Comprehensive Area Studies on Coexistence and Conflict Resolution Realizing the African Potentials | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(S)

	Shuichi Oyama
	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Fields of Research	Area Studies, Ecological Anthropology, Environmental Geography
Keyword	Conflict Over Land and Resources, Land Grabbing, Subsistence Economy, Land Tenure System
Unit	Economy and Development Livelihood and Environment
Cluster	West Africa Southern Africa
Research Interests	Research has been ongoing on the southern African region, especially Zambia and the Sahel region in West Africa. Following the revision in Zambia’s land laws, there has been foreign investment in mining and large-scale plantations in the customary land based on communal land. This has resulted in the loss of livelihood base for local people because they were evicted. In Sahel region of West Africa, armed conflict is now intensifying in the farmers are expanding their farmland and thus limiting land for pastoral people of Fulbe and Tuareg to graze their livestock during the rainy season. This research analyzes the types of conflicts that exist between people of livelihood mode in order to search for the possibilities for the resolution.

Shuichi Oyama