Segun C Sule | Freie Universität Berlin (original) (raw)
A Master's degree graduate in International Studies and owner of a B.A. in political science at the University of Turin, Italy.
I am currently a graduate student at the John Kennedy Institute in North American studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
My academic interests include migration studies, geopolitics, social protection & welfare state, slavery studies, and political communication.
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Eurocentrism and coloniality of power in knowledge production in postcolonial states, 2024
This paper aims to address the widespread Eurocentric approach to knowledge acquisition in post-c... more This paper aims to address the widespread Eurocentric approach to knowledge acquisition in post-colonial states. Indigenous knowledge systems and significances have been denigrated and widely rejected in decolonized states or contexts. The refusal is an effect of political colonialism which has ended with the decolonization period. Nonetheless, the fragments of coloniality persist under the vest of intellectual imperialism to date. I will engage critically with this topic via a theoretical analysis, using academic works of scholars who previously had addressed the coloniality of power that still lies at the basis of knowledge acquisition and policymaking in the modern world today.
Borders are historical and political demarcations that denote the sovereignty of a state and exem... more Borders are historical and political demarcations that denote the sovereignty of a state
and exemplify the effective power they can exercise in international politics.
The advent of the Westphalian state with its emphasis on the monopoly of force within
a given polity, makes borders legally enforceable against aliens willing to gain access to a
territory.
Segun Charles, 2024
In Modern democracies, political hopefuls are no longer required to have a political background w... more In Modern democracies, political hopefuls are no longer required to have a political background with concepts of political philosophies and how they shape the political stance a party intends to adopt along the right-center-left political spectrum. Politics today is done by a Tweet on Twitter or a post on Facebook. A team of social communication experts analyze voters' reaction and engagement to define the political agenda of parties. The call for continuous virtual engagements of the electorate is reducing the political discourse and might erode political sensitivity to the active grassroots participation of citizens, which is the core foundation of a sound democratic state.
In the previous century, scholars had argued that the institution of chattel slavery was a pre-mo... more In the previous century, scholars had argued that the institution of chattel slavery was a pre-modern
institution that had little or no linkages with the modern capitalistic economy. Only recently scholars had
started the debate on the central role played by slavery in the growth of American capitalism.
Studies conducted by Calvin Schermerhorn, Sven Beckett, Seth Rockman, Edward Baptist, and others
had initiated a new debate to show that slavery was not a pre-modern institution, rather it was the generator
and modeler of modern capitalism, also with strong links with the industrial revolution in Great Britain.
My research paper aims to analyze and quantify the economic contribution of enslaved people to the
American economy and how it acted as a catalyst in transforming a relatively young republic into world’s
largest economy at the beginning of the 20th century.
In this study, I analyzed the failure of the Nigerian State (1986 -1999) in the implementation of... more In this study, I analyzed the failure of the Nigerian State (1986 -1999) in the implementation of social protection programmes.
This is referred to as SAP's and post SAP's period.
The critical assessment is made in two perspectives; A Political and an Economic perspective.
This work is conceived on a human rights approach to social protection and I analyzed the possibility of a fiscal space to enable the proper financing of welfare policies in Nigeria.
Eurocentrism and coloniality of power in knowledge production in postcolonial states, 2024
This paper aims to address the widespread Eurocentric approach to knowledge acquisition in post-c... more This paper aims to address the widespread Eurocentric approach to knowledge acquisition in post-colonial states. Indigenous knowledge systems and significances have been denigrated and widely rejected in decolonized states or contexts. The refusal is an effect of political colonialism which has ended with the decolonization period. Nonetheless, the fragments of coloniality persist under the vest of intellectual imperialism to date. I will engage critically with this topic via a theoretical analysis, using academic works of scholars who previously had addressed the coloniality of power that still lies at the basis of knowledge acquisition and policymaking in the modern world today.
Borders are historical and political demarcations that denote the sovereignty of a state and exem... more Borders are historical and political demarcations that denote the sovereignty of a state
and exemplify the effective power they can exercise in international politics.
The advent of the Westphalian state with its emphasis on the monopoly of force within
a given polity, makes borders legally enforceable against aliens willing to gain access to a
territory.
Segun Charles, 2024
In Modern democracies, political hopefuls are no longer required to have a political background w... more In Modern democracies, political hopefuls are no longer required to have a political background with concepts of political philosophies and how they shape the political stance a party intends to adopt along the right-center-left political spectrum. Politics today is done by a Tweet on Twitter or a post on Facebook. A team of social communication experts analyze voters' reaction and engagement to define the political agenda of parties. The call for continuous virtual engagements of the electorate is reducing the political discourse and might erode political sensitivity to the active grassroots participation of citizens, which is the core foundation of a sound democratic state.
In the previous century, scholars had argued that the institution of chattel slavery was a pre-mo... more In the previous century, scholars had argued that the institution of chattel slavery was a pre-modern
institution that had little or no linkages with the modern capitalistic economy. Only recently scholars had
started the debate on the central role played by slavery in the growth of American capitalism.
Studies conducted by Calvin Schermerhorn, Sven Beckett, Seth Rockman, Edward Baptist, and others
had initiated a new debate to show that slavery was not a pre-modern institution, rather it was the generator
and modeler of modern capitalism, also with strong links with the industrial revolution in Great Britain.
My research paper aims to analyze and quantify the economic contribution of enslaved people to the
American economy and how it acted as a catalyst in transforming a relatively young republic into world’s
largest economy at the beginning of the 20th century.
In this study, I analyzed the failure of the Nigerian State (1986 -1999) in the implementation of... more In this study, I analyzed the failure of the Nigerian State (1986 -1999) in the implementation of social protection programmes.
This is referred to as SAP's and post SAP's period.
The critical assessment is made in two perspectives; A Political and an Economic perspective.
This work is conceived on a human rights approach to social protection and I analyzed the possibility of a fiscal space to enable the proper financing of welfare policies in Nigeria.