Assistant Professor Ran MURATSU won the 36th Young Researcher Prize of the Japan Association for African Studies for her publication, Demons of the Gulf of Guinea: Ethnography of Affect and Possession in Christian New Religions (『ギニア湾の悪魔―キリスト教系新宗教をめぐる情動と憑依の民族誌』published by Sekai Shisosha in January 2023).
This award recognizes outstanding works from research papers or books related to the African region, published by regular members under the age of 40 over the past two years. The award ceremony was held on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at the 61st Annual Conference of the Japan Association for African Studies at Osaka University. For the reasons for the award, please see the website of the Japan Association for African Studies website. (Only available in Japanese)