African Studies Association Annual Meeting Washington, D.C. November 19-21, 2020 The Hour of Decision: Power, Persistence, Purpose, and Possibility in African Studies The theme of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association draws its inspiration from the persistent calls to… Read More ›
Pan Africanism
Call for Submissions: Jalada No.06: After + Life (Deadline: 05 June)
We are delighted to share this call for submissions for Jalada’s 6th anthology ‘After+Life’. The afterlife has been a mysterious curiosity for as long as humans can remember. Myths, stories, or even entire religions have been born out of our… Read More ›
Call for Papers: EALCS Conference 2019, Ethiopia (Deadline: 28 February 2019)
The 4th Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies (EALCS) Conference 16 – 18 August 2019 Woldia University, Ethiopia Theme: East Africa’s Elsewheres Historically, Africa has a rich tradition of inter-regional trade and cultural exchange. East Africa is no exception. However,… Read More ›
Event: “Hands Off Africa!!” – 1958 All African People’s Conference (London, 06 December)
“Hands Off Africa!!” The 1958 All African People’s Conference: Its Impact Then and Now 06 December Senate House, London This conference, organised by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London, and the United Nations Association Westminster will mark… Read More ›
CfP: Asixoxe Conference on African Philosophy, London & Prague (Abstract Deadline: 23 April & 21 May)
The fifth edition of Asixoxe –Let’s Talk! Conference on African Philosophy: Africa in a Polycentric World: Cosmopolitanism and the Local, organized jointly by the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (SLCL) of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)… Read More ›
Call for Panels: 2nd Pan African Conference, Dakar, Senegal (Proposal deadline: 30th March)
We are delighted to announce that the 2nd Pan African Conference on the Status and Work Condition of Artists and Cultural Actors in Africa will be held in Dakar, Senegal this year. The conference will take place in May, 7th-13th…. Read More ›
Q&A: ‘Law is an extension of Literature’, says Kyomuhendo Ateenyi, the Ugandan poet exiled in the law.
Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire writes: I first came to know Kyomuhendo Ateenyi from his literary, epistolary and blogging practice at Makerere University. His poetry and political commentary published on university notice boards and a variety of blog platforms provided the metaphor… Read More ›
CfP: Exploring the Boundaries of Black Intellectual History, 24-25 March 2017, Nashville, Deadline 15 November 2016
Exploring the Boundaries of Black Intellectual History, 24-25 March 2017, Nashville, Tennessee Deadline 15 November 2016 The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) invites proposals for its second annual conference scheduled to take place at Vanderbilt University on March 24-25, 2017…. Read More ›
CfP: The Performance of Pan-Africanism: From Colonial Exhibitions to Black and African Cultural Festivals, 20-22 October 2016, Florida, Deadline: 1 February 2016
The Performance of Pan-Africanism: from Colonial Exhibitions to Black and African Cultural Festivals International Conference 20-22 October 2016 Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, Florida State University Keynote speakers: Andrew Apter (UCLA), Cheryl Finley (Cornell University), Souleymane Bachir… Read More ›
Exorcizing Afropolitanism: Binyavanga Wainaina explains why “I am a Pan-Africanist, not an Afropolitan” at ASAUK 2012
AiW Guest Stephanie Bosch Santana. Traces of Binyavanga Wainaina’s address, “I am a Pan-Africanist, not an Afropolitan”, delivered at September’s African Studies Association UK 2012 conference, have lingered with me over the past few months: the image of invisible digital networks of… Read More ›