Oussouby Sacko President, Kyoto Seika University, Japan

"What are African Potentials? A question which has been linked with African countries' decolonisation and their development process. These African potentials as well as problems need to be discussed within an interdisciplinary platform of scholars, policy and decision makers, and civil societies. This African Potentials Project responds to all those needs and became a driving force to understand Africa and build a collaboration between African and Japanese scholars toward a common goal, changing the stereotype image of Africa and thinking about a better future for Africa. I hope that this book, as a result of a 10-year interdisciplinary, international joint research project, can be a reference for building new partnership between African and Japanese scholars, civil societies and regional institutions."