Japan Association For African Studies (JAAS) held the 55th Annual Meeting on May 26 - 27, 2018 at Hokkaido University. The researchers of ASC - TUFS attended the meeting and gave presentations.

◆Hitomi Kirikoshi "Countermeasures against Water Erosion of Dagaare Farmers in Northwest Ghana"

◆Makiko Sakai "Vegetable Marketing network and bike taxis in West Cameroun--Study of Impact of Chinese motorcycle promotion on the mountainous area--"

◆Takanori Oishi "Local Knowledge and Formal Education among the Baka Pygmies --A dialogue with local NGOs--" (Joint presentation with Noriko Iizuka, Kyoto University)

◆Daisuke Shinagawa "Negation marking in Uru (Bantu E622D)"

◆Yasuo Matsunami "IGAD Countries Involvement in the Conflict Resolution in South Sudan"

◆Hirosi Nakagawa "Linguistic typological features of Khoisan EAT and DRINK verbs"

◆Shinichi Takeuchi "What the land law reforms have brought about in Africa"

◆Nobukatsu Minoura "Clause-Final Auxiliaries in Malagasy Sign Language"