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19 Hungarian J. Afr. Stud. 5 (2025-2026)

handle is hein.journals/hgnjloa19 and id is 1 raw text is: Hungarian Journal of African Studies Vol. 19, No. 1 (2025) ISSN 1788-6422 pp. 5-21 © Publikon Publishers, Pecs Africa Research Centre, University of Pecs A COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF AFRICAN STUDIES IN TURKEY AND GREECE NICOLAS METAXIDES - NIKOLINA MYOFA NICOLAS METAXIDES HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT HTTPSI/ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-4787-3090 NMETAXlD@HUA.GR NIKOLINA MYOFA POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT & NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH (EKKE), ATHENS HTTPSI/ORCID.ORG/0000-0003-4132-2869 NIKOLMYOFA@HUA.GR Abstract For many years, African issues had a low priority in both political and aca- demic circles in Greece and Turkey. However, as far as Turkey is concerned, scientific interest in African issues has gone hand in hand with growing political interest in the continent, with African studies focusing primarily on Turkish-African relations. Regarding the Greek reality, while the Greeks have had an active diaspora in countries of Sub-Saharan Africa for many decades, the state has never formulated any coordinated political proposal to strengthen the country's relationship with the continent. This lack of central policy leaves the Greek immigrants there absolutely alone to make their mark in their host societies. Respectively, the Greek academic community only in recent years has been dealing with Africa, even though to a limited extent, focusing mainly on issues concerning the Greek diaspora there. Given that in recent decades Greece has become a host country for immigrants and among them, immi- grants or even refugees from Sub-Saharan Africa, so, due to this fact the scientific interest in Africa has increased. Therefore, the main aim of this paper is to compare the two case studies regarding the status quo of African Studies across them. Keywords African Studies, Greece, Turkey, non-colonial past, diaspora Received: October 11, 2024 / Ist Revision: April 13, 2025 / Accepted: May 10, 2025 Metaxides, Nicolas - Myofa, Nikolina (2025). A Comparative Overview of African Stud- ies in Turkey and Greece. Hungarian Journal of African Studies [Afrika Tanulmanyok], 190 5-21.