Prof. Oussouby Sacko

Kyoto Seika University

Former President, Mali

Oussouby SACKO is Professor at the Department of Liberal Arts, Faculty of Humanities at Kyoto Seika University, Japan, and was Dean of Faculty from April 2013 until March 2017.

He served as the President of Kyoto Seika University from April 2018 until April 2022. He is also affiliated to the Graduate School of Humanities and to the Graduate School of Design (Architecture).

Born in Mali (Bamako), he went to China (Beijing and Nanjing) after graduating from High School to pursue his education in the field of Architecture.

He obtained his Bachelor Degree from South-East University (Dongnan Daxue), Nanjing China. Afterwards, he moved to Japan afterward and got a Master Degree and a Doctor Degree of Engineering in the field of Architecture and Architecture Planning from the Graduate School of Engineering at Kyoto University, Japan.

He is member of Ordre des Architectes du Mali (OAM) and member of many scientific associations such as, The Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), Architectural Design Association of Nippon (ADAN), The City Planning Institute of Japan (CPIJ), Japan Association For African Studies (JAAS), Society for the Study of Early Modern Kyoto, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), ICOMOS-MALI, ICOMOS-ISCARSAH, ICOMOS-ISCEAH and many others.

He has conducted field researches and worked on housing planning, policy and design in Mali and Japan. Recently, his main interest are community architecture, community re-design and architecture conservation, restoration in historical sites. His most recent field trips were in Japan, China, Mali, Mauritania’s historical cities, Burkina Faso and Niger.