Category: Conferences

𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓! June 11–14, 2025 – Dakar, Senegal

With participants from over 50 countries, the ConFest will offer a vibrant program of panels, roundtables, workshops, performances, concerts, and more — all to reignite the spirit of Bandung and reimagine Africa-Asia relations in a new era of knowledge geopolitics. Through its partnership with ConFest: Africa–Asia, Global Africa affirms its commitment to fostering critical knowledge exchange at the intersection of academia, the arts, and activism. 🔹 Join us for the opening ceremony on June 11 at UCAD, featuring a special performance by Senegalese singer Kalsoum. 📘 General program: https://africaasia3.eventscribe.net/agenda.asp?BCFO=M%7CPoster&pfp=BrowsebyDay&fa=&fb=&fc=&fd=&all=1 📄 Detailed program: https://41715f55-d376-43f8-8067-88c7342b1cbd.usrfiles.com/ugd/41715f_1c1f5f106a24440aa2175e14fb935bed.pdf 📢 A landmark event to collectively rethink South–South relations and the futures of global knowledge. #GlobalAfrica #ConfestDakar2025 #AfricaAsia #GlobalSouth #BandungSpirit #KnowledgeGeopolitics #UCAD #PanafricanResearch

Return(s) to Africa

Call for proposals for the journal Sources. Materials & Fieldwork in African Studies and the Revue d’histoire contemporaine de l’Afrique (RHCA) Find out more..

𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 | 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝟗 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞!

We are delighted to announce the release of Issue 9 of Global Africa. Discover an engaging collection of articles authored by researchers offering insightful analyses on critical African and global issues. Happy reading! #GlobalAfrica #Research #Africa #Issue9 #AcademicPublishing #Multilingualism #IRD #AFD #UGB #UCAD #AUF #LASPAD #CIHABlog #IIAS

Global Africa reaches a new milestone: Indexed in Scopus and Issue 9 coming soon!

We are delighted to share two significant milestones for Global Africa! Firstly, following our indexing on AJOL (African Journals Online) and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), our journal is now indexed in Scopus! This recognition highlights the quality and rigorous scientific standards of Global Africa and significantly boosts our international visibility. Why is this indexing important? Secondly, we are pleased to announce the upcoming release of Global Africa Issue 9, available in open access starting March 20. This issue continues our commitment to diversity and scholarly richness, featuring stimulating contributions across a broad spectrum of humanities and social science topics related to Africa. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone contributing to the journal’s success: authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and partners. We warmly invite you to explore this new issue upon its release, submit future articles, and widely share this exciting news! Stay connected! The Global Africa Team

The 7th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference, Rethinking Decoloniality

The 7th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference, Rethinking Decoloniality: African Decolonization and Epistemologies in the 21st Century, June 20-24, 2023, University of Lagos (in person and virtual). Decolonization discourses have taken new turns since the second decade of the 21st century. Unfortunately, instead of accounting for decades of activism and scholarship on the decolonization of African knowledge systems, ideologies, and practices since the 1950s, the new decolonization agitation largely disregards previous incarnations. Decolonization has become a catch-all word for every legacy of colonialism that must be dismantled as new ones emerge. As it is, what needs to be decolonized has increased as new bodies of knowledge and the real consequences of imperial domination in the everyday life of Africans emerge and are transformed from their familiar state. Call for papers and panels : https://www.lagosstudies.org/lsa-2023 submission deadline : December 1, 2022

Assembly Closing: Global Africa received by the Vice-chancellor of Gaston Berger University

The celebration of the first year of activities of Global Africa took place on May 24, 2023 in Saint-Louis, with an Assembly bringing together around ten international institutions and public conferences by François Roubaud and Cheikh Thiam, which marked the first edition of the “Global Africa meetings.” This anniversary, celebrated from May 22nd to 24th at UGB, allowed for a review of the various activities by bringing together all the project’s bodies (steering committee, executive committee, editorial committee, and scientific council) and establishing the roadmap for the years to come. Intense discussions on the different components of the project (the journal, Junior Researchers’ Institutes, scientific publishing training, and international conferences) notably led to the following resolutions. Starting from 2024, the annual issues of the journal will focus on two thematic dossiers, one issue dedicated to a Junior Researchers’ Institute, and one miscellaneous issue. Additionally, the schedule for the next 12 issues was finalized. The Global Africa Assembly invited the project team to work towards the creation of an international Master’s program dedicated to scientific publishing. They also aim to strengthen dialogue with scientific journalism and public decision-makers, inviting them to collaborate more closely with actors in African scientific research. Before the conclusion of these days, a delegation from the Global Africa consortium was received by the new Vice-chancellor of Gaston Berger University, Prof. Magatte Ndiaye, who is also the new Editor-in-Chief of the Global Africa journal. This was an opportunity for him to renew the commitment and support of his institution to Global Africa as a unique project dedicated to strengthening the editorial ecosystem of African scientific research.

