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Conferences in 2013

African Literature Association: 39th Annual ALA Conference "Literature, Liberation and the Law," March 20-25, 2013, Charleston, South Carolina (Co-sponsored by Program of Carolina Low Country & Atlantic World, College of Charleston)
"Black Portraiture[s]: The Black Body in the West," January 17-20, 2013, Paris, France (An international conference co-sponsored by New York University-Paris, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University, Cornell University, Musée du quai Branly, FSHM, and L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts)
Conference on "The Durban Moment: Revisiting Politics, Labour, Youth, and Resistance in the 1970s," February 21-23, 2013, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa (via SAHO--South African History Online, Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa)
Registration and abstracts and papers are availalble online.
Etonnants Voyageurs, Festival International du Livre et du Film: Les États Généreux des Littératures Africaines, 13-17 fevrier 2013, Brazzaville, Congo Palais des Congrés, Institut Français du Congo (via Saint-Malo, France)
Veuillez voir aussi: le programme 48 pages en format PDF
Harvard University, Africa Business Club: Africa Business Conference "Redefining Africa:
The Emergence of a New African Story," February 15-17, 2013, Harvard Business School
(Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Conferences in 2012

"Africa's Many Divides and Africa's Future" -- 2nd Biennial Kwame Nkrumah International Conference, September 21-24, 2012, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
(via Kwantlen Polytechnical University, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)
The deadline for proposals is March 30, 2012!
"Africa Writes 2012" , June 30-July 1, 2012, Inaugural Annual Literature and Book Festival Celebrating Contemporary African Writing (The Royal African Society, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, UK)
19th New York African Film Festival -- "21st Century The Homecoming": April 5-May 25, 2012 Co-sponsored with the Film Society of Lincoln Center (AFF, Inc., New York)
African Literature Association: 38th Annual ALA Conference "Human Rights, Literature, and the Visual Arts in Africa and the Diaspora," April 11-15, 2012, Dallas, Texas (Co-sponsored by Southern Methodist University and The Embrey Human Rights Program)
The deadline for proposals is December 30, 2011!
African Studies Association of the United States: 2012 ASA Annual Meeting "Research Frontiers in the Study of Africa" November 29-December 1, 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (via Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey)
Preliminary ASA 2012 program
Africana Librarians Council Spring Meeting, April 19-21, 2012, University of Wisconsin--Madison
(via The Libraries of University of Wisconsin--Madison)
"The Africana Librarians Council (ALC) was founded in 1957 as part of the African Studies Association (ASA) under the name Archives/Libraries Committee. The ALC continues today as an ASA-sponsored organization. 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."
See also: ALC Home Page (via The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
African Studies Association of the United Kingdom: 2012 ASAUK Biennial Conference, 6-8 September 2012, Leeds University (Royal African Society, London, UK)
International Conference on "Archives of Post-Independence Africa and its Diaspora," June 20-23, 2012, Dakar, Senegal (Co-sponsored by CODESRIA--Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, African Studies Centre--Leiden University, and the University of California African Studies Multicampus Research Group)
The deadline for proposals is November 30, 2011!
Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa: 5th Annual ASMEA Conference "History and the "New" Middle East and Africa, October 11-13, 2012, Washington, DC
--Tentative schedule of panels and events
Associazione per gli Studi Africani in Italia: African Studies Conference, Pavia University, Faculty of Political Science, 18-20 September 2012 (via Università di Pavia, Centro Studi Popoli Extra-Europei "Cesare Bonacossa" Dip. Di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Italia)
The deadline for proposals is June 1, 2012!
Canadian Association of African Studies: CAAS Conference 2012--"Africa in Transformation, Africa of Individuals, Africa of Generations," May 2-4, 2012 (Université Laval, Québec, Canada)
Columbia University -- 2012 Special Events
- African Diplomatic Forum 2012: "Statecraft: Leveraging Africa's Ascendance for Political Influence and Economic Development, November 16, 2012 (Co-sponsored by SIPA Pan African Network and the Institute of African Studies, Columbia University)
- 9th Annual African Economic Forum, April 13-14, 2012, Columbia University Business School Co-sponsored with Columbia University Law School and the School of International & Public Affairs
"Black Migration Symposium," February 10-11, 2012, Co-sponsored by Vanderbilt University and Fisk University (Nashville, Tennessee)
The site includes the program and biographies of the participants.
Boston University: 20th Annual Graduate Student Conference in African Studies, March 30-31, 2012--"Call for Papers" (Boston, Massachusetts)
-- The deadline for applications is February 1, 2012.
DAK'ART 2012: La Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain, du 11 mai au 10 juin 2012, Dakar, Sénégal
Le 20ème anniversaire! L'exposition internationale d'Art Africain Contemporain de la Biennale de Dakar présentera le travaux de beaucoup d'artistes venus de plus que 20 pays d'Afrique et une Exposition Diaspora ...comprend un large éventail de stratégies d'expression allant de la peinture à l'installation, en passant par la performance, la sculpture, l'art vidéo et les média interactifs.
-- Dak'Art 2012: Prospects and Challenges (June 2012) by Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi ; plus, Photos of the exhibitions and events Nafas: art magazine. (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Berlin, Germany; in cooperation with Universes in Universe)
-- Veuillez voir aussi: DAK'ART 2010
Festival International de Littérature Orale Africaine, les 6, 7, et 8 décembre 2012, Niamey, Niger
(Arts Cultura y Desarollo, Valencia, Espagne)
--Veuillez voir aussi: Programme du Congrès international de littérature orale africaine
Harvard University, Center for Geographic Analysis: "Remapping Africa in GIS: From Humanities to Health," March 29-30, 2012 (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
--See also: Committee on African Studies
New Approaches to Maternal Mortality in Africa, July 2-3, 2012, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, & Humanities, King's College, University of Cambridge, UK
"...to provide a forum within which people with very different expertise and experience can explore the latest research findings...The following two areas, taken together, will form the focus of the conference: biological mechanisms determining birth outcomes ; the social and historical context for maternal mortality in Africa."
International Conference on "Norms in the Margins and Margins of the Norm: the Social Construction of Illegality," October 25-27, 2012, Tervuren, Brussels, and Leuven, Belgium
This event is co-sponsored by The Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren), Université Libre de Bruxelles, and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. See especially: Panels and abstracts
Colloque International "Saint-Louis du Sénégal et La Nouvelle-Orléans: Histoire comparée et croisée de deux cités portuaires de part et d'autre de l'Atlantique du XVIIe au XXe siècle," du 4 au 7 juin 2012, Université Gaston-Berger, Saint-Louis, Sénégal
Organisé par Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, États-Unis; Centre Africain de Recherche sur les Traites et les Esclavages, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal; et Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, CENA / MASCIPO, Paris, France.
"Sexuality and Colonial Black Atlantic Cities," April 19-20, 2012, University of Chicago, Illinois
(via College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts)
Somali Studies International Association Congress 2012: "Envisioning the Future: Building on the Past -- Utilizing the Strengths of Somali Society and History," 11-13 October 2012, Lillehammer, Norway (Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue, Lillehammer, Norway)
The 11th SSIA Congress is being hosted in cooperation with IFTIIN, Somali-Norwegian Knowledge Centre. See the program and call for papers. The deadline for abstracts is August 20, 2012.

"Sports and Community-Building in Africa and the Global South," April 6-7, 2012, Ohio University

"We Face Forward" Art and Music from West Africa Today, Exhibitions and Events, 2 June -
16 September 2012, Manchester, UK
West African Association of Archaeology = Association Ouest Africaine d'Archéologie: 13th Colloquium of the W.A.A.A., Université Cocody-Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 27-30 November 2012
The deadline for proposals is June 30, 2012.

