An Ethnological Study of Discourse of Theory and Practice of Death and Rebirth in Modern Africa

在这些研究项目中，我从事了关于非洲社会宗教实践死亡与重生的理论与实践话语的民族学研究，特别是西非加纳的Asante、Dagomba、Mamprusi和LoDagaa的死亡与继承庆祝活动和关注仪式。2004年，我在加纳大学非洲研究所、剑桥大学非洲研究中心收集了学术论文和书籍；2005年在庆应义乌大学图书馆、东京外国语大学和京都大学亚非地区研究所收集了学术论文和书籍。我编写了关于现代非洲死亡和重生理论和实践的书目。2004年8月29日至9月27日，我在加纳的阿桑特地区从事田野工作。研究的主题如下：(1)与加纳大学非洲研究所的Asante Schlors进行讨论，(2)采用问卷和访谈的方法进行研究，(3)重新研究从Opoku Ware II(前Asantehene)到Osei Tutu II(现在的Asantehene)的仪式框架。我于2004年5月29日在东京外国语大学和比较家族史协会举行的日本非洲研究协会会议上介绍了研究成果。前者是关于“国王的葬礼和寡妇仪式：Opoku Ware II的个案研究”，后者是关于“非洲的王权、性别和寡妇仪式：人类不平等的起源介绍”。2005年2月26日，我在庆应义塾大学社会学研究生院发表了题为《非洲王权与仪式研究：政治人类学视角》的博士论文。

In these research project, I was engaged in the ethnological study on the discourse of theory and practice of death and rebirth of religious practices of African societies, in particular celebration of death and succession and attention ceremony of Asante, Dagomba, Mamprusi and LoDagaa of Ghana, West Africa.In 2004 I collectled African religious materials : academic papers and books at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana and Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge, and in 2005 at the Keio University Library, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa(ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Institute of Asian and African Area Studies, University of Kyoto. I compiled bibliography on theory and practice of death and rebirth in modern Africa.I was engaged in the fieldwork at the region of Asante of Ghana from 29 August to 27 September 2004. The theme of research is as following : (1) discussion with Asante schlors who are staffs of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, (2) reseaech by the method of questionnaire and interviews, (3) re-research on the ritual framework from Opoku Ware II (former Asantehene) to Osei Tutu II (present Asantehene). I presented about the research results at the conference of Japan Association for African Studies on 29 May 2004 at the ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Comparative Family History Association on 12 November 2005. The former is on "King's funeral and widowhood rituals : a case-study of Opoku Ware II," and the latter is on "Kingship, gender and widowhood rituals in Africa : an introduction for the origins of human inequality". I published doctoral dissertation on "A study of kingship and ritual in Africa : perspective of political anthropology" that was conferred on 26 February 2005 at the Graduate School of Sociology, Keio University.