Research Activities

Research Projects

Islam and Socio-political Change in Africa (2018_2_40_001)

Outline
Recent activities of several Islamist militant groups in Sub-Saharan Africa pose the problems of terrorism and armed conflict. Furthermore, they also require researchers to fully reinvestigate what role has Islam been playing in the political development and social changes in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study tries to tackle with this relatively uninvestigated subject in the hope of identifying major topics for further research.
Period

April 2018 - March 2020

Members of the Research Project
[ Organizer ] Sato Akira
[ Co-researcher ] Tsuda Miwa
[ Co-researcher ] Sato Chizuko
[ Co-researcher ] Endo Mitsugi (Professor, Tokyo University)
[ Co-researcher ] Ochiai Takehiko (Professor, Ryukoku University, Faculty of Law )


Publications
  • Book - in Japanese -