Conferences in 2011

International Conference on "Africa and People of African Descent: Issues and actions to Re-Envision the Future," September 14-16, 2011, Howard University, Washington, DC
The deadline for paper abstracts is June 30, 2011!
African Literature Association: 37th Annual African Literature Association Conference -- "African Literature, Visual Arts, and Film in Local and Transnational Spaces," April 13-17, 2011, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is January 4, 2011!!
African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific: 34th AFSAAP Conference --
"Africa 2011," November 30-December 2, 2011, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is August 1, 2011.
African Studies Association of India: "India-Africa Enduring Partnership: Emerging Areas of Co-operation," 2-4 March 2011, Mumbai, India (Centre for African Studies, Kalina Campus, University of Mumbai, India)
According to the "call for papers", the deadline for abstracts/proposals is January 31, 2011.
African Studies Association of the United States: 54th Annual Meeting, "50 Years of African Liberation," November 17-20, 2011, Washington, DC (via Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey)
The preliminary program is available.
Africana Librarians Council/CRL-CAMP Spring 2011 Meeting, April 7-9, 2011, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. An African Studies Association-sponsored organization.
AFRILEX 2011: 16th Annual International African Association for Lexicography Conference, 5-7 July 2011, University of Namibia (Windhoek, Namibia)
The deadline for abstracts is March 31, 2011!
--See also: AFRILEX home page (via University of Pretoria, South Africa)
ACASA--Arts Council of the African Studies Association: 15th Triennial Symposium on African Art,
March 23-26, 2011, University of California at Los Angeles
Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora: 6th Biennial Conference --
"African Liberation and Black Power: The Challenges of Diasporic Encounters Across Time, Space, and Imagination," November 3-6, 2011, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania(via New York University, New York)
The deadline for proposals/abstracts is May 15, 2011!
Boston University, African Studies Center: 19th Annual Graduate Student Conference in African Studies -- "Engaging Dynamism Across Disciplines," March 4-5, 2011 (Boston, Massachusetts)
The deadline for abstracts is January 15, 2011!
Columbia University, Committee on Global Thought: Conference on "The Art of Citizenship in African Cities," May 6-7, 2011 (New York)
The provisional program and general information are available.
Columbia University, Institute for Research in African American Studies: "The Idea of a Black Radical Tradition" Conference, April 22-23, 2011 (New York)
CODESRIA--Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa: XIIIth CODESRIA General Assembly -- "Africa and the Challenges of the Twenty First Century," December 5-9, 2011, Rabat, Morocco
A multi-media conference web site--in English, French, Portuguese, and Arabic, featuring "free" downloads of paper abstracts, full papers, and daily conference newsletter; plus, live video feeds.
4th European Conference on African Studies -- "African Engagements: On Whose Terms?" June 15-18, 2011, Uppsala, Sweden. Co-organised by the Nordic Africa Institute and African Studies in Europe (AEGIS). (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala)
The deadline for paper proposals is December 22, 2010!
FESPACO: Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
The 22nd edition of FESPACO took place from February 26 to March 5, 2011.
The official site in French only: "Created in 1969 in Ouagadougou, on the initiative of a few film enthusiasts, it became an institution on January 7th 1972 by decree in Burkina Faso, because of the enthusiasm and the hope it created among the public and filmmakers in Africa. It is biennial; starting on the last Saturday in February every odd year." The site includes information about award-winning films from 2009 and previous festival years.
6ème Festival Kaay Fecc, Dakar, Sénégal, juillet 2011
Le festival international de toutes les danses depuis 2001.
MANSA--Mande Studies Association: 8th International Conference of Mande Studies, June 27-July 1, 2011, Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (via State University of New York at Cortland, New York)
The deadline for proposals is February 1, 2011.
10th NEWSA--North Eastern Workshop on Southern Africa, October 21-23, 2011, Burlington, Vermont (via Department of History, California State University, San Bernardino, California)
Call for papers: the deadline for proposals is March 31, 2011.
"Peace Corps and Africa: Honoring 50 Years," March 24-26, 2011, University of Wisconsin--Madison
This event is co-sponsored by The African Studies Program of the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Madison, Wisconsin.
--See conference program and registration.
Conference "Population, développement, et planification familiale en Afrique de l'Ouest francophone: l'urgence d'agir," 8-10 fevrier 2011, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
"Cette conférence s'adresse en priorité aux neuf pays d'Afrique de l’Ouest francophone : Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinée, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, Sénégal, Togo...membres du gouvernement, responsables ministériels, parlementaires, représentants de la société civile (responsables d'ONG, chefs religieux et communautaires)."
"Possible Cities: Africa In Photography and Video" / "Imaging Africa" Exhibition and Symposium,
March 18-April 29, 2011, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania
"...includes photo installations by Sammy Baloji, Pieter Hugo, Sabelo Mlangeni, and Guy Tillim and video installations by Salem Mekuria, Ingrid Mwangi, and Robert Hutter. Curated by Mellon Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ruti Talmor, the exhibition seeks to complicate representations of Africa through a set of works on cities as sites of convergence of multiple pasts and futures..."
The symposium is on March 18-19, 2011.
"Slavery and The University : Histories and Legacies" -- An International Conference at Emory University, February 3-6, 2011 (Atlanta, Georgia)
This wikispaces site offers program information and registration.
Colloque Société des Africanistes -- "Quels regards scientifiques sur l'Afrique depuis les Indépendances?" du 17 au 18 novembre 2011, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France (via Calenda--Calendrier des sciences sociales, Revues.org, France)
Veuillez voir le programme final du colloque.
Colloque international "Sources orales et histoire africaine : bilan et perspectives" à l'Université de Lomé, Togo, du 24 au 26 mai 2011 (via Centre d'études des mondes africains, Paris, France)
--Veuillez voir surtout: les résumés des communications
South African History Online: "One Hundred Years of the ANC: Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today," 20-24 September 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa
uKhongolose--100 Years of Struggle for Freedom: A joint venture between SAHO, the History Workshop at the University of Witwatersrand and the Department of Historical Studies University of Johannesburg.The deadline for abstracts/proposals is February 28, 2011.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2011: Durban, South Africa,
November 28-December 9, 2011 (UNFCCC, Bonn, Germany)
- The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the UNFCCC and the 7th Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP7) to the Kyoto Protocol.
- Official site of COP17/CMP7, Durban, South Africa
  --See also: Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change
University of Texas Africa Conference on "Africa in World Politics," March 25-27, 2011 -- Call for Papers (Austin, Texas)
Convened by Dr. Toyin Falola ; coordinated by Jessica Achberger and Charles Thomas. The deadline for proposals is November 31, 2010.
"Women Changing Africa" -- Barnard's 2011 Global Symposia, March 15, 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa (Barnard College, Columbia University, New York)
World Social Forum, Dakar, Senegal, February 6-11, 2011
The site is in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. The deadline for registration by organizations is December 15, 2010!!
--See also: World Social Forum main web site (Rio de Janiero, Brazil).

Conferences in 2010

"África Vive" de abril a septiembre 2010, en España (Casa África, Goberno de España, Madrid, Spain)
Un programa envuelta en un amplio repertorio de actividades culturales, politicas, económicas, sociales. "Casa África es un instrumento de diplomacia pública al servicio de la acción exterior del Estado...El otro gran objetivo de Casa África es trabajar cerca de las instituciones y sociedades africanas para conocer sus intereses y prioridades, contribuyendo a identificar a sus potenciales contrapartes y promover el contacto."
African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific: 33rd AFSAAP Conference --
"Engaging Africa/Engaging Africans: Knowledge, Representation, Politics," December 2-4, 2010,
Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is July 15, 2010.
African Studies Association of the United Kingdom: ASAUK Biennial Conference 2010:
September 16--19, 2010, University of Oxford
The deadline for paper and panel abstracts is 30 April 2010.
African Studies Association of the United States: 53rd Annual Meeting, "African Diaspora and Diasporas in Africa," November 18-21, 2010, San Francisco, California (via Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey)
ACAL 2010: 41st Annual Conference on African Linguistics -- "African Languages in Contact"
May 6-8, 2010, Toronto, Canada. Co-sponsored by the University of Toronto, Glendon College, and York University
APAD--Association euro-africaine pour l'anthropologie du changement social et du développement: "Engager l'anthropologie pour le développement et le changement social: pratiques, discours et éthique," Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 20-23 janvier 2010 (via Leiden, The Netherlands)
Cape Town Book Fair, South Africa, 30 July--2 August 2010--plus June 2009 Book Fair Releases & News. Sponsored by PASA--Publishers' Association of South Africa, Goethe Institute, and Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Centre for African Studies, University of Edinburgh: CAS Annual Conference 2010--"ICT: Africa's Revolutionary Tools for the 21st Century?," May 4-5, 2010 (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
Columbia University: "Building an African Presence in the 20th Century," April 30 -- May 1, 2010 Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Center ; co-sponsored with The Committee on Global Thought. (New York)
Columbia University, School of International & Public Affairs: African Economic Forum 2010:
"Africa Turning Golden: How a Continent is Moving" -- March 26-27, 2010 (New York)
Co-sponsored by The SIPA Pan-African Network, African Business Club, and the African Law Students Association. An annual event held at Columbia since 2003, this graduate student-run conference explores Africa's economic problems and solutions. Paid registration is required.
O 7º Congresso Ibérico de Estudos Africanos -- "50 anos das independências africanas: desafios para a modernidade," Lisboa, Portugal, 9-11 Setembro 2010 = 50 Years of African Independencies (Centro de Estudos Africanos/ISCTE/Instituto Universitário de Lisboa ; Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
The web page is in Portuguese, Spanish or English. The panel proposal deadline is on January 20, 2010 and individual paper proposals due on March 30, 2010.
DAK'ART 2010: La Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain, du 7 mai au 7 juin 2010, Dakar, Sénégal
Le 20ème anniversaire! L'exposition internationale d'Art Africain Contemporain de la Biennale de Dakar présentera le travaux de beaucoup d'artistes venus de plus que 20 pays d'Afrique et une Exposition Diaspora ...comprend un large éventail de stratégies d'expression allant de la peinture à l'installation, en passant par la performance, la sculpture, l'art vidéo et les média interactifs.
"Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa Conference on Good Governance, Peace, Security and Development," April 9-11, 2010, Arlington, Virginia (Advocacy for Ethiopia, Washington, DC ; Ethiopian National Priorities Consultative Process, East Lansing, Michigan)
--See especially: Official Report 81 pages in PDF format
Etonnants Voyageurs, Festival International du Livre et du Film, du 22 au 28 novembre 2010, Bamako, Mali (Saint-Malo, France)
Veuillez voir surtout: les invités en 2010. Aussi, on peut consulter les archives et rechercher par le mot-clé "Bamako" pour trouver les profils des écrivains qui participent aux festivals entre 2001 et 2006.
--En plus: Festival 2010: Café littéraire -- Images, Sons et Vidéos
Festival International du Film Panafricain, du 21 au 25 avril 2010, Cannes, France
Veuillez voir aussi, les informations sur le festival de 2009 et celui de 2008.
Festival de Jazz de Saint-Louis du Sénégal: du 20 au 23 mai 2010 (via France)
Sur ce site officiel du festival, on peut trouver les informations les plus utiles à propos de cet événement annuel. De plus, on peut lire des petites lectures générales sur quelques artistes qui ont donné des représentations au festival dans le passé.
FESPAD--Festival panafricain de la danse, du 24 au 31 juillet 2010, Kigali, Rwanda
Sous le thème "Economie créative : perspectives en Afrique = Strengthening the Pan African Creative Industries Through Entrepreneurship". Cette biennale panafricaine, a été créée en février 1998, lors de la 67e session des ministres de l'OUA.
9th Ghana International Book Fair, Accra, Ghana, November 2-6, 2010
4th Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, August 2-5, 2010 (Africa First, LLC, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Call for papers and summaries of past conferences.
26th Göteborg Book Fair -- "Africa in Focus" : September 23-26, 2010, Swedish Exhibition Centre, Göteborg, Sweden Bok & Bibliotek
Harlem Book Fair 2010 -- "Women in Word and Power," July 17, 2010 (via QBR.Com, New York)
"The nation's largest African Americanliterary event celebrating family literacy, community empowerment, and community cooperation." The 12th annual book fair held in the Harlem section of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. The program includes outdoor exhibits, panel discussions, and other events.
"Health and Governance in Africa," Interdisciplinary Student Conference, October 29-30, 2010, Stanford University, Stanford, California--Call for Papers
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is August 1, 2010.
Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University: International Conference on "Enslavement, Bondage and the Environment in the Indian Ocean World," 28-30 April 2011 -- Call for Papers (Montréal, Canada)

