"ABORNE is an interdisciplinary network of researchers interested in all aspects of international borders and trans-boundary phenomena in Africa."
See especially: Conferences -and- Bibliography of publications by ABORNE members
Plus: FrontAfrique below.

Africa Action -- incorporating American Committe on Africa, The Africa Fund, and APIC.

'The African Academy of Sciences was conceived on the 6th day of July 1985 when 22 prominent scientists met in Trieste, Italy, at the inauguration of the Third World Academy of Sciences TWAS) and devised the concept of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS). Under the leadership of Prof. Thomas R. Odhiambo as the first elected President of the AAS, membership has grown rapidly from the initial 33 members in 1985 to 107 in 1995, representing 24 African countries and 5 countries overseas.'

"The AASR was founded at an International Association for the History of Religions Regional Conference at the University of Zimbabwe at Harare, Zimbabwe, in September 1992." The website includes information about the organization, conferences in Africa and elsewhere, and related links.
-- Call for Papers -- AAR Congress, Washington, DC, USA, November 18-21, 2006

General information about the organization, its activities and its publications."[Founded in December 1972 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania] The AAPS is a pan-African organisation of scholars whose mandate is to promote the study and application of political science in and about Africa."
-- 15th Biennial Congress, 19-21 September, Cairo, Egypt

This website contains an extensive directory of scholars based at universities all over Africa.

"The African Finance and Economics Association is a non-profit professional organization for academicians and practitioners with scholarly or professional interest in the development and application of finance and economics in African countries."

General information on the organization and its activities.

The site includes general information about ALA conferences and issues. Note: The "ALA Bulletin" is available online ONLY for ALA members.

This website offers links to science-related programs, conferences, institutions, and fora among African scientists in and outside of Africa.

"[Founded in 1963] ASAUK is a non-profit organisation which has over 900 members drawn from Africanist scholars, students and other experts. Through conferences, workshops, a newsletter and a number of prizes and awards, the African Studies Association supports and provides information to the Africanist community. ASAUK works in close cooperation with the Royal African Society..."
-- ASAUK and other conferences

"The Africana Librarians Council (ALC), founded in 1957 as the Archives-Libraries Committee of the African Studies Association (ASA). Members of ASA whether they are librarians, archivists or documentalists working with materials from and about Africa or scholars interested in the preservation of or access to Africana may join the ALC. The ALC meets twice yearly, during the fall annual meeting of the African Studies Association and in the spring at the home institution of a member. These meetings coincide with those of the Cooperative Africana Microfilm Project (CAMP), a consortium whose member institutions purchase or film research materials in cooperation. The ALC and its activities are reported in the Africana Libraries Newsletter, a publication currently co-edited by Dr. Marion Frank-Wilson of Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington, Indiana and Ms. Bassey Irele of Harvard University Libraries, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The web site features announcements on lectures and other events, a newsletter, and occasional publications. "[Formed in 1948] The object of the Society is to foster knowledge of Ethiopian culture, history and way of life and to encourage friendship between the British and Ethiopian peoples. The Society is a non political organisation."

-- Publications: articles, book reviews, occasional papers, etc.

"The ADEA was established at the initiative of the World Bank in 1988. Its objective was to foster collaboration and coordination between development agencies in support of education in Africa. ADEA now focuses on developing partnerships between Ministers of Education and funding agencies..."

"The AASP is an organization made up of the Deans, Directors, Chairpersons, Committee Heads, or individuals who have the responsibility for organizing or leading the African Studies program at their college or university. Members range from Directors of the large Title VI centers to colleagues who keep the flame of African Studies alive in quite isolated settings."

"AAU was formed by 34 universities which adopted its constitution and formally inaugurated its association at a founding conference in Rabat, Morocco. It now has 140 members from 42 African countries. The secretariat in Accra is the permanent executive organ of the Association and operates under the direction of the Secretary-General. There is also an executive board consisting of a president, three vice-presidents and nine other members, all of whom are chosen at the quadrennial general conference."
-- 2nd African Union Meeting of Experts on the Revitalization of African Higher Education, 27-28 February 2006, Accra, Ghana (Reports, list of participants, etc.)

"Founded in 1977, the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS) is a group of scholars and students of Africa dedicated to: formulating alternative analyses of Africa and U.S. government policy, developing communication and action networks between the peoples and scholars of Africa and the United States, and mobilizing support in the United States on critical, current issues related to Africa."

