KUASS (Kyoto University African Studies Seminar) is an open seminar to the public organized by the Center for African Area Studies at Kyoto University. International researchers and politicians talk about various topics. The lectures are basically given in English, and the latest topics and research outcomes related to African studies are presented, and lively discussions are held at the seminar. The seminar is open to all, no advance registration required, and is free of charge.
This presentation will explore how the trajectories of the tree species Dacryodes edulis—the safu— have been shaped by human practices across Central Africa. The first part will ex…
Studies on child migration often focus on single narratives: children as accompanying minors, as ‘luggage,’ or as a source of anxiety for adults. While recent research …
Our cognitive models suffer from issues in replicability and predictive power because our picture of what intelligence is for humans and the animal kingdom is biased and incomplete…
The degree of vulnerability of communities to climate extremes varies according to their geography, economic status, availability and access to resources as well as the prevailing …
Penda Mbow est une historienne sénégalaise, née en 1955, spécialiste de l’islam médiéval et enseignante (retraitée) à l’Université de Dakar. Elle est également militante féministe …
The diverse cultural and economic practices of communities in Southwest Ethiopia make the region an important setting for anthropological research. Within this broader region, the…
Conceiving of colonialism as a uniform, monolithic, and hegemonic process across the African continent obscures the complexities through which compromise, negotiation, and economic…
Since the ‘political conditionalities’ which had accompanied the Structural Adjustment Programmes of the 1980s and 90s in Africa, most states on the continent have been characteris…
For the last 50 years, generations of African, North American and European scientists and health workers have tried to fight Lassa fever, a rodent borne disease that is endemic in …
The Ghana Grasscutter Project is a transformative initiative promoting the domestication and commercialization of the grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus), also known as the cane…