The deadline for abstracts is September 20, 2010.

IST-Africa 2010 Conference & Exhibition, 19-21 May 2010, Durban, South Africa Hosted by the Government of South Africa through the Department of Science and Technology.
The deadline for proposals in November 6, 2009!
"IST-Africa 2010 focuses on the Role of ICT for Africa's Development and specifically on Applied ICT research topics addressing major societal and economic challenges, which is part of the European Commission's Information Communications Technologies (ICT) Theme of FP7."
Jozi Book Fair, August 7-9, 2010, Museum Africa, Newton, Johannesburg, South Africa Co-sponsored by Botsotso Publishers and Khanya College--Education for Liberation.
XIVème Colloque MEGA-TCHAD: "L'Homme et la Santé dans le bassin du lac Tchad," Universität Bayreuth, Germany, 15--17 April 2010 (Méga-Tchad, Nanterre, France; via Universit¨t Bayreuth, Germany)
'Depuis 1984, Méga-Tchad était un réseau international de recherches pluridisciplinaires sur l'histoire et l'évolution des sociétés dans le bassin du lac Tchad.'
Net-Afrika 2010: la caravane de l'intégration numérique (Dakar, Sénégal)
"Net-Afrika sera, pendant 3 mois de télé-réalité (Mai–Juillet 2010), la plus grande compétition sur Internet du continent...Plus de 1000 Webmasters, à travers 8 pays de la sous région : Sénégal, Guinée Conakry, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Bénin, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, seront mis à contribution pour créer plus de 3000 sites Internet aux artistes africains (Musiciens, peintres, sculpteurs, lutteurs, cinéma, mode...)."
Research Institute of Swahili Studies in Eastern Africa: Inaugural RISSEA International Scientific Conference on "Swahili Research and Development in Eastern Africa," 25-27 November 2010, Mombasa, Kenya
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is June 30, 2010.
Réseau des études africaines en France: Appel à ateliers -- 2ème Congrès RTP Etudes Africaines: "Recherches et débats: réinventer l'Afrique?" 6-8 septembre 2010, Université de Bordeaux, France
La date limite pour la réception des propositions d'ateliers est le 10 avril 2010. "La mission essentielle du RTP est le lancement d'initiatives propres à renforcer les échanges entre les chercheurs en Etudes Africaines."
-- La première du RTP Etudes Africaines a eu lieu entre le 29ème novembre et le 1er décembre 2006...veuillez voir les archives des communications (2006).
Rutgers University: "Crossroads: Migration, Language, and Literature in Africa," February 25-27, 2010, The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum. (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
Sports in Africa: Politics and Globalization, March 5-6, 2010, Ohio University "Call for Papers"
(Athens, Ohio)
The deadline for abstracts is January 3, 2010.
Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations:
XIX SCECSAL Conference, Gaborone, Botswana, 3-9 December 2010
University of Texas at Austin: Africa Conference 2010 -- "Women, Gender and Sexualities in Africa," March 26-28, 2010 -- Call for Papers. Sponsored by The Center for African and African American Studies.
The deadline for proposals is November 1, 2009.
--See also: Information and abstracts from past conferences, 2002-2009
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 7-18 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Non-Annex I Parties to the Convention: includes African countries
- Parties and Observers: definitions
- National Reports
- National Focal Points: contact information of ministers, ambassadors, or directors
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data
- Kyoto Protocol (1997)
- See also: Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change
"The Walter Rodney Commemorative Symposium," June 12, 2010, York College, The City University of New York, Jamaica, New York. Videorecording. Co-sponsored by The Queen's College of Guyana Alumni Association (NY), Inc. and WBAI Pacifica Radio, New York. (via YouTube.Com)
Zanzibar International Film Festival: 10 June--18 July 2010 (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
General information on a wide variety of events and links to related websites. "ZIFF is a non-profit organisation based in Zanzibar [founded in 1997] which aims to promote film, music and arts from the Dhow Countries (African Continent, Gulf States, Iran, India, Pakistan and the islands of the Indian Ocean). The organisation is working throughout the year and seeks to include people from all sectors of society, with special programmes for women, children and people in rural areas."

Conferences in 2009

AEGIS--Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies: ECAS 2009--3rd European Conference on African Studies, University of Leipzig, 4-7 June 2009. Co-sponsored by The Institute of African Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany.
The deadline for proposals was August 1, 2008.
14th International African Association for Lexicography (AFRILEX) Conference, 6-9 July 2009, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa: Final Programme. PDF format (via University of Pretoria)
African Digital Scholarship & Curation, 12-14 May 2009, CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria, South Africa
The deadline for registration payments is March 31, 2009.
"African Identities in the Age of Obama" Conference, October 8-10, 2009, George Mason University, Fairfax, VirginiaSponsored by the African and African American Studies Program.
African Literature Association 35th Annual Conference--"Africa and Blackness in World Literature and Visual Arts," April 15-19, 2009, University of Vermont, Burlington
The deadline for proposals and pre-registration is October 30th!
African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific: 32nd AFSAAP Conference -- "Africa in a Restructuring World," September 30-October 2, 2009, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia
African Studies Association of the United States: 52nd Annual ASA Meeting, "Africa at a Crossroads," New Orleans, Louisiana, November 19-22, 2009 (via Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey)
XVII International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University--Institute of Ethiopian Studies, First Week of November 2009 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
--Announcements and other conference information, including list of proposed participants.
ASWAD--Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora -- 5th Biennial Conference, August 2-5, 2009, Accra, Ghana (via New York University, New York)
Canadian Association of African Studies: 2009 Annual Conference on "Communities and Transformations in Africa and African Studies," May 4-7, 2009, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (via University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
French version
Conference on "Democratization in Africa: retrospective and future prospects," December 4-5, 2009, University of Leeds, UK
The web site includes abstracts of all papers (to be) presented.
Durban Review Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 20-24 April 2009 Organized by The United Nations.
"...will evaluate progress towards the goals set by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa, in 2001."
--See especially: Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (2001)
Symposium sur les Etats Unis d'Afrique, suivi du Forum sur le Rôle et la Place de l'Afrique dans la Gouvernance Mondiale, du 27 au 30 juillet 2009, Dakar, Sénégal Sous le patronage du Président Abdoulaye Wade, la Ministère des Affaires étangères, et l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop. (via Convergence FM, La Radio Panafricaine, Dakar)
En plus du programme, des photos, et des discours des intervenants au symposium, ce site comprend une recueil des entrées biographiques sur les "grands panafricanistes."
21st Edition of FESPACO: Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou -- 2009 (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
The official site is available in English or French: "Created in 1969 in Ouagadougou, on the initiative of a few film enthusiasts, it became an institution on January 7th 1972 by decree in Burkina Faso, because of the enthusiasm and the hope it created among the public and filmmakers in Africa. It is biennial; starting on the last Saturday in February every odd year." This site contains information about previous festivals, the African Film Library, electronic versions of some recent issues of "FESPACO News", and links to information about Burkina Faso.
Harlem Book Fair 2009 -- "Reinventing 21st Century Culture," July 17-18, 2009 PDF format (via QBR.Com, New York)
The 11th annual book fair held in the Harlem section of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. The program includes two days of outdoor exhibits, panel discussions, and other events.
Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Canada -- Conferences
- International Conference on Debt & Slavery: The History of a Process of Enslavement,
  7-9 May 2009------Call for Papers
- 1st Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Conference on Africa, April 28, 2008
- Workshop on Slave Legacy, Identity, and Development, 29-30 March 2008
5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa (IAS, Geneva, Switzerland)
5th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Pan-African Conference -- November 2-6, 2009, Nairobi, Kenya (AMANET, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; MIM, Stockholm, Sweden)
2009 Africa Conference: "Science, Technology, and the Environment in Africa," March 27-28, 2009, University of Texas at Austin -- Call for Papers
The deadline for proposals in November 1, 2008.
SCOLMA Conference 2009 -- "Africa and the Moving Image: The Role of Libraries and Archives,
June 17, 2009, Newnham College, Cambridge, UK
--See also: Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa (via The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
4th South African AIDS Conference, March 31-April 3, 2009, Durban, South Africa
6th World Congress of African Linguistics: "African Linguistics for Understanding and Progress," August 17-21, 2009, Universität zu Köln, Germany
The deadline for registration is December 20, 2008.
Zanzibar International Film Festival: 27 June--4 July 2009 (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
General information on a wide variety of events and links to related websites. "ZIFF is a non-profit organisation based in Zanzibar [founded in 1997] which aims to promote film, music and arts from the Dhow Countries (African Continent, Gulf States, Iran, India, Pakistan and the islands of the Indian Ocean). The organisation is working throughout the year and seeks to include people from all sectors of society, with special programmes for women, children and people in rural areas."

