The Centre Arrupe pour la Recherche et la Formation (CARF) is pleased to announce the participation of its Director General, Father Toussaint Kafarhire, S.J. , also President of the Association of African Studies in Africa (ASAA), in two major conferences at Sophia University in Tokyo, on 8 and 9 July 2026.
Wednesday 8 July: Father Toussaint will speak on the theme: « Rethinking the Postcolony : African Studies and the Future of International Relations ». It will explore how African knowledge and experience offer alternatives to inherited development models, to rethink justice and sustainability on a global scale.
Thursday, 9 July: He will address a hot news topic: « Critical Minerals and Global Externalities : Will the Superpowers ».
While the DRC is at the heart of the energy transition, it will question social and environmental externalities of competition for critical minerals, and call for a more ethical supply chain.
These two conferences, organized in partnership with Sophia University's Institute for Asian, African and Middle Eastern Studies, offer a unique platform to hear an African voice engaged on major geopolitical and human issues.
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