Historian Halim Gençoğlu is the author of four books and several articles in African Studies. He was born in Turkey in 1981. After his Bachelor’s degree in Historical Studies, he completed his second Master’s degree in Religious Studies and Doctoral Studies in Hebrew Language and Literature at the University of Cape Town. Dr Gençoğlu continues his academic research as a postdoctoral fellow in Afro-Asian Studies and contract staff in African Studies at the University of Cape Town.

Che Guevara in the Congo

Revolutionary Failure and Political Realignment The iconic image of Che Guevara, cigar in mouth and eyes burning with revolutionary fervor, is typically associated with Latin America. However, in 1965, the

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Africa distrusts the West

Colonialism has left huge insecurity behind, multipolarity provides a way out. Halim Gençoğlu, a scholar of African studies and colonial history and a researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences

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