Conferences in 2008

2008 African Film Festival in New York--"AFF Cinema Under the Stars", July-September 2008: Harlem & Central Park--Manhattan, Corona--Queens, Fulton Park--Brooklyn, and Grand Concourse--The Bronx.
African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific: 31st Annual Conference "Building a Common Future--Africa and Australasia," November 26-28, 2008, Monash University, Victoria, Australia & Monash South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
The deadline for proposals is July 28, 2008!
African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific: 30th AFSAAP Annual Conference, 31 January--2 February 2008, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Theme: "Africans in Australia and Outsiders in Africa."
African Studies Association of the United Kingdom: Biennial Conference 2008 "The Presence of the Past? Africa in the 21st Century," September 11-13, 2008, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
African Studies Association of the United States: 51st Annual Meeting, November 13-16, 2008, Chicago, Illinois 50th Anniversary of the 1st Annual Meeting, Evanston, Illinois, September 1958 (via Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey)
Canadian Association of African Studies: Conference on "Reflecting on Africa's Riches: Resources, Conflict and Exploitation," May 1-4, 2008, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Cape Town Book Fair, South Africa, 14-17 June 2008 Sponsored by PASA--Publishers' Association of South Africa and Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World -- "Conference on Ending the International Slave Trade:
A Bicentenary Inquiry" March 26-29, 2008, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
See also: Teaching Resources
CODESRIA/SOS African History Initiative: "Re-Reading the History and Historiography of Domination and Resistance in Africa"--Call for Papers, 13-15 August 2008, Nairobi, Kenya (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, Dakar, Senegal) PDF format
The deadline for proposals is May 16, 2008.
Columbia University, Institute of African Studies: Events--Spring 2008 (New York)
Including: Conference on "Tolerance, Democracy, and Sufis in Senegal," March 7-9, 2008. Co-sponsored with The Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life.
Plus: "A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal" Exhibition, March 10--May 31, 2008, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
"Communication, Media, and Sport in Africa"--Fifth Annual Sport in Africa Symposium, February 22-23, 2008, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
DAK'ART 2008: La Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain, du 9 mai au 9 juin 2008, Dakar, Sénégal
L'exposition internationale d'Art Africain Contemporain de la Biennale de Dakar présentera le travaux de beaucoup d'artistes venus de plus que 20 pays d'Afrique et une Exposition Diaspora (les oeuvres de 7 artistes afro-américains)...comprend un large éventail de stratégies d'expression allant de la peinture à l'installation, en passant par la performance, la sculpture, l'art vidéo et les média interactifs.
Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 21-22, 2008. Co-sponsored by Cornell University Africana Studies and Research Center and the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University.
e-Learning Africa: 3rd International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, Accra International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana, May 28-30, 2008
See especially: Call for Papers: The deadline for proposals is December 7, 2007.
Etonnants Voyageurs, Festival International du Livre, novembre 2008, Bamako, Mali -- Les profils des écrivains-participants (Saint-Malo, France)
Sur ce site, on peut rechercher par le mot-clé "Bamako" dans le site pour trouver les profils des écrivains qui participent aux festivals entre 2001 et 2006.
Festival de Jazz de Saint-Louis du Sénégal: du 11 au 18 mai 2008 (via France)
Sur ce site officiel du festival, on peut trouver les informations les plus utiles à propos de cet événement annuel. De plus, on peut lire des petites lectures générales sur quelques artistes qui ont donné des représentations au festival dans le passé.
"Globalizing Mystical Islam: Exploring the Murid Diaspora in Europe and North America," May 24, 2008, New York Co-sponsored by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library, The Murid Islamic Community in America, African Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Institute of African Studies of Columbia University.
Highway Africa Conference on "Citizen Journalism, Journalism for Citizens", 8-10 September 2008, Rhodes University, South Africa (Grahamstown)
53rd Annual Congress of The Historical Society of Nigeria, October 13-15, 2008, Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria
The deadline for proposals is July 31, 2008!
Howard University, African Studies Graduate Students Association: Symposium on "Emerging Voices for Africa: Scholarship, Transformation and Activism," October 3, 2008, Washington, DC Co-sponsored by the Department of African Studies.
The deadline for proposals is August 18, 2008.
15ème ICASA: Conférence internationale sur le SIDA et les infections sexuellement transmissibles en Afrique, Dakar, Sénégal, du 3 au 7 décembre 2008
"Language in African Performing and Visual Arts: Global Trends, Issues and Perspectives," October 2-4, 2008 Sponsored by Yale Program in African Languages. (Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut)
"Call for Papers": Mid-America Alliance for African Studies -- 2008 Annual Conference on "Ties That Bind: Uniting Africa," October 17-18, 2008, University of Missouri, St. Louis WORD format
The deadline for proposals is August 15, 2008! See also: MAAAS Home Page.
SCALI--Summer Cooperative African Language Institute, June 8--August 1, 2008, Center for African Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"...the national SCALI during the summer session 2008...offers performance-based instruction in a variety of African languages by experienced and trained instructors who are native speakers of the languages they teach."
Science with Africa Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 3-7, 2008 Co-sponsored by UNESCO and Intelligence in Science (Brussels, Belgium)
The deadline for paper abstracts is December 15, 2007.
Time of the Writer = Le Temps des Ecrivains, International Festival of Writers, University of KwaZulu-Natal--Durban (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
10th Time of the Writer Festival, 25-30 March 2008
This site provides information about the programme, the participants, festivals from previous years, and related links.
3rd Annual International Tsehai Conference July 2008, "Ethiopia's Youth, Ethiopia's Future," Washington, DC Co-sponsored by the Ethiopian Heritage Foundation
The deadline for proposals is April 1, 2008. This site also features highlights from conferences held in previous years.

Conferences in 2007

ADFF 2007: The 15th Annual African Diaspora Film Festival, New York: November 23-December 9, 2007 and Archives (ArtMattan Productions, New York)
AEGIS: Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies 2nd Biennial Conference, "African Alternatives: Initiative and Creativity Beyond Current Constraints", 11-14 July 2007, Leiden, The Netherlands (African Studies Centre, Leiden University)
The deadline for proposals in August 1, 2006. See: online proposal form.
African Association for the Study of Religions 2007 Congress --Call For Papers, University of Botswana Gaborone, Botswana, 8-13 July 2007
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 also includes information about the organization, previous conferences in Africa and elsewhere, and related links
38th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL) and 11th African Language Teachers' Association (ALTA) Conference, March 22-27, 2007, University of Florida, Gainesville
Africana Librarians' Council Spring 2007 Meeting, April 19-21, 2007, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
This site provides details on the local arrangements and the program.
The Africana Librarians' Council (ALC) "...founded in 1957 as the Archives/Libraries Committee is part 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."
African Studies Association of the United States: 50th Annual Meeting, "21st Century Africa: Evolving Conceptions of Human Rights", October 18-21, 2007, New York (via Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey)
For more information, see also: ASA Home Page.
-- Plus: ASA 2007 Teachers Workshop at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 19, 2007
Sommet Afrique-France 2007: 24ème Conférence des chefs d'Etat d'Afrique et de France, 15-16 février 2007, Cannes, France (via France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères, Paris)
Cape Town Book Fair, South Africa, 16-19 June 2007 Sponsored by PASA--Publishers' Association of South Africa and Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Cornell University, Institute for African Development -- Calendar of Events (Ithaca, New York)
FESPACO: Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
FESPACO 2007 is February 24--March 3, 2007!
In English or French: "Created in 1969 in Ouagadougou, on the initiative of a few film enthusiasts, it became an institution on January 7th 1972 by decree in Burkina Faso, because of the enthusiasm and the hope it created among the public and filmmakers in Africa. It is biennial; starting on the last Saturday in February every odd year." This site contains information about the previous festivals, the African Film Library, electronic versions of some recent issues of "FESPACO News", and links to information about Burkina Faso.
10th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium = 10ème Colloque de Linguistique Nilo-Saharienne, Paris, France, 22-24 août 2007
Nordic Africa Institute: Conference on "Informalizing Economies and New Organising Strategies in Africa", 20-22 April 2007, Uppsala, Sweden
The "Call for Papers" announcement; proposal deadline is August 20, 2006!!
Time of the Writer = Le Temps des Ecrivains, International Festival of Writers, University of KwaZulu-Natal--Durban (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
10th Time of the Writer Festival, 19-24 March 2007
This site provides information about the programme, the participants, festivals from previous years, and related links.
World Social Forum 2007, January 20-25, 2007 -- Nairobi, Kenya: Programme
See also: World Social Forum (São Paulo, Brazil)
The site features all information on this event, the programme, and related links to current and past events. "The 7th edition of the World Social Forum brings the world to Africa as activists, social movements, networks, coalitions and other progressive forces from Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Europe and all corners of the African continent converge in Nairobi, Kenya for five days of cultural resistance and celebration."
Zanzibar International Film Festival: 29 June-8 July 2007 -- "ZIFF Festival of the Dhow Countries" (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
General information on a wide variety of events and links to related websites. "ZIFF is a non-profit organisation based in Zanzibar [founded in 1997] which aims to promote film, music and arts from the Dhow Countries (African Continent, Gulf States, Iran, India, Pakistan and the islands of the Indian Ocean). The organisation is working throughout the year and seeks to include people from all sectors of society, with special programmes for women, children and people in rural areas."

