Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research ,jointly offered by Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), and the University of Electro-Communications (UEC), will conduct the seminar on African development. We will invite Dr. Dzodzi Tsikata, a Director of Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, and discuss about the situation of development in African countries.

In the seminar, we will have two sessions: in the first session, Dr. Tsikata will give a lecture about the effect of agriculture on decent livelihoods and structural transformation. In the second session, two Ph.D. candidates of Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), will talk about the situations in Mozambique and Sierra Leone.

◆Theme: Seminar on African Development

◆Date & Time： 1:30 ‐ 5:30 pm, Thursday, August 29th, 2019

◆Venue： Room 322, Research and Lecture Bldg., Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

◆Programme:
1:30 ‐ 3:00
"Can Agriculture Under Neo‐liberalism Deliver Decent Livelihoods and Structural Transformation in Africa" + Q&As
Dzodzi Tsikata (Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana)

3:00 ‐ 3:15
Break

3:15 ‐ 5:30
"An overview of land rights and land conflicts in Mozambique"
Maisha Tunzine (Ph.D. candidate, Graduate School of Global Studies, TUFS)

"Post Independence and the Foiled Political Development Take‐Off in Sierra Leone, 1961‐1991: A Neo‐patrimonial Readings"
Emmanuel V. N. Kallon (Ph.D. candidate, Graduate School of Global Studies, TUFS)

◆Language: English

◆Admission: Free

◆No pre-registration is needed.

◆Organized by Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research (jointly offered by Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and the University of Electro-Communications)

◆Supported by African Studies Center - TUFS

◆Contact: Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research, Graduate School of Global Studies, TUFS
　　　　　　Address) Room 511, Research and Lecture Building,
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