This site offers general information about ANPA, its annual conferences, and related events and activities.

"[Founded in 2000] ASWAD is a not-for-profit, tax deductible organization of international scholars seeking to further our understanding of the African Diaspora, that is, the dispersal of people of African descent throughout the world. Through the examination of history, dance, anthropology, literature, women's studies, education, geology, political science, sociology, language, art, music, film, theater, biology, photography, etc., we seek to share the most recent research both within and across disciplinary and other conventional boundaries."
-- ASWAD Conferences, 2001 to present

"'Afriche e Orienti' is a cultural non-profit association working to inform and raise awareness on development, international solidarity and multiculturalism.' This site includes general information about the association, its publications---including tables of contents from its journal (begun in 1999), and contact information. See also, the English version.

'An organization of Africanists ... officially came into being in 1970 when the Canadian Committee on African Studies became the new CAAS.' The CAAS publishes its own journal, a newsletter, and holds an annual conference.

The site offers general information about the centre and numerous articles by its scholarly members---including Prof. Yusufu Bala Usman of the Department of History, Ahmadu Bello University and Abubakar Siddique Mohammed, CEDDERT Director. "The Centre for Democratic Development Research and Training, is established to promote and advance scientific research and training for the purpose of providing immediate and long-term solutions to the problems of the democratic, community, and national, development of the people of Nigeria, the rest of Africa, and the African diaspora."

"...a service that provides access to African research information produced in the Netherlands and elsewhere: details of Africa experts affiliated to Dutch and Belgian organizations; details of Dutch and Belgian development-related organizations, universities and research institutes; titles of published research on Africa in the Netherlands and elswhere; digital resources on Africa (full-text of publications, images and sound) in about 55 institutional repositories.

The Society was established in 1925 and is a discussion forum for economists in academic life, government and business. The website features selected papers from annual conferences, economic indicator graphs, information about the South African Journal of Economics--with sample articles, and related links.

--7th International Conference (June 2009)

Le site officiel d'un équipe de chercheurs qui s'intéressent à la question des frontières africaines. C'est le représentant institutionnel français du réseau Aborne (African Borderlands Research Network), initié par Paul Nugent en 2007.
Veuillez voir surtout: Contributions

"Founded by Professor Edouard Bustin in 1993, GRAF is based at the African Studies Center, but its membership includes scholars based in 20 countries in Africa, Europe and North America. GRAF acts as an interdisciplinary forum, or clearinghouse to keep members informed of their respective research interests or projects; to explore research needs and funding opportunities for specific individual or cooperative projects, and to organize regular meetings of African, European and North American scholars. GRAF also publishes a bilingual Newsletter and a Directory."

General information about members, conferences, jobs and fellowships, related links.
-- See especially: International Directory of Egyptology

"...established in 1991 in London and it draws its international membership from experts and students involved in the exploration of the oral traditions of Africa and the African Diaspora...organizes regular scholarly conferences: London, UK (1991); Legon, Ghana (1995); Cape Town, South Africa (1998); Chambery, France (2002); Banjul, Gambia (2004); and, Trinidad and Tobago (2006); and Lecce, Italy (July 2008)."

"The association that brings together scholars and researchers with interest in Kenya." The first inaugural conference was held in August 1-2, 2008 at Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

A discussion forum sponsored by the LASA, an associate organization of the African Studies Association of the United States.

An introduction to the literature, cinema, and music of the Maghreb region and its diaspora in France and elsewhere; plus, related web links.

This directory includes African mathematicians from the African continent.

Brief profile of the organization, founded in 1997, contact information, conference information, and newsletters. Plus, links to the African Studies Centre at Leiden University, other organizations, etc.

The web site features news and conference proceedings from the OSA. "[Founded in 1996, the OSA] is a scholarly, multi-disciplinary, nonprofit organization, established by Oromo and non-Oromo scholars to promote studies on and relevant to the Oromo people."