Conferences in 2006

African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific: 29th Annual AFSAAP Conference -- "Africa: Reconstruction and Renaissance," 20-23 September 2006, Macquarie University, Sidney, Australia (via Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia)
ADFF 2006: The 14th Annual African Diaspora Film Festival, New York: November 24-December 10, 2006 and Archives (ArtMattan Productions, New York)
African Heritage Studies Association: 39th Annual Conference "Understanding Health and Well-Being in Africa and its Diasporas", October 19-21, 2006, Tampa, Florida Co-sponsored by the Department of Africana Studies and the Institute on Black Life, University of South Florida.
5th World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL), August 7-11, 2006, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Department of Linguistics, Addis Ababa University)
Warning: the official web site may not always be accessible. For brief information on the 5th Congress, see also: WOCAL Home Page (via Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey)
Africa Rice Congress, 31 July -- 4 August 2006, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Under the distinguished patronage of the Tanzanian Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives. (via WARDA--Africa Rice Center, Cotonou, Benin)
11th International AFRILEX Conference, 5-7 July 2006, University of Venda for Science and Technology, Thohoyandou, South Africa. (African Association for Lexicography, via University of Pretoria, South Africa)
The deadline for proposals is May 31, 2006.
African Studies Association of Germany: 20th Internatonal Conference, "Knowledge and the Sciences in Africa", Frankfurt University, 24-27 July 2006 Organized by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Africa, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany.
The site includes excerpts from the Proceedings of the 2004 Conference in Hanover, Germany and information about African studies in Germany.
XXI Black International Cinema, April-May 2006, St. Louis, Missouri (USA); Paris, France; Berlin, Germany In cooperation with the University of Missouri--St. Louis, USA and UNESCO, Paris, France. (Fountainhead Tanz Theatre, The Collegium Television Program and Cutlural Zephyr, Berlin, Germany)
The website offers a call for entries, plus details on the films and videos from past years.
- XX Black International Cinema, May 5-8, 2005, Berlin
- XIX Black International Cinema 2004, Berlin
- XVII Black International Cinema 2002, May 2 - June 2002, Berlin--Düsseldorf--München, Germany
Cape Town Book Fair, South Africa, 17-20 June 2006 Sponsored by PASA--Publishers' Association of South Africa and Frankfurter Buchmesse.
DAK'ART 2006: La Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain, du 5 mai au 5 juin 2006, Dakar, Sénégal
L'exposition internationale d'Art Africain Contemporain de la Biennale de Dakar 2006 présentera le travail de 87 artistes venus de 27 pays d'Afrique et une Exposition Diaspora (les oeuvres de 7 artistes afro-américains)...comprend un large éventail de stratégies d'expression allant de la peinture à l'installation, en passant par la performance, la sculpture, l'art vidéo et les média interactifs.
E-Learning Africa 2006: 1st International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, May 24-26, 2006, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Co-sponsored by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, European Commission, SchoolNetAfrica, and The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
See also: French version
12ème Festival de Fès des Musiques Sacrées du Monde -- Harmonies: du 2 au 10 juin 2006 (Fès, Maroc)
Un site -- en anglais, en français, et en arabe -- qui offre le programme et les informations sur les artistes.
International Sociological Association: XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology, "The Quality of Social Existence in a Globalising World", 23-29 July 2006, Durban, South Africa (via Universidade Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
Final deadline for abstracts is March 31, 2006!
Jomba 2006: 9th Contemporary Dance Experience, 16-27 August 2006, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
The site provides information on the upcoming festival and links to highlights from the previous programmes since 2000.
Leon H. Sullivan Summit VII, July 17-21, 2006, Abuja, Nigeria (Washington, DC)
The website includes all details on the next summit and background information on previous meetings, corporate sponsors, and the late Rev. Sullivan. "The Leon H. Sullivan Summits bring together the world’s political and business leaders, delegates representing national and international civil and multinational organizations, and members of academic institutions in order to focus attention and resources on Africa’s economic and social development."
"The Meanings of Popular Culture: Perspectives from the East African Coast," July 21-23, 2006, Mombasa, Kenya. Hosted and coordinated by the School for International Training (SIT) Study Abroad, Swahili Resource Center in Mombasa, The Council on African Studies at Yale University, and others. (via Andrew Eisenberg, Columbia University)
The deadline for proposals is June 1, 2006!
Mid-America Alliance for African Studies, 12th Annual Meeting, November 3-4, 2006, St. Louis, Missouri -- Call for Papers (via Kansas African Studies Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence)
The deadline for abstracts is August 1, 2006.
Réseau des études africaines en France: Actes de la Rencontre nationale 2006: << Etudes africaines: état des lieux et des savoirs en France >>, les 29, 30 novembre et 1er décembre 2006, Paris, France
On peut trouver ce site l'archive des interventions en format PDF ou des fichiers sonores pour plusieurs participants.
Zanzibar International Film Festival: 14-23 July 2006 -- "ZIFF Festival of the Dhow Countries" (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
General information on a wide variety of events and links to related websites. "ZIFF is a non-profit organisation based in Zanzibar [founded in 1997] which aims to promote film, music and arts from the Dhow Countries (African Continent, Gulf States, Iran, India, Pakistan and the islands of the Indian Ocean). The organisation is working throughout the year and seeks to include people from all sectors of society, with special programmes for women, children and people in rural areas."
Zimbabwe International Book Fair 2006: "Africa: The Cradle of Conversation", 30 July - 5 August 2006, Harare, Zimbabwe
37th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL), April 6-9, 2006, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
General conference information and detailed program.
Festival sur le Niger, Ségou, Mali -- Culture et environnement, tourisme et environnement, du 2 au 5 février 2006 (Mali)
Ce site est en construction mais le programme du festival consistera en manifestations traditionnelles de la région de Ségou, des concerts, des expositions, des ateliers, et une foire artisanale.
Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge, Accra, Ghana, March 14-18, 2006 (Africa First, LLC, Saint Paul, Minnesota)
The deadline for abstracts is October 31, 2005 ; and the full text papers due January 15, 2006.
"Images of African Peoples: Photography, History, and Culture in Africa and the African Diaspora" Conference, March 31--April 2, 2006, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
The website includes general information, abstracts from participants, and program.
"Liverpool and Empire 1700-1970," 20-21 April 2006, Centre for Liverpool and Merseyside Studies, Liverpool, UK
This conference is hosted by the History Programme at Liverpool John Moores University at the Merseyside Maritime Museum.
NEPAD Council: "ICTe Africa 2006 Conference", 17-21 May 2006, Nairobi, Kenya (South Africa)
A call for papers and detail information on purpose: "ICTe Africa is a continental event for the presentation of technologies appropriate to development of ICT in Africa and for the discussion of a broad range of challenges and potential relevant solutions...presentations on next generation networks, infrastructure projects, Internet applications/solutions, rural telephony, ICT policies, ICT financing and solar energy for powering rural networks...[plus] professional development courses in fiber optics, broadband access, VoIP and other emerging technologies."
Société d'Histoire Coloniale Française 32e Conférence Annuelle, du 17 au 20 mai 2006, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (via Centre de Recherche Ouest-Africaine, Dakar, Sénégal)
"Transcultural Modernities: Narrating Africa in Europe," 1-3 June 2006, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
This Conference is the launching platform for a European Network for Euro-African Studies.
"Women, Gender and Sport in Africa" Symposium, February 24-25, 2006, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio -- via Impumelelo: the interdisciplinary electronic journal of African sports. (Online)
"Call for papers": the deadline for abstracts is December 1, 2005.
World Social Forum = Forum Social Mondial, Bamako, Mali, du 19 au 23 janvier 2006
"The forum of Bamako is one among the three polycentric events planned for January 2006; the two other events should take place simultaneously from January 24th to 29th respectively in Caracas (Venezuela) and Karachi (Pakistan)...The World Social Forum is an open meeting place where social movements, networks, NGOs and other civil society organizations opposed to neo-liberalism and to a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism. In this place they come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, for formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for effective action."

