By Wakiko Ohira and Kithinji Kinyua We were honored to represent the Japan Society for Afrasian Studies (JSAS) at the 6th Biennial Conference of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA), held from September 24 to 27, 2025, at the University of Cape Verde in Praia. This year’s theme, “African Responses to Global Vulnerabilities: Building Hope for the Future,” provided an expansive and urgent frame through which scholars from across the continent and the diaspora could