International Conferences
and Panels

International conferences play a significant role in promoting research in humanities and social sciences in Africa. These conferences provide a valuable opportunity for African researchers to present their work to an international audience, allowing them to gain visibility and highlight the unique advancements and discoveries resulting from their investigations.

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About this program

International Conferences and Panels

Global Africa co-organises meetings, conferences, symposiums, or seminars (The Global Africa Gatherings) and other initiatives such as Global Africa Talks. We also participate in conferences and panels to which we are invited, and we promote scientific events that highlight African research and ideas around the world.

International conferences play a significant role in promoting research in humanities and social sciences in Africa. They provide a valuable opportunity for African researchers to present their ideas and experiences with global experts, contributing to better understanding of Africa and to the dissemination of knowledge on African scholarly production.

International conferences also help to facilitate access to additional resources and funding for African research. African researchers have the opportunity to interact with potential funders, research organisations, and international institutions, paving the way for new funding and collaboration opportunities.

Participation in international conferences allows African researchers to enhance their skills in scientific communication, oral presentation, and networking. By interacting with renowned experts, they can expand their professional network, which can lead to career prospects and fruitful collaborations.

Challenges

International conferences promote the exchange of knowledge and best practices among researchers from diverse geographical backgrounds. However, important challenges remain for African researchers seeking to participate fully in these global academic spaces.

Knowledge dissemination from the African continent often dominated by research from Northern countries — balanced exchanges and mutual recognition of expertise are essential.
Additional resources and funding for African research, with disparities in access to infrastructure and funding across the continent.
Linguistic, administrative, political, and economic barriers limiting the participation of African researchers in international scientific events.
Diversity and representation in research — structural biases and power dynamics influencing conference selection processes.
Our Meetings

Conferences & Symposiums organised by Global Africa

Celebration

10 years of LASPAD + 4 years of Global Africa

8 December 2025 Galoya, Dakar, Senegal 6 / 19 videos
Official ceremony
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Official ceremony

Prof. Rachid Id Yassine, Prof. Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Laurent Vidal, Yuko Kasuwa, Christopher Isike, Mame-Penda Ba, Nadine Machikou

Poésie slam performative
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Poésie slam performative

Hajar Pourmera Thiam

Inaugural lecture: The University as an “enclosure of initiation”
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LASPAD 10th • Global Africa 4th

Inaugural lecture: The University as an “enclosure of initiation”

Sénamé Koffi Agbodjinou

Inaugural Lecture 1
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Inaugural Lecture 1

Célestin Monga

Discussions on inaugural lectures
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LASPAD 10th • Global Africa 4th

Discussions on inaugural lectures

Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula, Sara Mejdoubi, Sénamé Koffi Agbodjinou, Célestin Monga, Cheikh Sadibou Sakho

Conference: Innovation Ecosystems: Digital Technology, Technologies, Endogenous Knowledge and Environmental Challenges
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Conference: Innovation Ecosystems: Digital Technology, Technologies, Endogenous Knowledge and Environmental Challenges

Saïdou Madougou

Paper 2: TAXANI! Reassembling the Bundle of Knowledges — A Programme for Decolonial Disruption in African Social Sciences
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Paper 2: TAXANI! Reassembling the Bundle of Knowledges — A Programme for Decolonial Disruption in African Social Sciences

Cheikh Sadibou Sakho

Panel 1: Sciences for Action — What Knowledge for Political Decision-Making, Business, Media and Civil Society?
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LASPAD 10th • Global Africa 4th

Panel 1: Sciences for Action — What Knowledge for Political Decision-Making, Business, Media and Civil Society?

Marie Lise Sabrié & Gilbert Babena

Paper 3: Regenerating Democracy — Capabilities, Commons, Care
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LASPAD 10th • Global Africa 4th

Paper 3: Regenerating Democracy — Capabilities, Commons, Care

Nadine Machikou

Paper 4: The Question of Sovereignty and Sovereignism in Africa
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Paper 4: The Question of Sovereignty and Sovereignism in Africa

Cilas Kemedjio

Paper 5: Knowledge, Languages and Scientific Publishing in Africa
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LASPAD 10th • Global Africa 4th