Conferences in 2002

Africa and World Summit on the Information Society -- "Bamako 2002", 26-30 May 2002, Bamako, Mali (African Information Society Initiative--AISI, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa; via Geneva, Switzerland)
General information, documents, and related links. See also, the French version.
Africa Malaria Day 2002 -- April 25, 2002 (Roll Back Malaria, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)
A website for advocacy and general information, with downloadable publications in PDF (English, French, or Portuguese) and related links.
Fifth Africa Governance Forum -- "Local Governance for Poverty Reducation in Africa", Maputo, Mozambique, 23-25 May 2002 (via UN Development Programme, New York)
General information and issue and country papers in downloadable PDF (English and some in French).
African Development Forum III: "Defining Priorities for Regional Integration", 3-8 March 2002, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa)
- "The aim of the African Development Forum is to present the key stakeholders in African development (governments, civil society, the private sector, researchers and academics, intergovernmental organisations and donors) with the results of current research and opinion on key development issues in order to formulate shared goals and priorities, draft action programmes and define the environment that will enable African countries to implement these programmes."
- ADF III official coverage
African Literature Association 28th Annual Meeting, April 3-7, 2002, San Diego, California -- "African Diasporas: Ancestors, Migrations and Boundaries" (University of California, San Diego)
General information, downloadable forms for registration and proposals; plus, related links. The deadline is January 31, 2002.
African Studies Association of the United States: 45th Annual Meeting -- "Africa in the Information and Technology Age": December 5-8, 2002, Washington, DC(via Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey)
The final program and link to the main ASA website.
African Union Summit, June 28 - July 10, 2002, Durban, South Africa (Government of South Africa, Pretoria)
This is the official English language web site for the OAU/AU Summit....inaugurating the new "African Union" and discussions on "Peace, Development and Prosperity: The African Century".
Africana Librarians' Council of the African Studies Association: May 2-4, 2002 Spring Meeting, Albany, New York (State University of New York, Albany, New York)
Registration open until April 1, 2002.
Business Day's NEPAD Conference, December 5-6, 2002, Cape Town (ABSA Corporate & Merchant Bank and Omega Investment Research, South Africa)
Registration required: The website includes the full proceedings of a conference on "New Partnership for Africa's Development" (NEPAD), held at University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (text, video, and audio files available); related reports in PDF format; plus order information for the CD-ROM version.
Canadian African Studies Association's Annual Conference: "The Global and the Local: Africa in the World and the World in Africa": May 29 - June 1, 2002, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
See also, the French version.
- Preliminary Program / Programme préliminaire
<< Le Chemin de l'Encre >> Symposium International = The Ink Road Symposium: Bamako, Mali, du 6 au 8 août 2002 (via University of Oslo, Norway)
Les communications du symposium --en anglais et en français, quelques photos et vidéos, et un compte rendu.
Colloque sur << Les Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication: l'Expérience Américaine >>, Dakar, Sénégal, 6-8 Mai 2002 19e Colloque sur les études américaines de Dakar. (United States Embassy, Dakar, Senegal)
Columbia University, Institute of African Studies: Fall 2002 Conferences: An African Conversation on Israel and Palestine, September 20-21 --and--
Civil War and Cold War: Southern Africa, Central America, & Central Asia, November 14-15 (New York)
This web page offers general information and downloadable papers (WORD format).
"Crime in Eastern Africa: Past and Present Perspectives" -- Naivasha, Kenya, 8th-11th July 2002. Sponsored by The French Institute for Research in Africa (Nairobi) and the British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
For more info, contact: Dr. Hervi Maupeu at ifra2@iconnect.co.ke, or by post to IFRA, PO Box 58480, 0200 City Square, Nairobi; or Dr. Andrew Burton by email at arb@insightkenya.com, or by post to The British Institute in Eastern Africa, Box 30710, 00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya.
"The Cultured Body: African Fashion and Body Arts" at the University of Iowa Museum of Art, October 17-20, 2002 2002 Obermann Humanities Symposium (Iowa City, Iowa)
The website includes color images, the schedule and abstracts, and related contact information.
Earth Summit 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa (See "Johannesburg Summit 2002" below)
"Fieldwork in Africa" -- 2nd International, Interdisciplinary Symposium, 12-15 June 2002, Dakar, Senegal Sponsored by the West African Research Association (USA) and the West African Research Center, Dakar, Senegal
See especially: Provisional program.
Historical Society of Ghana Annual Conference: "History, Our Heritage, and National Development", July 25-28, 2002, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is May 30, 2002. A "call for papers" announcement and contact information.
VI International Conference on The History of Ethiopian Art, 5-8 November 2002, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (via the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University)
This web page offers a basic "call for papers" and contact information.
XIV International AIDS Conference, July 7-12, 2002, Barcelona, Spain (Barcelona)
This is the official web site for the AIDS 2002 conference, with a searchable collection of abstracts, daily news, press releases and conference-related information.
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions: "Libraries for Life: Democracy, Diversity, Delivery" -- 68th IFLA Council and General Conference, August 18-24, 2002, Glasgow, Scotland: Programme (via l'Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique, France)
Several papers about or from Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa are included in the online proceedings....downloadable in PDF format.

Johannesburg Summit 2002: World Summit on Sustainable Development, 26 August to 4 September 2002, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, New York)
- General information about preparations for the 2002 follow-up to the 1992 Rio de Janeiro "Earth Summit" of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development; plus related information and links.
- Sommet mondial sur le développement durable: Page d'accueil
- Jo'burg Summit 2002 Documents (Preparatory committee reports and remarks)
- Heinrich Böll Foundation: The Jo'Burg Memo (Germany)
  A web site with the downloadable versions of the "World Summit" memo in several languages...although none are in an African language. "The Jo'burg Memo was available as an input for the deliberations of NGOs, experts, and governments preparing for Johannesburg."
"Liberia, Africa and the International Community" -- Liberian Studies Association's 34th Annual Conference, May 2002, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (via Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina
Call for papers and general information for the conference. The deadline for proposals is February 28, 2002. See also, the LSA Home Page.
NEWSA: North Eastern Workshop on Southern Africa, April 19-21, 2002, Burlington, Vermont
The site provides general information, the program, and online abstracts.
Nigeria in the Twentieth Century, March 29-31, 2002, University of Texas at Austin (Department of History, University of Texas, Austin)
General conference announcement (pre-registration is required). The website includes the program, abstracts, and other information.
2nd Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, Durban, South Africa, 29 July to 2 August 2002 (via M-Web, South Africa)
Organized by the Commonwealth of Learning (Canada), the South African Institute for Distance Education, and the South African Department of Education, this conference will explore various approaches to 'open and distance learning'.
"Peasants, Liberation and Socialism in Africa" -- 3-4 May 2002, Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS, Leeds University, Leeds, UK)
"The conference will examine key issues in Africa's contemporary development as well as reflect on the work of Professor Lionel Cliffe." The website offers the list of speakers/participants and other details.
Poetry Africa 2002, 29 April - 5 May, University of Natal--Durban (Centre for Creative Arts, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa)
The site offers information on the upcoming poetry festival and conference; plus highlights, biographies, and bibliographies from Poetry Africa 2001 and Poetry Africa 2000...and Poetry Africa 1999.
19th International Political Science Association World Congress, Durban, South Africa, 29 June - 4 July 2003: "Democracy, Tolerance, Justice: challenges for political change" (IPSA, Canada)
This site offers general information, the program, and an index of participants; plus, a link to the IPSA home page.
"Portuguese/African Encounters: An Interdisciplinary Congress" -- April 26-29, 2002, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
Society of Africanist Archaeologists' 16th Biennial Conference, May 18-21, 2002, Tucson, Arizona (University of Arizona, Tucson)
This site offers general information, the "call for papers", and online registration. The deadline is March 1, 2002.
South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences -- SASAS 2002: "Bringing the Pieces Together," 26-28 August 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa (via University of Pretoria, South Africa)
General information, call for papers (deadlines were May 10 & 15), related information. See also, the SASAS Home Page (via University of Cape Town).
Sudan Studies Association of the United States: "Children of the Sudan"--21st Annual Meeting, May 16-18, 2002, Pennsylvania State University, Berks-Lehigh Valley College, Reading, Pennsylvania
This webpage includes the "call for papers" and contact information. Note: the deadline for proposals/abstracts was February 1, 2002.
Time of the Writer = Le Temps des Ecrivains, International Festival of Writers 11-16 March 2002, University of Natal--Durban (Centre for Creative Arts, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa)
This site provides information about the programme, the participants, and related links.
Zanzibar International Film Festival: 28 June - 12 July 2003 -- "ZIFF Festival of the Dhow Countries" (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
General information on a wide variety of events and links to related websites. "ZIFF is a non-profit organisation based in Zanzibar [founded in 1997] which aims to promote film, music and arts from the Dhow Countries (African Continent, Gulf States, Iran, India, Pakistan and the islands of the Indian Ocean). The organisation is working throughout the year and seeks to include people from all sectors of society, with special programmes for women, children and people in rural areas."
ZIBF: "A Celebration of Africa's Best--Africa's Best Books of the 20th Century", Zimbabwe International Book Fair, 27-July-3 August 2002, Harare, Zimbabwe (ZIBF, Harare)
This site provides general information and registration for "the largest and most important book fair in Sub-Saharan Africa" -- plus related links.

