Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj6LLtpA6gk&list=PLwsJGNeYVByKtTJic39LRd7KTfyhMRCQ4&index=7 Nowadays, numerous people who have different backgrounds can be seen even in Japan. They are not only tourists but also residents. Especially, Black people are not rare anymore in Japan, and they live and work here. Sadly, it is true that a part of Japanese has prejudices…

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn9r1h0xxQI&list=PLwsJGNeYVByKtTJic39LRd7KTfyhMRCQ4&index=5 “I am not sure what I can do though I’m interested in the issue.” As one of the class assignments in Literature and Society, I conducted the interview of Black Lives Matter and blackness for three of my Japanese friends, whom I picked based on their educational…

Project Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T0cVPZTgJG8wWY659VUv4KwLxfK8DWUc/view?usp=sharing What is the image of Afro-Japanese future? While there are not many discussions about Afro-Japanese future, connections between two exists in an interesting sphere. My view of this is from the perspective of tourism. The exchange of people between Africa and Japan will increase its interaction and…

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KIqoLTf03E&list=PLwsJGNeYVByKtTJic39LRd7KTfyhMRCQ4&index=2 As the current situation of Afro-Japanese encounters, Japanese people seldom meet African people within daily life. Thus, when most Japanese people think of African people, they associate them with celebrities on television, such as athletes and musicians. Unfortunately, however, there are some Japanese people who get scared…

Blog Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GjkOrnQJMXydVi0dJNZWKvdy1EDCLYTj/view?usp=sharing Instagram Post Link: https://www.instagram.com/afro.japanese_cuisine/ In the interaction between each group of people, the exchange of culture is one of the most valued elements. Culture is what describes the group of people and the history of the group. Within the culture, the food is on the top. ‘The…

Vlog Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tl3PUPOhHc&list=PLwsJGNeYVByKtTJic39LRd7KTfyhMRCQ4&index=9 Blog Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fiVlayrB5_QjrGudP_sXf3pkmMw3xGDb/view?usp=sharing In this creative project, I illustrated the future of Afro-Japanese interactions by combing Japanese food and using famous African food, couscous and harissa which are from North Africa and Tunisia. First, what is my vision of Afro-Japanese futurism? It is the mixture of Afro-Japanese…

Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GxszxDYUwk&list=PLwsJGNeYVByKtTJic39LRd7KTfyhMRCQ4&index=4 I chose to make my own musical piece for my final assignment of literature and society. This written assignment will give an insight into the project, and why the project imagines the future of Afro-Japanese relations. The main reason the project reflects the future of Afro-Japanese relations…

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94xIhYPuCp0&list=PLwsJGNeYVByKtTJic39LRd7KTfyhMRCQ4&index=6 Dance is observed in all human societies. People readily move their bodies to rhythm or music and express anything such as one’s spirit, deepest inner thoughts, some histories and social issues which cannot be expressed in the language. The reason why I choose the “dance” as a…

As the globalization proceeds, there are many opportunities to be exposed to other country’s culture, and the society values cross-cultural understanding. “Culture” includes languages, clothes, history, and one of the biggest cultures is food. Food represents changes in people’s lives, history, and it is taken over from generation to generation…