On July 10, 2019, we had a small farewell lunch party for exchange students and a visiting professor from African countries. Shukulu and Rodrigue from Protestant Institute of Arts and Social Sciences, Rwanda, Abigail from University of Ghana, and Dr. Hampwaye from University of Zambia joined it.

Shukulu and Rodrigue have stayed here since Fall Semester 2018, and Abigail and Dr. Hampwaye have stayed here during Spring Semester 2019. Students were busy with classes including everyday Japanese classes, and also joined various kinds of activities to meet Japanese people and experience Japanese culture. Dr. Hampwaye has teached both for undergraduate and graduate students at TUFS and gave presentations in Tokyo and in Kyoto. He also met many Japanese researchers on African issues and widen the researchers' network. We know they miss their countries and people there, but they always showed us how much they were enjoyiong their lives in Japan. Besides, many Japanese luckily gained opportunities to meet them and learn about their countries and cultures from them. We are so pleased to have them here and hope they can come back to Japan in the future.

At last, Abigail gave us a word on behalf of other Africans and told us that they would like to come back here for sure.