

FOR THE WEEK 4, please bring newspaper articles related with Political Life in Congo. Other subjects will not be accepted.

QUIZ - 1: You will take the quiz-1 on THURSDAY. YOU WIL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING READINGS:
•   Uzodinma Iweala (2007) Stop Trying To ‘Save’ Africa. The Washington Post, 15 July, p.B07.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/13/AR2007071301714.html
•    Chapter 1. The Continent and Its People (The African Experience)
•    Chapter-1 The Early Years of the Twentieth Century (Modern Africa)

Chapter 2. Political Development in Historic Africa (The African Experience)

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, March 6, 2016

BÖLGESEL SORUNLAR UAB 424 Afrika’da Toplum ve Siyaset - HAFTA-4 - TEST-1 SALI GUNU

Degerli Arkadaslar,

HAFTA -4 bu hafta icin kitaptan su bolumleri okuyunuz:

6. Bolum: Mali’de 2012 Tuareg Isyani (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)

7. Bolum: Sudan: Yerel ve Kuresel Boyutlar ile Darfur Sorunu

GAZETE MAKALESI: Bu hafta Mali ve Sudan'da Toplum ve Siyaset uzerine gazete makalesi getirebilirsiniz.

TEST-1: SALI gunu yapilacaktir. Bu test icin asagidaki bolumlerden sorumlusunuz:

1.Bolum: Bolum: Afrika’da Siyaset (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)

1. Bolum: Afrika’da Toplum (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)

2.Bolum: Cin’in Afrika Politikasi (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)

3. Bolum: Amerika Birlesik Devletleri’nin Afrika Politikasi (Dünya Siyasetinde Afrika 1)
Sali gunu gorusmek uzere,

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

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

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan Gana'da

Anadolu Ajansi - 01.03.2016

Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Batı Afrika'ya resmi ziyaretinin ikinci ayağında Gana'nın başkenti Akra'ya geldi.

Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Batı Afrika'ya resmi ziyaretinin ikinci ayağında Gana'nın başkenti Akra'ya geldi. Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, Akra Uluslararası Kotoka Havalimanı'nda, Gana Devlet Başkanı Yardımcısı Kwesi Amissah Artur, Dışişleri Bakanı Hanna Tteh ve Çevre Bakanı Mahama Ayariga tarafından törenle karşılandı. Törende, Akra Büyükelçisi Nesrin Beyazıt ile Türk büyük elçiliği yetkilileri de hazır bulundu. Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, karşılama töreninde Türk ve Gana bayrakları taşıyan yerel dans grubunun gösterilerini izledi. Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, Gana Devlet Başkanı John Dramani Mahama ile görüşecek. Erdoğan için resmi karşılama töreni de devlet başkanlığı ofisinde yapılacak. Erdoğan'a Gana ziyaretinde eşi Emine Erdoğan, Dışişleri Bakanı Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanı Fatma Güldemet Sarı, Ekonomi Bakanı Mustafa Elitaş, Milli Savunma Bakanı İsmet Yılmaz eşlik ediyor. Başkent Akra'da çeşitli ziyaretlerde bulunacak Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Gana'dan Nijerya'ya geçecek. Muhabir: Mehmet Kemal Firik

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Recommended Books on Africa, Africana and Black Studies

Delores P. Aldridge and Carlene Young. Out of the Revolution: The Development of Africana Studies. Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2003. ISBN 0-7391-0547-7.
Maulana Karenga. Introduction to Black Studies. University of Sankore Press, 2010.
Peter Gran. Beyond Eurocentrism: A new view of modern world history. Syracuse University Press, 1996.
Michael George Hanchard. Black Transnationalism, Africana Studies, and the 21st Century. Journal of Black Studies, Nov 2004; vol. 35: pp. 139 - 153.
James L. Conyers. The Evolution Of Africology: An Afrocentric Appraisal. Journal of Black Studies, May 2004; vol. 34: pp. 640 - 652.
Mark Christian. Black Studies in the 21st Century: Longevity Has Its Place. Journal of Black Studies, May 2006; vol. 36: pp. 698 - 719.
Molefi Kete Asante. A Discourse on Black Studies: Liberating the Study of African People in the Western Academy. Journal of Black Studies, May 2006; vol. 36: pp. 646 - 662.
A. Adu Boahen. African Perspectives on Colonialism. John Hopkins University Press 1989.
David Birmingham. Decolonization Of Africa. Routledge 1995.
Frederick Cooper. Africa since 1940: The Past of the Present. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Terry Kershaw. Toward a Black Studies Paradigm: An Assessment and Some Directions. Journal of Black Studies, Jun 1992; vol. 22: pp. 477 - 493.
Mervat Hatem. Africa on My Mind. International Journal of Middle East Studies. (41) 2009.
Carolyn Somerville. The “African” in Africana/Black/African and African American Studies. International Journal of Middle East Studies. (41) 2009.
Terence Walz. The Fruit of the Africanist Contribution. International Journal of Middle East Studies. (41) 2009.
John O. Voll. Reconceptualizing of the “Regions” in “Area Studies”. International Journal of Middle East Studies. (41) 2009.
Appiah, Kwame Anthony. 1992. “The Invention of Africa.” Pp. 3-27. In My Father’s House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture. New York: Oxford University Press.
Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2003. Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism And the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States. New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.
Comaroff, Jean and John. 1991. “Africa Observed: Discourses of the Imperial Imagination.” Pp. 86-125, Of Revelation and Revolution: Christianity, Colonialism, and Consciousness in South Africa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. X
Grant-Thomas, Andrew and john a. Powell. 2009. “Structural Racism and Color Lines in the United States. Pp. 118-144 in Twenty-First Century Color Lines: Multiracial Change in Contemporary America. Edited by Andrew Grant-Thomas and Gary Orfield. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. X
Mazrui, Ali. 2005. The Re-invention of Africa: Edward Said, V. Y. Mudimbe, and Beyond. Research in African Literatures 36 (3): 68-82.
Hochschild, Adam. King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1998.
Achebe, Chinua. A Man of the People. New York: Anchor, 1967, 1989.
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Peterson, Scott. Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan, and Rwanda. New York: Routledge, 2000.

Tugrul Keskin - Assistant Professor of International and Middle Eastern Studies

Tugrul Keskin is an Assistant Professor of International and Middle Eastern Studies and an affiliated faculty of Black Studies, Sociology and the Center For Turkish Studies at Portland State University. He is also the Middle East Studies Coordinator (INTL). His research and teaching interests include Sociology of Islam and the Middle East, Social and Political Theory, Post-Colonial Theory, Islamic Movements, Development and Urbanization in the Middle East, Sociology of Africa, and Modern Kurdish, Uyghur and Turkish Nationalism. Previously, Dr. Keskin taught as an instructor of Sociology and Africana Studies at Virginia Tech University and has also taught as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at James Madison University and Radford University. He received his PhD in Sociology from Virginia Tech, with certificate degrees in Africana Studies, Social and Political Thought, and International Research and Development. He is the founder and moderator of the Sociology of Islam mailing list, and editor of the Sociology of Islam and Muslim Societies Newsletter: http://www.pdx.edu/sociologyofislam. Dr. Keskin has recently had his edited book, The Sociology of Islam: Secularism Economy and Politics published by Garnet/Ithaca Press, 2011. Tugrul Keskin is a board member of Sociologists Without Borders and serves as a book review editor of Societies Without Borders http://societieswithoutborders.org/.