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.
Analyses of the labor market in Africa reveal a number of paradoxes. First, despite sustained GDP growth rates (around 5% and above, and over more than a decade, in many countries)…
Biodiversity conservation in protected areas with people living inside requires an helictical approach, as the communities inside harvest natural resources to meet their daily subs…
Based on the general census in 2013, the population of Gabon was 1,811,079 inhabitants, with 934,072 men and 877,007 women. It is relatively young—the average age is 26, and half o…
Since1994, when the guidelines for protected area management were published, IUCN has actively promoted the implementation of PAs such as National Park. Madagascar National Park ma…
Survival Strategies of Migrants and Internal Displaced Populations in Cameroon: Between Social Protection and Entrepreneurship Responses The various political crises in the Central…
This paper will outline the evolution of the World Heritage Centre criteria for listing world heritage and some of the institutional and political considerations that informed it e…
Importance of Timing Activities:The Adaptive Significance of Cathemerality in the Brown Lemurs in the Dry Forest of Northwestern Madagascar Despite the contrasting niches during da…
The Colloquium of Ecological future making of childrearing is a serial seminar that was set up in Academic Year 2022, as part of the JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “…
This paper discusses the way in which listening to sermon is perceived not only as a learning experience (kara ilimi, in Hausa), but also as an aesthetic moment. It focuses on the …
The now growing body of literature on industrialization on Africa has not only shown that industrial development remains weak; it has also produced a consistent list of challenges …