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October 25, 2025

A recent graduate will be joining the after-talk session【TUFS Cinema】 ”Foragers”

This is an announcement about TUFS Cinema. A recent graduate majoring in African Studies will be joining the after-talk session. You are warmly invited to attend this cinema event on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Please register in advance using the QR code on the flyer. tufscinema20251025.pdf 【EVENT INFORMATION】 Palestine Documentary film "FORAGERS" https://www.tufs.ac.jp/event/2025/251025_c01.html ??DATE:25th October 2025 (SAT) Start time: 15:00 (Doors open at 14:40, ends at 17:10) ??Venue: Prometheus Hall, AGORA Global, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) 3-11-1, Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo (5-min. walk from Seibu Tamagawa Line "Tama" station) ??PROGRAM: Screening of "FORAGERS" (65 mins)  - Break(10min )- TALK SESSION (50 min including 10 min Q&A)ENDO Toru (Distributor, From Honjo to Palestine) KUROKI Hidemitsu (Professor, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, TUFS)WATANABE Harumi (Graduate, School of International and Area Studies (B.A.), TUFS) Moderator: OISHI Takanori (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, TUFS) ??Other:Admission free, Please register in advance, Opening to the public ??CO-ORGANIZED BY:  TUFS CinemaTUFS School of International and Area Studies Oishi SeminarTUFS for PalestineTUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo) ??SUPPORTED BY:Citizen group "From Honjo to Palestine"Center for Intercultural Studies of TUFS
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【TUFS シネマ】『採集する人々』アフリカ専攻卒業生がアフタートーク出演
October 19, 2025

Okinawa × African Music and Film: Resonance and Empathy between Okinawa and Africa

Okinawa × African Music and Film: Resonance and Empathy between Okinawa and Africa TUFS Field Science Commons(TUFiSCo) invite musicians and performers who work from a perspective that crosses the various shared phenomena between Okinawa and Africa, seeking to feel and find clues for thought through collaborative music and visual performances. This collaboration features Matchume Zango, a leading timbila (xylophone) player and percussionist from Mozambique; Miyako Island-born Maya Koja, an ethnomusicologist and performer specialising in Africa; and Ayaka Taira, an artist from Naha who organises events blending song and sanshin (three-stringed instrument) across art, education, and community. ??Date: Sunday, 19 October 2025 13:30-15:30 (Doors open at 13:00) ◆Free admission ??Venue: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Prometheus Hall 1st Floor, Agora Global, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 3-11-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo ??Access: 5-minute walk from Tama Station (Seibu Tamagawa Line)10-minute bus ride from Tobitakyu Station (Keio Line) https://www.tufs.ac.jp/english/abouttufs/contactus/access.html ??Performers: ●Matchume Zango Hailing from Mozambique, he is the country's foremost timbila (xylophone) player and percussionist. For over 20 years, he has toured globally as a performer and composer of traditional, experimental, and fusion music. In 2013, he established the Nzango Artist Residency. He has successfully collaborated with numerous international artists across various genres, including music performances, theatre, dance, and film, and has recorded several albums. Matchume also released the solo albums Wata M'cande and Tributo a Ven?ncio Mbande in 2017. In 2022, he obtained a master's degree from the University of Cape Town (UCT). https://www.matchumenzango.com/ https://instagram.com/nzangoartistresidency ●Mayako Kojya Born in Miyakojima. While serving as a JICA Young Volunteer in Mozambique (2006-2008), she became captivated by local music and began research in the field of ethnomusicology. Part-time lecturer at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts / Lecturer at Odawara Junior College. In 2012, she formed the band Manos, which performs Mozambican music. She also performs with the Okinawan improvisational theatre group 'Full Moon Improvisation' and a contact improvisation group. She currently conducts research and performance activities with a perspective that crosses Mozambique and Okinawa. ??Aya Taira Born in Naha City. Graduated from the Faculty of Education, Ryukyu University, specialising in Art Education. Engaged in various activities within art, education, and the local community. Creates spaces for interaction and creativity that transcend age and status. Also active as a member of the Uchinaaguchi theatre group Higa-za, and participates in theatre, performance, and music, including events featuring singing and sanshin. https://tairaaya.wixsite.com/ayatairarara/biography ??Moderator:Wakana Shiino(Professor, Research Institute of Languages and Culture in Asia and Africa, TUFS) The Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Field Science Commons (TUFS Field Science Commons) pursues activities exploring new possibilities for field research. (https://www.tufs.ac.jp/tufisco/)
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「沖縄×アフリカー音楽と映像で共鳴?共感する沖縄とアフリカ」
October 24, 2025

