One of Sophia University’s strengths is its embrace of different cultures and values. We spoke with three students from three different African countries among 1,858 foreign national students on campus (as of May, 2023) and one postdoctoral researcher enrolled in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (GENV). We asked them what brought them to Japan and about their research interests and aspirations for the future.24SOPHIA MAGAZINE Vol. 18Sophie Ebot Agborabang completed her undergraduate studies at a Christian university in her native Cameroon. She came to Japan eight years ago to pursue her graduate studies at Sophia University. “I had considered studying abroad but had not yet decided where. Then I met a university professor who had studied in Japan and spoke of the country’s cleanliness and advanced waste management practices, two areas of my primary research interests,” she said. Mabel Sarpong-Kusi from Ghana also has a Christian back-ground. She has over 20 years of teaching experience and has served as the head of a human resources department. In her desire to simultaneously develop workplace abilities and environmental awareness, she decided to focus on holistic human development approaches in the education sector. “I am pursuing my plan to es-tablish a model that will foster the young generation’s ability to Deepening Research and ExchangeAFRICAN STUDENTS FINDINGSOLUTIONS FOR AFRICA’S ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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