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IKEBE Tomoki

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IKEBE Tomoki

Assistant Professor
Department of Modern Society and Civilization

Research Specialization Anthropology, African Area Studies
Individual Research Projects Relationship between Oral Tradition and Text in West African Society

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https://researchmap.jp/tomokiikebe

Academic Qualifications

  • B.A., Ritsumeikan University, 2014
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  • M.A., Kyoto University, 2017
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  • Ph.D. Kyoto University. 2021
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  • Research Fellow PD of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2023~2025

Research Specialization

Anthropology, African Area Studies

Research Keywords

Senegal, West Africa, Islam, Wolof language, Oral practice, Language movement

Current Research Topics

Wolof literacy and publication in Senegal

Selected Publications

2025 Tomoki Ikebe. “Information Structure and Nominal Predicate Sentences in Wolof” Journal of the Institute of Language Research 29(48): 1-14.
2023 Tomoki Ikebe. Baay Faal, the Religious Movement in Senegal: Ethnography of the Muslim who works for God. Akashi.
2020 Tomoki Ikebe. “The Interpretation of the “Doctrine of Work” in the Mouride Brotherhood and its Orality: A Case from the Form and the Content of the Religious Speech Practice (waxtaan)” Annual Papers of the Anthropological Institute Vol. 11: 73-95.