Networking Meeting for African Students Fall 2025

TUFS Networking Meeting for African Students 2025 will be hosted by African Studies Center on Friday, 24 October 2025. We hope that this meeting will be the opportunities for 3 exchange students from Africa to build network with supporters of exchange students, students and faculty members of TUFS in Japan. ◆Participation Fee is 500yen. Please pay at the reception on the day of the event. ◆The event of the program and so on will be added to this page later. The fee will be donated to the "Contemporary African Education and Research Support Fund" (a designated fund of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies). TUFS students!Participation is open to all majors.We will be waiting for you to join us!! ◆Dress Code: Wear something with African fabric if you can, but anything's fine if you don't have one. (if not available, feel free to wear anything). Accessories are also welcome. Halloween-themed outfits are also encouraged! ◆Program【TBD】 17:40-17:45 Opening Remarks (Prof.Takeuchi) 17:45-17:55 Exchange students introduction 17:55-18:05 Introduction of Supporters & Greetings 18:05-18:10 Self - Introduce Bingo (The broadcast for online participants ends here.) 18:40-19:00 Quiz 19:00-20:00 Closing Remarks (Prof.Sasaki ,PUR) We will be contacting those who supported the crowdfunding campaign directly with a formal invitation and providing a separate pre-registration form URL. Therefore, if you have already supported the crowdfunding campaign, please do not register using this form. This registration form is exclusively for TUFS students, faculty, and staff who did not contribute to the crowdfunding campaign.
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【TUFS】秋のアフリカ留学生交流会2025

3 exchange students arrived in Japan

September 26, 2025
In the Autumn of 2025, we welcomed three new students from Africa. They will start their program from 1st October. This is supported in part by the crowdfunding support we received at the end of FY2024. They are Victor, and Daniel from Protestant University of Rwanda(PUR) and Aurelie MESSINA from University of Yaounde I in Cameroon. We our Center will also support them so that they can have a meaningful time during their stay in Japan. Photo at Aurelie's arrival Sep 25th      Photo at Victor&Ade's arrival Sep 26th
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2025年度秋学期受け入れの交換留学生が到着

Dr. Kana Miyamoto presented at ASnA Conference in South Africa

20-22 August 2025
Our staff member, Dr. Kana Miyamoto, presented at the Anthropology Southern Africa (ASnA) Conference held at Rhodes University, South Africa, and actively engaged with fellow researchers. ASnA is one of the member associations of the World Anthropological Union (WAU), alongside the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology in Japan. Each year's conference is organised around a specific theme. The 2025 theme was "Entangled Ecologies: Memory, Place and Anthropological Futures in (Southern) Africa." Over three days (August 20-22, 2025), postgraduate students and early-career researchers from across Southern Africa delivered dynamic and thought-provoking presentations. Kana presented on one of her research themes, sacred places and the memory of war, as outlined below: ◆ Date: 20 August 2025 ◆ Venue: Rhodes University, South Africa ◆ Title: Negotiating the sacred: War, ancestral taboos, and wildlife conservation in north-west Namibia ◆ Presenter: Dr. Kana Miyamoto (African Studies Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) ◆ Abstract: This presentation explores how collective memory and notions of place shift over time by examining the sacred places (ovirongo vizera) shared by Otjiherero-speaking people in Kaokoland, north-west Namibia. These sacred places, marked by taboos, are not strictly isolated areas but are intertwined with everyday life, encompassing homesteads and grazing areas. Violations of these taboos necessitate seeking forgiveness from ancestors, underscoring the dynamic interaction between the living and the spiritual realm. Historically, these places are linked to the Nama raids of the late 19th century and the German colonial war in the early 20th century. Since the 1990s, wildlife conservation initiatives under Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) have also become enmeshed within these places. By analysing how war memories, ancestral obligations, and conservation schemes intersect and coexist within daily life, this study reveals an indigenous cosmology of life as a composite, continuously creating while incorporating new concepts. Photo 1: Eden Grove at Rhodes University (Venue) Conference sessions were organised thematically, with lively discussions and Q&A sessions, particularly centering on the work of young researchers. Side events included a workshop on academic journal submissions for early-career scholars, providing an environment that nurtures and encourages the next generation of anthropologists. Kana also reunited with Professor Shahid Vawda (University of Cape Town), who stayed at our center as a visiting proffesor in the fall of 2023; Ms. Rooksana Omar, who served as CEO of the Iziko Museums in South Africa for many years; and Professor Francis B Nyamnjoh (University of Cape Town), Kana's mentor, to deepen their exchanges. This presentation was made possible by the Sasakawa Grants for Science Fellows (SGSF), the Japan Science Society.
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宮本特任研究員が南部アフリカ人類学会の学術大会に登壇しました

Visiting Prof. Henrietta Nyamnjoh has arrived.

September 24, 2025
Dr. Henrietta Nyamnjo, a research fellow at the University of Cape Town (South Africa), will join TUFS in October 2025 as a Visiting Professor. She will stay in Japan for a little over four months, until the end of January 2026.During her stay, Prof. Henrietta will teach the specialized course International Cooperation2: "Cultures of Mobilities, Migration and Transnationalism". We warmly encourage students to take this opportunity to attend her lectures. Graduate students are also welcome.In addition, she is scheduled to give talks at public events such as the ASC Seminar, and further information will be announced in due course. Although her stay will be relatively short, we will do our best to support her so that her time in Japan will be fruitful and rewarding. (With Ms.Shukuru at TUFS arrival , Sep 24,2025)
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ヘンリエッタ?ニャムンジョ客員教授が着任されます