15My focus on the Portuguese-speaking worldenabled my research involving both Africa and South America.Yazawa is also reviewing African newspapers published in Portuguese colonies in Africa.“For example, there was a newspaper published in Mozambique from the 1910s to the mid-70s, just before independence. Over time, the editors and the tone of the newspaper changed, but some thousands of issues were published. Until the 1930s when a dic-tatorship was established in Portugal, the newspaper contained many articles demanding African rights and improved working conditions.”African newspapers were also published in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.“Africans from the colonies were publishing newspapers in early 20th-century Lisbon. These covered all Portuguese colonies and included articles on the conditions and issues in each colony through correspondence with local agents. The publishers were African elites born in the colonies who had secured jobs and po-sitions in Portugal. However, their newspapers reflected their con-cerns for their fellow Africans, for example, by demanding better treatment for Africans suffering under colonial rule.”Black newspapers published in Brazil, Portuguese African colo-nies, and Lisbon crossed the seas and continents to reach their readers.“That said, these newspapers were only accessible to those who could read and write Portuguese. Most Africans and black Brazilians were illiterate, so the influence of these newspapers should not be overestimated. Still, reading these newspapers re-veals a common underlying sentiment: a determination to fight against racism that views whites as superior and blacks as inferior, and colonialism, rooted in that ideology.”Yazawa believes that such concerns continue to exist today.“Prejudice against the Black Diaspora has not disappeared. In the U.S., the Black Lives Matter movement emerged in the 2010s and spread worldwide through the internet. Many of the slogans and expressions intoned in this movement can be seen in black/African newspapers from the early 20th century. The courage of their ancestors who bravely faced their fate can also inspire blacks living today.”At Sophia University, Yazawa continues his research while teach-ing in the Department of Luso-Brazilian Studies. The Department covers both Brazil and Africa within its scope of Portuguese lan-guage acquisition and research on Portuguese-speaking countries. Although his specialization is not linguistics, Professor Yazawa says the department provides him the perfect environment for his research and teaching.“There are few educational and research institutions where one can study both Africa and South America simultaneously. However, Sophia’s ‘Lusophone studies’ department has provided me with just such a place to do my work. African studies tend to focus on English-speaking or French-speaking regions, while South American (Latin American) studies tend to focus on Spanish-speaking regions. In this respect, I feel a strong sense of pur-pose in deepening and disseminating research on the Portuguese-speaking Lusophone world. I want students to go beyond simply learning foreign languages and to deepen their studies of subjects uniquely available to students in the Faculty of Foreign Studies.”
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