ECAS 2023 Panel 18 “Publishing Africa: Challenges and Futures”

Mame Penda Ba and Faisal Garba, respectively Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal Global Africa, participated in the panel of the European Conference on African Studies held in Cologne, Germany on June 01, 2023, untitled: “Publishing Africa: challenges and futures”. GLOBAL AFRICA was launched in 2021. AFRICA approaches its centenary. We discuss the futures of such key journals and the challenges they face: the intense resources needed in environments of scarcity; contending with ‘Western’ standards; loss of essential publishing skills; and unequal Open Access. The journal GLOBAL AFRICA was launched in Saint-Louis, Senegal, in 2021. By 2023 it will have published three issues. It is intended as an international, interdisciplinary journal, and part of a wider effort to promote African research. AFRICA, journal of the International African Institute, is approaching its centenary. Here we will discuss the futures of such key journals in African social sciences and humanities. The challenges facing GLOBAL AFRICA and others operating from francophone Africa are multi-dimensional: first, there is no publication without research; second, the intense resources and time required to accompany younger scholars through the process to high quality publication in environments of scarcity; third, the impossibility of trying to emulate ‘Western’ standards, whether or not these are desirable, and relatedly: what does it mean to be a blind peer reviewer? Fourth, academic journals everywhere are contending with the challenges of unequal Open Access, language(s) of publication, and funder requirements for publication of research data. Then there are practical questions: how to manage a journal where such essential skills as copy editing, proofreading and typesetting have largely disappeared, hence have to be outsourced to Western countries? How can appropriate training be revitalised in the African continent? What structures of support are required in terms of editorial boards and institutional buy-in? It is intended that this panel will provide the basis of a Special Issue of GLOBAL AFRICA. Contributions are invited on related topics including but not limited to journal citation indexes, African university presses, and academic book publishing. See: https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/ecas2023/p/12379#

Epistemologies from the Global South. Negritude, Modernity and the Idea of Africa

Global Africa is organizing, as part of its “Meetings,” a Talk Book with Cheikh Thiam, Professor at Amherst College, around his latest publication: Epistemologies from the Global South. Negritude, Modernity and the Idea of Africa.on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 11:30 a.m. at CEA-MITIC, UGB Saint-Louis (Senegal).

Talking Objects. Decolonizing Knowledge

A magnificent program with conferences, workshops, performative elements, music, and an exhibition. Great artists and thinkers will participate in it. A livestream (in French and English) is available for people who cannot be in Dakar. The link to the stream will be shared on the organizers’ blog. See the program here.

Science for Social Justice, World Science Forum (WFS), Cape Town, South Africa

The WSF is an international conference series on global science policy that brings together scientists, researchers, the private sector, civil society, and the media to discuss the role of science in addressing challenges facing humanity. This year, the WSF will be hosted by the Department of Science and Innovation in South Africa. Several keynote lectures, sessions and side-events will be dedicated to African Science. For more information : https://worldscienceforum.org/

The AU@20: Progress, Problems and Prospects Towards Agenda 2063, Symposium

Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria, South Africa The event aims to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the African Union (AU) and offers a critical assessment of the milestones that the regional institution has registered thus far. It becomes important to reflect on the challenges the AU has encountered and its future direction. This symposium is timely and pertinent, particularly in relation to the attainment of Agenda 2063-The Africa We Want. The symposium will bring together the AU community, leading scholars, policy practitioners, and civil society actors to engage the themes: African Renaissance and Regional Integration; AU Organs and Institutions; Governance, Democracy and Elections; Africa’s Peace and Security Architecture; Women and SDGs; AU External Relations; and Climate Change and Humanitarian Assistance, amongst many others. This continental symposium is co-organised by the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ), the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC), the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), based in Dakar, Senegal and TrustAfrica, also based in Dakar. [Hybrid symposium] For more information : https://ipatc.joburg/64-au20-progress-problems-and-prospects-towards-agenda-2063/ Registration : click here

European Conference of African Studies (ECAS) 2023: African Futures

University of Cologne, Germany “African Futures” invites contributions from a broad range of disciplines that conceptualize the future in various ways, resembling the ambiguity of the future itself. Contributions explore practices and processes, discourses and imaginings, policies and speculations about future-making in and about Africa, by Africans and others beyond, working across different time frames and spatial dimensions. Contributions may explore expressions of agency as well as consequences of structural forces shaping future trajectories, aspirations, visions, and dreams in historical and contemporary perspective. Call for Papers opens: 31/10/22 ; Call for Papers closes 12/12/22 For more information: https://ecasconference.org/2023/