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Title: | African Studies in Japan |
Author: | Philips, John Edward |
Year: | 1997 |
Periodical: | African Studies Review |
Volume: | 40 |
Issue: | 3 |
Period: | December |
Pages: | 161-180 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Japan Africa |
Subjects: | African studies Education and Oral Traditions |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/524970 |
Abstract: | The increasing importance of Japan in Africa, both as a source of investment and as a source of foreign aid, is leaing to an increased importance of Japanese knowledge on Africa. This article gives an introduction to the nature of African studies in Japan for American (and other) Africanists in the hope that cooperation between American (and other) Africanists and their Japanese counterparts can be increased. It surveys Japanese contributions in science, ecological anthropology, ethnology/cultural anthropology, Africanist anthropology, history, linguistics, economics and economic history. It further discusses the main centres of Africanist research in Japan, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of Japanese African studies. Bibliogr., notes. |