Óbuda University Doctoral School on Safety and Security Sciences Africa Research Institute Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies Dear Reader, Dear Africa Enthusiast, It is always a great pleasure to write the welcoming remarks of a newly launched enterprise. This is the case right now when I am gathering my thoughts about the Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies (JCEEAS). The Doctoral School on Safety and Security Sciences has just recently set up its newest component, the Africa Research Institute in 2019. The Institute’s very agile management is continuously working on new projects, building connections, and gathering the scholars dealing with African issues from all over the world. In this quest, an almost natural step was to launch a scientific journal. Having screened the region for similar initiatives, the Institute has concluded that African issues are not addressed quite enough, so they have decided to set up a quarterly that reflects on the importance of the Central and Eastern European region and the African continent. JCEEAS does not limit itself to scholars only from the region or to topics only concerning the CEE countries, only aims to give a little extra attention to this specific area. I believe that this approach is reflected by the list of contributors of this first, double issue, as well as the composition of the Editorial Board of the Journal. In my view, Africa is unquestionably one of our greatest opportunities and challenges. A continent with more than half a hundred independent states, a colourful, complex, and versatile set of people, history, culture, values, and interests. This is one of the reasons why the research topics that the Journal aims to cover are very broad, ranging from culture and anthropology, through politics, conflict studies and migration to the economy and development studies, just to mention a few. I myself truly hope that this endeavour will be a great success on multiple counts, for the Institute and the researchers behind the Journal, as well as for the contributors–scholars, practitioners and professionals with different backgrounds – and last but not least for the future readership who will also benefit from the findings of the papers. With all the above, I wish you all a great reading experience and plenty of fresh ideas and new approaches offered by the papers of our Journal! Prof. Zoltán Rajnai PhD Dean Bánki Donát Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering Volume 1 Number 1-2 2021 Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies Table of contents M. Waldman: The regional map of Africa – Identity and Ambivalences ........................................... 3 B. Kocsev: Spaces of interaction – Towards a new understanding of East-South relations – A case study on the Institute for World Economics ............................................................................. 34 A. Mayer: Violence and identity in modern Nigeria – Inchoate feudalization in a failing polity ..... 55 J. Besenyő: Turkey’s growing interest in the African continent ....................................................... 70 T. M. Wolfger: The development of the national language of Somalia – Through which processes did Somali develop into it? ............................................................................................... 90 G. Sinkó: Different times, same methods – The Impact of the National Security Service on the operations of the National Intelligence and Security Agency ......................................................... 112 C. D. Robinson: The Somali Navy from 1965 to the 1980s – A research note ................................ 124 B. Sáfár – K. Kállai: Resilience-based approach and management of human trafficking at the regions of natural disasters in Africa ............................................................................................... 139 B. Popławski: An illusion of exoticism – The evolution of the perception of Africa in Poland (1945-1989) ..................................................................................................................................... 156 P. G. Juhász – Cs. Loibl – Cs. Szeremley: Medical missions of the African Hungarian Union – The XIXth Special Surgical Doctors Mission to Malawi ..................................................................... 176 Sz. Pásztor: The role of diplomatic missions in fostering international trade – A literature review to be considered in the Visegrad Countries when dealing with Sub-Saharan Africa ........... 196 A. A. Al-Naggar: Antonio Lasciac and his architectural works in Arabic eyes ................................. 209 L. Papp: A review of “Ripe for Rebellion. Political and Military Insurgency in the Congo, 1946- 1964” by Stephen Rookes ................................................................................................................ 221 J. Besenyő: How many faces might migration have? – A review of: “Two Faces of European Migration” by Viktor Glied............................................................................................................... 223 Author Guide ................................................................................................................................... 228 Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies Vol. 1 No. 1-2 3 The regional map of Africa Identity and ambivalences Mauricio Waldman1 Abstract: Keywords: regional map of Maps are the most relevant contribution of geography to the Africa; interpretation of human presence in space. The Cartography of Africa is a African central issue in the global order. The continent projects importance in cartography; several different themes, including the dynamics of the continental politic economy and its insertion with the regionalization. The cartographic anthropology; production centered on the African experience is largely unknown. cultural Commonly it is omitted due to the almost atavistic disqualifying geography; perspective surrounding the continent, its peoples, and cultures. historic Therefore, the Africa Map demands fair debate and recognition. In May cartography; 1961, when the continent was witnessing the emergence of a veritable geopolitics; history; Africanity; flood of independences, the UN Economic and Social Council initiated Milton Santos the United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Africa. Intending to standardize geoinformation in the continent, the Regional Map of Africa is one of the most relevant developments of this initiative. Approved in February-March 1976 at the 26th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, the Regional Map of Africa is, by definition, a spatial representation of great importance to scholars in the continent. This paper incorporates a debate about a multifaceted set of perspectives and influences, evaluating Africa's regional cartography mainly in the fields of geography, history, and anthropology, adopting Africanity as an umbrella concept. 1 Anthropologist at University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil; researcher in Africa, Cartography, and International Relations fields. He has a Ph.D. degree from the Geography Department of São Paulo University (USP). Three Post-Doctoral research: Geosciences (UNICAMP, 2010-2011); International Relations (USP, 2012-2013) and Development & Environment (PNPD/CAPES, 2014-2015). He is a senior researcher at Africa Research Institute, Doctoral School of Safety and Security Sciences, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary. Plataforma LATTES - Official Academic CV: < http://lattes.cnpq.br/3749636915642474 >; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7210-1535; [email protected]. JCEEAS – Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies – ISSN 2786-1902 3 4 M. Waldman “Any shock, anywhere in the world, is immediately transmitted to the other side of the globe” [...] “The universal set, therefore, presents the characteristics of an international system: all events, wherever they happen, provoke mutual reactions” (Raymond Aron) Introduction Par excellence, according to a broad segment of specialists, maps are a powerful reference to decode the inhabited space and simultaneously a premise to inducing transformations or reinforce a spatial framework anchored in specific social, cultural, historical, and geographical processes. Overall, the maps, as the main products of cartography, are graphic representations and interpretations of the real world, and in that way, they are practical tools to the apprehension of territorial architecture. Maps or geographical charts reveal the space's natural features and, especially, the socio-spatial arrangements. In this sense, they highlight and evidence spatial-temporal mutations, the functions of the social structures, and the range of contradictions intertwined within the geographic phenomena. As such, maps enable us to geographically understand the axial dynamics of societies, a notion increasingly indispensable as a bridge linking different levels of reality. Maps use a specific communicational codification, known as cartographic language, associated in a conceptual sphere to the spatial representations of the societies and the cultural imaginary. Given these particularities, maps unveil ideological, topological, and iconological spatial indicators inextricably related to the weltanschauung of the societies (Waldman, 2017a, 2017b, 1997 and 1994; Tuan, 1980; Anjos, 2009, p. 12; Oliviera, 1968). In an objective approach, maps provide clues and directives to action