Keiko Sakai, Dean of the Center for Relational Studies on Global Crises, Chiba University

"Nothing expresses the substance of this volume better than editors’ declaration, ‘Africa is people’. Who drives African politics? Traditional Kings, militiamen, entrepreneurs, herders, or farmers? African women, minors, young people, migrants, and refugees play significant roles not only in tiny villages and national politics but also in the globalized world. The vivid descriptions and penetrating analyses of these outstanding Africa scholars will draw readers of this book to the potentials of Africa, where humans live as ‘human because of the other humans’. "