Conferences in 2001

"Africa Connects: Education in the Internet Age, Cape Town, South Africa, 10-13 July 2001 (Western Cape Schools' Network, SchoolNet SA, International Education and Resource Network--I*EARN, and the University of Cape Town)
General conference information, call for papers, and registration. The deadline is June 1, 2001. "Using the Internet and computers in schools, to support and transform education. AFRICA CONNECTS will cover a wide range of topics in educational computing and educational use of the Internet, in the form of presentations and hands-on workshops. A central theme will be developing access to technology in Africa and developing countries."
African Studies Association of the United States: 44th Annual Meeting -- "Africa and the African Diaspora: Past, Present, Future": November 15-18, 2001, Houston, Texas (via Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey)
The ASA home page, plus the preliminary program and other conference information.
ADFF 01 Archives: The 9th Annual African Diaspora Film Festival--ADFF, November 23-December 9, 2001, New York (ArtMattan Productions, New York)
View the old website to find out about the films shown at the 2000 festival.
"The African Household -- Virtual Conference": An Exploration of Census Data, November 21-24, 2001 (African Census Analysis Project--ACAP, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia)
This site offers an overall framework for discussion, as well as a set of papers and data...see the "Table of Contents" and "Inventory" at the bottom of the first page. "The African Census Analysis Project (ACAP) is a collaborative initiative between the University of Pennsylvania and African institutions specializing in demographic research and training." See also, the ACAP Homepage.
The 32nd Annual Conference on African Linguistics, March 22-25, 2001, University of California, Berkeley: "Linguistics Reconstruction and Comparison in Africa." (via Department of Linguistics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio)
"Beyond Aid II: International Conference on Mobilising Local Resources for Community Development," October 29-31, 2001, Accra International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana (Charities Aid Foundation--West Africa, Accra, Ghana; via USA)
A brief announcement, plus links to other CAF-sponsored activities worldwide.
"Business Finance in Africa" Conference -- Call for Papers: April 21-22, 2001, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, UK (via Journal of African Business, University of Toledo, Ohio)
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is: December 31, 2000.
Canadian Association of African Studies Annual Conference -- "Africa: Between the Demons of the Past and the Promises of the Future": Laval University, Quebec, May 27-30, 2001 (via Concordia University, Montréal, Canada)
General call for papers; see also, the CAAS Home Page.
Un Colloque et Une Exposition -- "Aguda: aspects du patrimoine afro-brésilien dans le Golfe du Bénin," 26-30 novembre 2001, Porto-Novo, République du Bénin (L'Ecole du Patrimoine Africain, Porto-Novo, Bénin.)
Les inscriptions et propositions de communication pour le colloque doivent être envoyées au plus tard le 30 avril 2001.
Conférence internationale 2001 sur le VIH-SIDA, pauvreté et développement humain en Afrique sub-saharienne, 5-7 décembre 2001, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PNUD, Burkina Faso) Format PDF.
"Contemporary Development Issues in Ethiopia" -- An International Conference, August 16-18, 2001, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (Organized by the Ethiopian American Foundation and The Diether H. Haenicke Institute for International and Area Studies, Western Michigan University.)
A one-page announcement and overview of themes. See also: the recently updated Conference Schedule.
"Fighting Back: African Strategies Against the Slave Trade," February 16-17, 2001, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (The Nigerian Hinterland Project, York University, Toronto, Canada)
General announcement and conference programme; plus links to other events, documents, and activities of the NHP.
The Henry Sylvester Williams Pan-African Conference, 7-12 January 2001, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad (via Crosswinds.Net)
"The conference is intended to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the first pan-African conference [London, July 1900]..." General information, proposed panels, etc. The abstracts deadline is: June 30, 2000.
"Independent Eritrea: Lessons and Prospects"--International Conference Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of Eritrean Independence, July 22-26, 2001, Asmara, Eritrea (via The Eritrean Studies Association, Glen Allen, Virginia)
General conference information, registration, and paper proposal guidelines --the deadline is April 15, 2001.
International Association for the Study of Forced Migration: 7th International Research and Advisory Panel, January 8-11, 2001: Eskom Conference Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa (via University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Call for papers and related links to IASFM. The proposal deadline is April 1, 2000. "The 50th anniversary of the 1951 Geneva Convention will be celebrated in 2001. The Convention has become the tool of refugee protection. Its position in relation to wider human rights has raised, in the course of its 50 years of use, a wide range of questions and issues ... It is appropriate that in this anniversary year, practitioners and scholars join within their association to discuss the state of play -- the record of the past 50 years, the current situation(s) and where the Convention, on paper or in practice, should or could go from here."
International Society of African Scientists -- "Potential Benefits of Biotechnology to Agriculture in Africa and The Caribbean," 2001 ISAS Technical Conference: October 5, 2001, Wilmington, Delaware (via DCANet, Wilmington, Delaware)
"The International Society of African Scientists (ISAS) is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization founded in 1982 to promote the advancement of science and technology among peoples of African descent. It provides a medium through which scientists and engineers can channel their skills to solve technical problems facing Africa and the Caribbean."
"Islam and Africa: A Global, Cultural and Historical Perspective": April 19-22, 2001, Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University, New York
Call for papers, program, and practical information. The deadline for proposals is November 15, 2000.
Listen to Africa: A Collaborative Conference on the Crisis in Health Care, Environment, and Economic Development in Africa, September 12-14, 2001, Chicago, Illinois Sponsored by Global Alliance for Africa and Chicago Sister Cities International Progam.
General announcement with list of speakers and background information on projects in Africa.
Pan African Association of Prehistory and Related Studies -- 11th Congress, Bamako, Mali, February 7-12, 2001 (via Society of Africanist Archaeologists, Universität Frankfurt, Germany)
General announcement and contact information.
SERSAS: Southeast Regional Seminar in African Studies--Spring Conference: 6-7 April 2001, Northern Kentucky University (African Studies Committee, East Carolina University, Greenvile, North Carolina)
General information about the conference and accomodations.
20th Anniversary Conference of the Sudan Studies Association, May 24-25, 2001, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (via Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island)
The program of the 2001 conference. See also, the home page of the SSA.
Second Annual Conference and Meeting of Urhobo Historical Society, November 2-4, 2001, Parsippany, New Jersey (Urhobo Waado, The Urhobo Historical Society, USA)
"[Founded in August 1999 in New York City] ...the supreme aim of Urhobo Historical Society is to create a movement that will promote the preservation of historical records and the writing of diverse historical experiences among Urhobos."
United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS: "Global Crisis--Global Action", June 25-27, 2001, New York
General information and a variety of documents.
"World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance" -- Durban, South Africa, 31 August - 7 September 2001 (United Nations, New York)
- This site features general information, documents, conference-related texts, press releases, and a "live webcast". See also:
- allAfrica.com's WCAR coverage
World Institute for Development Economics Research: WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 17-18 August 2001, Helsinki, Finland (via WIDER, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan)
The programme and conference papers in PDF format are still available --- several are Africa-related.

