Africa whose population totals 953 million people, distributed in fifty four countries, has recorded an average economic activity of 5 percent in the last two years. Africans are divided not only by the boundaries of nation states but also ethnic identities, class distinctions, urban and rural experiences, geographic barriers, and vast distances. The colonial partition of Africa started in 1830 based on arguments that Africans neither had history prior to direct contact with Europe nor development of their own. Consequently, it was a continent of ‘grown up children’.

Findings prove that hundreds of years before Africans came into contact with the white people, the African genius’ knowledge in the field of science and technology was highly developed, in some cases to levels not currently developed in the West. Great advances had been made in metallurgy, astronomy, astrology, mathematics, agriculture, navigation, medicine, writing, architecture and engineering. For example, one of the earliest forms of literacy in the world, the hieroglyphic writing of ancient Egypt, was invented by Africans about 3000 B.C. These ancient accounts give a vivid and intimate picture of the great African civilization during its (approximately) three millennia of existence. South of Egypt, the Kushitic civilization in the ancient city of Meroe had its own form of writing five centuries or more before the birth of Christ. In neighboring Ethiopia, Ge’ez, the classical language of ancient Axum, was being expressed in written form by the fourth century A.D. 

 
1- Gine Cumhuriyeti’nin Tanıtımı

Afrika’nın en batı ucunda yer alan Gine Cumhuriyeti 245.957 km2 lik bir alana yayılmaktadır. Batı’da Atlantik Okyanusuyla 300 km kıyısı olan Gine’nin kuzeyinde Gine-Bissau, Senegal ve Mali yer alırken, doğusunda Fildişi Sahilleri, güneyinde ise Liberya ile Sierra Léone bulunmaktadır. Gine, dört doğal bölgeden oluşmaktadır. Alt Gine veya denize kıyısı olan (esasen Atlantik Okyanusu tarafından sulanmış ovalardan oluşur) dağlardan ve yüksek platolardan oluşan bir bölge olan Orta Gine veya Foutah Djalon, kuzey bölgede yer alan ve çalılıklardan ve orta yükseklikteki platolardan oluşan Yüksek Gine (Haute Gine) ve ormandan oluşan Ormanlık Gine.

Tarım sektöründe ve madencilikte (dünya boksit rezervinin 2/3 ü, 25–30 milyon karat değerinde elmas rezervi, 1000 ton altın, 7 milyar ton demir ve 6600 megavat hidroelektrik potansiyeli) çok geniş imkânlara sahip olmasına rağmen, Gine’de kişi başına düşen GYMH 569 dolardır ve nüfusun %40’ı yoksulluk sınırının altında yaşamaktadır. (Yılda 300 doların altında bir gelirle). Bu durum çok taraflı ve iki taraflı ortaklıklardan gelen önemli finansman akışına rağmen kötü ekonomik yönetimin bir sonucudur.

TASAM Africa Institute will fill a great gap in its field and light the way for Africa's future with its researches on social, economic, political and cultural issues. (Chairman of TASAM Süleyman ŞENSOY)