The Historiosophical Dialogue Between Asia and Africa in the Mythopoetics of Olzhas Suleimenov

This study examines two of the most significant historical and cultural thematic lines in the literary work and public intellectual activity of the Kazakh writer, scholar, and public figure Olzhas Suleimenov - Africa and Asia. Through an analysis of Suleimenov’s texts, the author identifies key characteristic images: Africa as the origin and cradle of all human culture, and Asia as a space of transcultural encounters and turbulent historical dynamics. The central question of the research concerns the nature and methodological foundations of Suleimenov’s historiosophy. His approach is shown to be rooted in mythopoetics, which allows the writer to engage both with the depths of the creative human being and with global processes of interdependence. The author situates Suleimenov’s ideas within the ethnography and mythology of the African and Asian continents and places them in a broader humanistic and philosophical context. This approach reveals both the historical and social depth of Suleimenov’s work and new connections and evidence of cultural exchange.