Conferences in 2000

The 3rd Africa Society Conference -- "Prospects for an African Renaissance: Culture, Development, Reconciliation": Edmonton, Alberta, Canada February 25-26, 2000 (University of Alberta, Canada)
A "call for papers" and general information on the conference. Paper proposal deadline is December 30, 1999.
African Development Forum: "AIDS: The Greatest Leadership Challenge," 22-26 October 2000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (UN Economic Commission for Africa)
"The overall objective of the ADF 2000 is to serve as a major launching pad for a new level of commitment and action against HIV/AIDS as a major threat to the development of the continent." General information on the conference, registration, pre-conference discussion list, etc.
Africana Libarians Council Spring 2000 Meetings at the University of California, Los Angeles, April 6-8, 2000
General information, accommodations, and tentative schedule of meetings of the ALC and CAMP. The ALC is a sponsored organization of the African Studies Association of the United States; see the ALC Home Page.
"Against All Odds" -- African Languages and Literatures into the 21st Century: January 11-17, 2000, Asmara, Eritrea. (College of the Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania)
General information about the conference and registration. See also, the French version.
Association of African Women Scholars (AAWS): Third International Conference on Women in Africa & the African Diaspora - "Facing the New Millennium," Antananarivo, Madagascar, October 6-13, 2000 (via Indiana University, Indianapolis)
General contact information and call for papers. The deadline for proposals is: March 15, 2000. See also, the AAWS Home Page.
CARI '2000 -- 5e Colloque Africain sur la Recherche en Informatique = 5th African Conference on Research in Computer Science, 16-19 octobre 2000, Antananarivo, Madagascar. L'organisation est confiée à l'Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique de l'Université d'Antananarivo.
<< Appel aux communications >>: "CARI 2000 est la cinquième édition d'une série de colloques bisannuels sur la recherche en informatique et en mathématiques appliquées en Afrique." Les textes complets des communications seront soumis au plus tard le 15 janvier 2000.
"Combating Racism: A Nation in Dialogue" -- National Conference on Racism 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 30 - September 2, 2000 (via South African Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg)
Background reports and news, conference details, etc.
The National Summit on Africa, 1998-2000
- A series of regional summits on US policies towards Africa, culminating in a national convention in Washington, DC, held in February 2000. "The National Summit on Africa is a two-year initiative aimed at improving levels of public understanding about Africa and U.S.-Africa relations; creating an expanded and broad-based constituency for Africa; enabling a diverse coalition of organizations and individuals to develop a shared Agenda for Action for U.S. relations with the countries of Africa."
- National Summit on Africa Home Page
- Latest news
"Repercussions of the Atlantic Slave Trade: The Interior of the Bight of Biafra and the African Diaspora," July 10-14, 2000, Enugu, Nigeria -- Call for Papers. Sponsored by UNESCO/SSHRCC Nigerian Hinterland Project, York University (Canada), Rutgers University, Abia State University (Nigeria), Enugu Historical Documentation Bureau, Center for Oriental Studies, Berlin, and H.E. Gov. Chimaroke Nnamini of Enugu State, Nigeria. (via Columbia University)
For more information, see the left side panel of the Nigerian Hinterland Project web site. The deadline for proposals was February 28, 2000.
Southeast Regional Seminar in African Studies (SERSAS) (African Studies Committee, East Carolina University, Greenvile, North Carolina)
- The Committee was established in 1971 and holds annual Spring conferences in African studies.
- SERSAS Spring 2000 Conference, April 14-15, 2000, at Western Carolina University, North Carolina
  The deadline for paper proposals is February 1, 2000.
Southeastern Regional Seminar in African Studies: Call for Papers for Fall 2000 SERSAS Conference at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, October 27-28, 2000 (via H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
For an update, see the SERSAS Fall Program, October 27-28, 2000 and the SERSAS Home Page (organizational structure, recent paper presentations, etc.).
"Sudan : Past, Present and Future" -- the Fifth International Conference on Sudan Studies, 30 August 2000 to 1 September 2000, University of Durham, UK (Department of History, University of Durham, in association with the Sudan Studies Society of the UK)
General information and call for papers: the deadline for papers is July 30, 2000.
World Education Forum = Forum Mondial de l'Education, 26-28 avril 2000, Dakar, Sénégal
Update bulletins on progress towards the international goals of "Education for All". The site provides general information about the 2000 conference, plus current news, and related links...in English or French.

Conferences in 1999

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Durban, South Africa: November 12-15, 1999 (The Commonwealth Secretariat and South Africa Department of Foreign Affairs, Pretoria; via Durban, South Africa)
General information, programme, background papers and statements, plus access to the CHOGM Bulletin (including back issues and related links) and an archive of other CHOGM documents.
"Islam in Africa" Conference, Columbia University, New York, Wednesday, March 3, 1999: Organized by The Institute of African Studies and The Middle East Institute of the School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University.
Announcement and contact information.
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa -- 1999 Conferences
- ADF: African Development Forum, October 24-28, 1999, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- "The Challenges of Financing Development in Africa" Theme Paper, 33rd Session of the ECA/24th Meeting of the Conference of Ministers of Finance, 6-8 May 1999, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: 1999 Conferences
- "Women Organize for Peace and Non-Violence in Africa" -- A Pan-African Women's Conference on a Culture of Peace, Zanzibar, Tanzania, 17-20 May 1999
  General information and the agenda.
- UNESCO General Home Page in English or in French
"U.S. - Africa Ministerial: Partnership for the 21st Century," March 16-18, 1999, Washington, D.C. (United States Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs.)
- "The objective of the ministerial is to further the partnership between the United States and African nations by identifying shared interests, positively influencing implementation of existing U.S. initiatives, and determining the partnership's future initiatives and direction. To this end, the partners will address a broad range of issues through panel discussions, workshops, roundtables, and networking activities. These issues include trade and investment, economic reform, human capital development, democracy and governance, human rights, and conflict resolution."
- U.S.-Africa 1999 Ministerial Home Page

Conferences in 1998

Africa Telecom '98: May 4-9, 1998, in Johannesburg, South Africa. (via International Telecommunication Union, a UN specialized agency, Geneva, Switzerland)
An exhibition and forum for communications technologies. Previous Africa TELECOMs have taken place in Cairo, Egypt in 1994, Harare, Zimbabwe in 1990, and Nairobi, Kenya in 1986.
African Renaissance Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 28-29 September 1998: Misc. Papers (Sponsored by Mafube Publishing, SABC 2 and the Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki)
- Thabo Mbeki's speech at the conference (via South Africa. Dept. of International Relations & Cooperation)
- Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja on "The Crisis in the Great Lakes Region", parts 1 and 2 (Reposted by University of Pennsylvania, African Studies Center, Philadelphia)
African Women in the Aftermath of Civil War -- 1998 Workshop: "Women and war" ACAS bulletin. (Online) Spring/Summer 1999, no. 55/56 -- Champaign-Urbana, Illinois: Association of Concerned African Scholars, 1999.
A special issue of the bulletin which includes a "Final Report of the West African Workshop" held in Dakar, Senegal, December 11-13, 1998.
"The Challenge to be Relevant in the 21st Century": Annual Conference of the International Association of Technological University Libraries. To be held at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, June 1-7, 1998.
Call for papers & general invitation. Deadline for proposals: November 15, 1997.
"Communicating Cultural Africa--Media Conference", November 28, 1998, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (DAPAMDA, Danish Association for the Promotion of African Music, Drama, & Art, Copenhagen)
"Images of Africa: Stereotypes and Realities": October 22-24, 1998--Annual Conference of the Society of Research on African Cultures, Montclair State University (Upper Montclair, New Jersey)
"The focus of this conference is premised on the recognition that Africa, like other non-western cultures, has suffered from what Edward Said has identified as the phenomenon of "Orientalism": throughout history Africa has been misrepresented and devalued when compared with western civilizations by images that stress negative values such as disorder, violence, anarchy, and laziness as enshrined, for instance, in historical, literary and artistic representations of Africa , as well as in documentary description (including that written by missionaries) and colonial policies. This conference will explore the history of western attempts to categorize 'the self' and 'the other' in terms of a hierarchy of superiority versus inferiority, a phenomenon which extends its roots as far back as Aristotelian philosophy: man versus woman, freeman versus slave, Greek versus barbarian." Note: There is a $75 registration fee! See also, the SORAC Home Page.
"The Status of Africa: Prospects for Africa After President Clinton's Visit", Friday, May 1, 1998: A conference organized by the Institute of African Studies, Columbia University.
Sudan Studies Association of North America's Conference on "Sudan: Lessons from the Past, Lessons for the Future." University of Pennsylvania, Philadelpia, May 8-10, 1998.
March 1, 1998 was the deadline for proposals. The web site offers general information about accommodations and the venue for the conference. See also the association's web site and newsletter.
UN Economic Commission's 1998 conferences on Africa, Addis Ababa (via the UN server)
- International Conference on African Women and Economic Development, Addis Ababa, April 28-May 1, 1998. (via the UN server)
  On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of ECA. Basic information on the conference in English or French.
12th Non Aligned Movement Summit, 29 August - 3 September 1998, Durban, South Africa (Republic of South Africa, Department of Foreign Affairs)
This site offers general information about the summit and links of interest for visitors, NAM supporters, and South African research topics.
Wetlands International: 2e Conférence internationale sur les zones humides et le développement, 8-14 novembre 1998, Dakar, Sénégal = 2nd International Conference on Wetlands and Development (via Wageningen, The Netherlands)

Conferences in 1995-1997

African Forestry Policy Forum: Proceedings: Nairobi, August 29-30, 1996. (The World Bank, Washington, DC)
"The African Forestry Policy Forum was convened under the sponsorship of the World Bank and UNEP to facilitate in-depth discussions of high-quality case studies of the new forest policy agenda implementation experience in Sub-Saharan Africa." Note: Even though only some of the case study reports are available in full text, there are summaries and footnotes for most of the papers that were presented.
African Telematics Symposium, Addis Ababa, 1995 (University of Pennsylvania)
The electronic version of the full proceedings of this conference held on April 3-7, 1995 in Addis Ababa.
"Educational Research for Quality of Life": Proceedings of the 7th BOLESWA Symposium, Swaziland Educational Research Association, University of Swaziland, Kwaluseni, July 28 - August 1, 1997 (via Tripod.Com, Swaziland and South Africa)
Selected abstracts and papers from the 1997 conference of educators from Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland.
UN Economic Commission's past conferences on Africa, 1995-1996, Addis Ababa (via the UN server or the University of Pennsylvania)
- 22nd Conference of Ministers, May 1996
- 9th Session, Joint Conference of African Planners, Statisticians, Population & Information Specialists, Mar. 1996
- 1st African Regional Conference on Science & Technology, Nov. 1995
- 21st Conference of Ministers, Apr/May 1995
US Institute of Peace Conferences:
- "Religion, nationalism, and peace in Sudan", Washington, DC. September 16-17, 1997.

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