Africa in The Anthropocene: Ogoni People’s Resistance Through Traditional Ecological Knowledge in The Context of Colonial Capitalocene

Yıl 2026, Cilt: 12 Sayı: 2, 496 - 515, 19.01.2026

Hande Sapmaz

https://izlik.org/JA29YK93YM

Öz

This study addresses climate injustice in Africa during the Anthropocene, focusing on the role of capitalist system actors in the degradation of nature. It argues that the concept of Colonial Capitalocene can be revised as “Human action (colonialism) plus Africa” Third Africa. The Third Africa can be understood as postcolonial Africa. Following the 1960s, kleptocratic regimes and multinational corporations replaced colonial actors; yet the Third African was unable to become an active agent. Following the era of independence, kleptocratic regimes assumed the role of colonial agents, continuing the structural harm inflicted upon the continent. However, colonial processes encompass not only military or economic domination but also a discursive apparatus of power. The knowledge systems and ecological relations of colonized peoples were redefined within the framework of Western epistemic regimes. In light of these premises, examples from the literature that focus on the resistance strategies developed by the Ogoni people against the Nigerian government and international corporations are examined as a case study within the framework of the Colonial Capitalocene. In conclusion, the rights-based, political, and evolving ecological knowledge–based resistance strategies developed by the Third African in response to environmental crises caused by destructive external actors can be regarded as central modes of struggle against climate injustice.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Anthropocene , Colonial Capitalocene , Climate Injustice , Traditional Ecological Knowledge , Ogoni People

Kolonyal Kapitalosen’in İzinde: Nijerya’da Ogoni Halkının Ekolojik Direnişi

https://izlik.org/JA29YK93YM

Öz

Bu çalışma, Antroposen Çağı’nda Afrika’da kapitalist sistem aktörlerinin doğayı tahribinden kaynaklanan iklim adaletsizliğini konu almaktadır. Çalışma, Moore’nin “Yeşil Aritmetik” kavramını “insan eylemi (kolonyalizm) artı Afrika” Üçüncü Afrika şeklinde yorumlamaktadır. Antroposen gibi tarihsel yönü olan Üçüncü Afrika, postkolonyal Afrika olarak değerlendirilebilir. Afrika bağımsızlık yılı sonrasında kleptokratik rejimler ve uluslararası şirketler, kolonyal eylemi gerçekleştiren özneye dönüşmüştür. Üçüncü Afrikalı artının sağında kalmaya, failin tahribinden etkilenmeye devam etmiştir. Ancak kolonyal süreçler yalnızca askerî veya ekonomik tahakkümü değil, söylemsel bir iktidar mekanizmasını ifade etmektedir. Kolonize edilen halkların bilgi sistemleri ve ekolojik ilişkileri Batı’nın bilgi rejimi içinde yeniden tanımlanmıştır. Bu kabuller ışığında Ogoni halkının Nijerya hükümeti ve uluslararası şirketlere karşı geliştirdiği direniş stratejilerini konu alan literatürdeki örnekler, kolonyal kapitalosen bağlamında bir vaka incelemesi olarak ele alınmaktadır. Sonuç olarak Üçüncü Afrikalı’nın failin doğayı tahribinden kaynaklanan çevre krizlerine yönelik geliştirdiği hak temelli, politik ve gelişmeye açık ekolojik bilgiye dayanan mücadele biçimleri, iklim adaletsizliğine karşı başat direniş stratejileri olarak değerlendirilebilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Antroposen , Kolonyal Kapitalosen , İklim Adaletsizliği , Geleneksel Ekolojik Bilgi (GEB) , Ogoni Halkı

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