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Apr 13, 2021

JSAS MINI-ACTIVITIES APRIL 2021

JSAS Mini-Activity 2 (APRIL 2021) The second in a series of online presentations by JSAS members and invited guests will be held @ Zoom...

Apr 4, 2021

Governance, Death and Rumours in Tanzania

The Mystery of Magufuli’s Illness and Death: Rethinking the Place of Rumours in Contemporary Digitised African Politics By Kinyua Laban...

Mar 11, 2021

JSAS MINI-ACTIVITIES MARCH 2021

The First JSAS Mini Workshop Spring 2021 Dear JSAS family, dear ALL, We recently launched the JSAS Mini-activities series where any of...

Mar 3, 2021

After Radical Land Reforms. A New Book on Afro-Asian Perspectives

By Dr Rangarirai Gavin Muchetu, Secretary-General of JSAS. Comparing the Zimbabwean and Japanese agrarian experience may sound...

Jan 16, 2021

Faith and the Pandemic

Where is God and Grace in All This? An African Theological Reflection on Covid-19 By Odomaro Mubangizi Introduction More than a year down...

Dec 27, 2020

JSAS ONLINE WORKSHOP

Japan Society for Afrasian Studies 2021 Kanto Branch Workshop “Negotiating African Livelihoods at Home and Abroad” ● Date and Time...

Dec 19, 2020

Book Review

Japan’s Economic Relations with Africa in a Historical Perspective by Katsuhiko Kitagawa Osaka: Kansai University Press, 2020. Pp. 147,...

Nov 8, 2020

Stories from the Pandemic

Burial Rites During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Africa: The Changing Dynamics (By KINYUA, Laban Kithinji PhD. Department of Global...

Nov 2, 2020

Online Symposium

ILCAA International Zoom Symposium How Are Young People in Africa Thinking and Living?: Education, Unemployment, Aesthetics, Politics,...

Oct 25, 2020

Stories from the Pandemic

KINYUA, Laban Kithinji, Ph.D. Global Studies Department of Global Politics, Hosei University Burial Rites During the COVID-19 Pandemic in...

Oct 22, 2020

Political Intervention in Academic Affairs is Wrong

22 October 2020 An Open Letter to the Japanese Prime Minister To: Mr. Yoshihide Suga Prime Minister of Japan, Tokyo, Japan From: Japan...

Sep 16, 2020

Stories from the Pandemic

Covid-19, Panic, Politics and Corruption By V. L Ssali The early days Looking back, it is really difficult to pinpoint when exactly the...

Aug 30, 2020

COVID-19 and Beyond: A Perspective from Japan and South Africa

Insights from the JSAS Webinar, July 4th, 2020 Rangarirai Gavin Muchetu, Doshisha University The COVID-19 global pandemic continues to...

Aug 11, 2020

“I Can’t Breathe”: A History of Slavery, Humiliation and Unprecedented Rebellion (V.L.Ssali)

JSAS Newsletter: We deliver a wide range of information and opinions related to the activities of the JSAS directly to the members and...

Jun 23, 2020

Covid-19 and Beyond: A Webinar Connecting Japan and South Africa

This webinar is over. Thank you very much for the global participation! We organize a Japan/South Africa joint webinar on Covid-19 on the...

Mar 2, 2020

Latest book on Japan-Africa relations

Katsuhiko Kitagawa, Japan's Economic Relations with Africa in a Historical Perspective: A Study of the Pre-War Japanese Consular Reports,...

Jan 31, 2020

The 2020 Conference at Nagoya University Is Held Online

Adapting to the new normal with the covid-19, this year's annual conference is organized online. Please visit the conference page. This...

Jan 31, 2020

This event was cancelled due to Covid: (Kansai University Workshop on the Belt and Road Initiative)

<< This event was cancelled due to the current global health conditions >> The 5th International Symposium on Asia-African Studies will...

Jan 31, 2020

アフリカ×アジアの時代とTICAD　市民社会が結ぶアフラシア : News from Yokohama.

The event, which was part of the Yokohama International Forum 2020, was a great success. Our Tokyo Regional Secretary Pro. Hanai and I...