ILCAA Joint Research Project

Research on African Food Cultures: Approaching Their Changing Realities (jrp000289)

About the Project

Project term: April, 2023–March, 2026

In Sub-Saharan Africa, where the urban population is rapidly growing with high economic and population growth, dynamic changes occur in food situations. Previous studies on African food culture mainly concentrated on rural situations. On the contrary, this project aims to approach the true nature of various African food cultures in transition by focusing on new developments in food culture proceeding mainly in urban areas and positively forwarding the comparison of food cultures in urban and rural societies. The interaction between both the cultures is also analyzed.

Members

Coordinator

• Takeshi FUJIMOTO

ILCAA Staff

• Hiroki ISHIKAWA

Joint Researchers

• Yuichiro FUJIOKA
• Reita FURUSAWA
• Masaya HARA
• Sota HARAKO
• Tomoki IKEBE
• Chiharu KAMIMURA
• Yasu’o MIZOBE
• Isao MURAHASHI
• Yujie PENG
• Toru SAGAWA
• Yasuaki SATO
• Akiyo SHIOYA
• Kagari SHIKATA-YASUOKA
• Takao SHIMIZU
• Hana SHIMOYAMA
• Hideaki SUZUKI
• Yui SUNANO
• Yachiyo TOBITA
• Haruna YATSUKA

Outputs

Meetings

The 6th meeting

• Date/Time: Fri 14 Mar 2024 14:00–18:30, Sat 15 Mar 2025 10:00–13:00
• Venue: University of Shizuoka, Online meeting
• Language: Japanese

• 14 Mar

  14:00–16:15 Hisashi MATSUMOTO (Yokohama National University) and Yukihiro KAWAGUCHI (Tohoku University)

  Research Presentation “Tasting Japan in Nigeria: Movement of People and Food”

  16:30–18:30 Isao MURAHASHI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Shizuoka Prefectural University)

  Research Presentation “Dietary Changes of the Lopit People in South Sudan: A Comparison of Villages and Refugee Camps”

  15 Mar

  10:00–12:00 Hana SHIMOYAMA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

  Research Presentation “Dietary Characteristics in the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia: A Study on the Consumption Change and Continuity of a Root Crop Enset” and the Comment on the Research Presentation by Toshikazu TANAKA (The Graduate School of Project Design)

  12:15–13:00 Takeshi FUJIMOTO (ILCAA Joint Researcher,University of Toyama)

  Research Liaison “Report for 2024 Fiscal Year and Plan for 2025 Fiscal Year”

The 5th meeting ：Report (Japanese)

• Date/Time: Sat 7 Dec 2024 13:30–17:45, Sun 8 Dec 2024 9:30–12:50
• Venue: Online meeting
• Language: Japanese

• 7 Dec

  13:30-15:30 Yasuo MIZOBE (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Meiji University)

  Research Presentation “Globalizing ‘African Cuisine’: New Trends of ‘African Cuisine’ within and outside the Continent”

  15:45-17:45 Utako AOIKE (Kyoto University)

  Research Presentation “Preserved Food Culture in Niger: Dried Foods Moving between Urban and Rural Areas”

  8 Dec

  9:30-11:40 Masaya HARA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kobe University)

  Research Presentation “Both Cassava and Maize: Staple Food Choices in a Multi-ethnic Rural Village in Zambia”

  11:50-12:50 Takeshi FUJIMOTO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of Toyama)

  Research Liason “Status Report on Publication Project and Future Plans”

The 4th meeting ：Report (Japanese)

• Date/Time: Sat 15 Jun 2024 13:30–17:15, Sun 16 Jun 2024 10:00–12:40
• Venue: Hongo Satellite 3F Seminar Room
• Language: Japanese

• 15 Jun

  13:30-15:15 Research Presentation 1: Hiroyuki INAI (Waseda University)

  “Fish-eating Culture in Semi-arid Cameroon”

  15:30-17:15 Research Presentation 2: Hideaki SUZUKI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, National Museum of Ethnology)

  “Dried Shark Meat from the Swahili Coast: In Relation to the Western Indian Ocean”

  16 Jun

  10:00-12:15 Research Presentation 3: Hitomi NAKAO (Kyoto University)

  “A Regional Comparison of Staple Foods in Northwestern Tanzania: Focusing on the Use of Maize and Cassava”

  12:25-12:40 Research Liason: Takeshi FUJIMOTO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of Toyama)

  “Status Report on Publication Project and Future Plans”

The 3rd meeting ：Report (Japanese)

• Date/Time: Sat 23 Mar 2024 13:30–17:45, Sun 24 Mar 2024 9:30–12:30
• Venue: Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall, Medium Conference Room, Online meeting
• Language: Japanese

• 23 Mar

  13:30–15:30 Research Presentation 1: Hana SHIMOYAMA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, JSPS Research Fellow)

  “Cultivation and utilization of yams: A report on a preliminary survey in Savannah State, Central Ghana, where cassava cultivation is widespread”

  15:45–17:45 Research Presentation 2: Tomoki IKEBE (ILCAA Joint Researcher, JSPS Research Fellow)

  “Transformation of Food and Agriculture in Colonial Senegal”

  24 Mar

  9:30–11:45 Research Presentation 3: Hiroki ISHIKAWA (ILCAA)

  ““Injera" in Ethiopia in the mid-19th century”

  12:00–12:30 Takeshi FUJIMOTO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of Toyama)

  Research Liaison

The 2nd meeting ：Report (Japanese)

• Date/Time: Sun 26 Nov 2023 10:30–17:00
• Venue: Online meeting
• Language: Japanese

• 10:30–12:00 Yujie PENG (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Shizuoka University)

  “Spicy food in Cameroon: A preliminary research report”

  13:00 –14:30 Reita FURUSAWA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Chubu University)

  “Maize food culture in Accra, a city of colonial origin”

  14:45–16:15 Haruna YATSUKA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Tsuda College)

  “Re-evaluating plant-based local food: Diversity and locality of murenda in Tanzania”

  16:30–17:00 Takeshi FUJIMOTO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of Toyama)

  Liaison

The 1st meeting ：Report (Japanese)

• Date/Time: Sun 25 Jun 2023 13:00–18:45
• Venue: Hongo Satellite 5F Seminar Room, Online meeting
• Language: Japanese

• 13:00–14:10 Takeshi FUJIMOTO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of Toyama)

  “Explanation of the purpose of this joint research project”

  14:20–16:30 Yui SUNANO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Niigata University)

  “Local brewing in Kenya and Tanzania in the expansion of commercial beer”

  16:45–18:45 Yachiyo TOBITA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Tsukuba University)

  “Dietary culture of Senegalese urban residents”

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