【Message for my supporters from Verdiane】

2024.4.2~2025.1.27
University of Yaoundé I　[Cameroon]
[Republic of Cameroon]

Konnichiwa,
My name is Verdiane YEMATA, I am a student at the University of Yaounde I in Cameroon, pursuing a Ph.D in medical anthropology, and now currently an exchange student at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. I am very excited and happy to have been given this opportunity to study here because I like the way Japan remains strongly linked to its culture. So, as a culture lover, I would like to discover many things about Japanese culture like language, religion, customs, behaviors, rituals and practices, clothes and traditional meals, etc. I would like to find how a people could develop while jealously keeping their nature, so I could transmit these values when I return to my country. The way everybody is welcoming here at TUFS is just amazing.
I can't end my speech without thanking the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) for supporting all my trip here, the Inter University Exchange Project (IAfP) for sponsoring this program by paying for our plane tickets and the African Studies Center at TUFS for accepting me into the school. In addition, I want to thanks the TUFS-International Student association (TUFS-ISSA) for accompanying us on a daily basis here.
Long live IAfP!　Long live JASSO!　Long live TUFS!