"To bring together prehistorians, palaeontologists and geologists from one end of the continent to the other." The 14th Congress of the PanAfrican Archaeological Association of Prehistory and Related Studies will take place at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa in July 2014.
--See also: past congress proceedings

Formally established in Ghana in 1992, with the support of UNESCO and the African Union. PAWA "...is made up of the 52 national writers associations on the continent, and seeks to contribute its quota to moral, cultural and intellectual renaissance in Africa." PAWA sponsors annual symposia in celebration of "International African Writers' Day" (November 7th), various workshops, special publications, etc.
--See especially: Book Reviews ; Profiles ; and African Publishing

"Porté par une équipe de 25 chercheurs africains, européens et canadiens, issus de 5 disciplines différentes (anthropologie, histoire, sciences politiques, sociologie et philosophie), le projet PUBLISLAM a pour ambition d'analyser les processus d'émergence et d'expansion de la sphère islamique au sein des espaces publics de cinq pays francophones d'Afrique de l'Ouest (Sénégal, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso et Côte d'Ivoire)."
--Veuillez voir surtout: Bibliographie sélective, Colloques -et- Séminaires

The web site features information about events and publications, as well as online commentaries and seminar reports, and links to other Africa-related sites."[For over 100 years and...] Through its journal, African Affairs, and by organising meetings, discussions and other activities, the Society strengthens links between Africa and Britain and encourages understanding of Africa and its relations with the rest of the world."

"The SSA is a body of scholars with common interests, associated with the African Studies Association of the United States [formed in November 1992]." The association produces a downloadable scholarly newsletter (twice a year) since 1993.

"The Africa Program works to promote social science and humanities research on critical issues relevant to the African continent, especially through the creation of linkages of African researchers to international scholarly networks."

Ce site est en français ou en anglais. "S.E.A. est une société entomologique axée sur les Coléoptères et Lépidoptères. La société a été crée en 1994. Depuis 1996, on publiait la revue, Entomologia Africana.

"La SFHOM est une association qui réunit des universitaires, des érudits et des professionnels du monde de l'entreprise et de l'administration pour valoriser les recherches sur l'histoire des monde des outre-mers, depuis les découvertes et les explorations jusqu'aux mouvements de colonisation, puis jusqu'aux indépendances et à l'émergence des économies et sociétés nouvelles. Elle publie des études récentes mais aussi des textes anciens qui sont révélateurs des civilisations d'outre-mer de leur temps. Elle publie notamment deux fois par an Outre-Mers. Revue d’histoire." Télécharger les tables bibliographiques (1913-2003) en format PDF -et- voir le catalogue des publications en format HTML.

"The Society of South African Geographers was founded in 1994 when the (then) Society for Geography and South African Geographical Society joined together..."

General information about SOMA-Net, conferences and other activities since 1995, and contact information on council members in different African countries. "To establish long-term holistic and sustainable solutions to health in Africa; by encouraging, facilitating and supporting research..."

The Committee was established in 1971 and holds annual Spring conferences in African studies.

"SCOLMA provides a forum for librarians and others concerned with the provision of materials for African studies in libraries in the United Kingdom; it monitors, co-ordinates and improves the acquisition of library materials on Africa, especially through its co-operative Area Specialisation Scheme for the acquisition of materials from Africa; it sponsors bibliographical projects, publishes bibliographical works and a journal; and, it organises conferences and seminars on African bibliographical topics."

"The Sudan Studies Association (SSA) is an independent professional society founded in the United States in 1981. Membership is open to scholars, teachers, students, and others with interest in the Sudan. The Association exists primarily to promote Sudanese studies and scholarship. It maintains a cooperative relationship with the Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum. SSA works to foster closer ties among scholars in the Sudan, North America, Europe, the Middle East and other places."

The West Africa Rice Development Association is an intergovernmental research association with a membership of 17 countries. Its mandate is to conduct rice research, training, and communications activities for the benefit of the West African region.

"Since 1982, help has been at hand through The West African Museums Programme (WAMP), a non-governmental organisation dedicated to helping West African museums become relevant and accessible and to raising the awareness of local people. WAMP is the only Africa-based programme focussed specifically on museum development to act as an intellectual partner in the sharing of information and experiences, and as an intermediary in the securing of financial support. WAMP organises seminars and workshops, provides technical assistance, encourages the development of training programmes, and fosters cooperation between museums in Africa as well as links with the international professional network."

"The mission of the Yoruba Studies Association is to provide a scholarly forum for students of Yoruba life and culture to exchange ideas and maintain contact, to the end of increasing understanding of Yoruba thought and preserving the vitality of the Yoruba way."

"This website should help MBChB and B.Pharm (Hons) graduates of the University of Zimbabwe's Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine keep in touch with each other. A standard entry contains name, E-mail address, year of qualification, city of residence, and a non-residential phone or fax number. There are links to sites in Zimbabwe and to Medical & Other sites, and a Photo Library of Zimbabwean Wildlife and Scenery."