Hiromu Shimizu, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, President of the Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology

“This collection of articles showcases some of the results from the
works of Japanese and African researchers in a rare but ideal
collaborative effort spanning almost a decade. Both African and Japanese
researchers attempt to reconstruct concepts such as ‘informality’ and
‘futurity’ and turn them into something more convivial. In this sense,
this collection offers a stimulating ideological experiment on the
creation of new intellectual space.”