Paper 5: Knowledge, Languages and Scientific Publishing in Africa

Sara Mejdoubi

Paper 6: Africa and Its Diasporas — Pan-Africanism, Decoloniality and Geopolitical Challenges
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LASPAD 10th • Global Africa 4th

Paper 6: Africa and Its Diasporas — Pan-Africanism, Decoloniality and Geopolitical Challenges

Faisal Garba Muhammed

Paper 7: Africa in the Post-SDG World — Rethinking Sustainable Development Trajectories
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LASPAD 10th • Global Africa 4th

Paper 7: Africa in the Post-SDG World — Rethinking Sustainable Development Trajectories

Martin Yelkouni

Panel 2: Democracies, Wars, Peace and Identities
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Panel 2: Democracies, Wars, Peace and Identities

Ibrahima Kane

Paper 8: African Relays in a Fractured Global Governance
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LASPAD 10th • Global Africa 4th

Paper 8: African Relays in a Fractured Global Governance

Funmi Olonisakin & Ndèye Khady Lo

Panel 3: Financing Official Development Assistance and Research after the Seville Commitment
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LASPAD 10th • Global Africa 4th

Panel 3: Financing Official Development Assistance and Research after the Seville Commitment

Mame-Penda Ba

Presentation of the Training Catalogue
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LASPAD 10th • Global Africa 4th

Presentation of the Training Catalogue

Mar Mbodj

From Dissertation to Journal Article
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LASPAD 10th • Global Africa 4th

From Dissertation to Journal Article

Mamadou Lamine Diandy

Presentation of the SANTAANE Application
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LASPAD 10th • Global Africa 4th

Presentation of the SANTAANE Application

Abdoulaye Cissé, Stockman Rugano

Colloque

African Research Matters — Global Africa (Colloque international)

15 March 2022 Saint-Louis, Senegal 6 / 25 videos
Global Challenges: An Opportunity to Renew the Interdisciplinarity of African Research
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African Research Matters

Global Challenges: An Opportunity to Renew the Interdisciplinarity of African Research

Walter Mignolo

Financing African Research: Issues and Challenges
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African Research Matters

Financing African Research: Issues and Challenges

Prof. Mary Teuw Niane

African Youth and Scientific Research
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African Research Matters

African Youth and Scientific Research

M.T. Kessy Ekomo Soignet

Transhumanism in Africa: Readings and Perspectives
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African Research Matters

Transhumanism in Africa: Readings and Perspectives

Joseph Tonda

The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Africa
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African Research Matters

The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Africa

Mark Richard Gaffley

Innovative and Sustainable Funding for Research in Africa
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African Research Matters

Innovative and Sustainable Funding for Research in Africa

Prof. Mary Teuw Niane

Young People and the Future of African and Pan-African Research
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African Research Matters

Young People and the Future of African and Pan-African Research

Akosua Adomako Ampofo

African Languages and French
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African Research Matters

African Languages and French

Ouidad Tebbaa (AUF Regional Director)

How to Make African Languages International Research Languages?
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African Research Matters

How to Make African Languages International Research Languages?

Foued Laroussi

Interview with Laurent Vidal (IRD)
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African Research Matters

Interview with Laurent Vidal (IRD)

Laurent Vidal

Exclusive Interview with Prof. Mamadou Diouf (Columbia University, USA)
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African Research Matters

Exclusive Interview with Prof. Mamadou Diouf (Columbia University, USA)

Prof. Mamadou Diouf

Publishers’ Strong Mobilisation at the LASPAD International Symposium
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African Research Matters

Publishers’ Strong Mobilisation at the LASPAD International Symposium

Global Political Economy of Research and Research Dissemination in Africa
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African Research Matters

Global Political Economy of Research and Research Dissemination in Africa

Dr. Adebayo Olukoshi

Interview with Dr. Godwin Murunga, Executive Secretary — CODESRIA
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African Research Matters

Interview with Dr. Godwin Murunga, Executive Secretary — CODESRIA

Dr. Godwin Murunga

Thinking an Economy of the Living
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Thinking an Economy of the Living

Felwine Sarr

Interview with Joseph Tonda (Omar Bongo University, Gabon)
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African Research Matters

Interview with Joseph Tonda (Omar Bongo University, Gabon)

Joseph Tonda

Thinking Environmental Humanities in Africa
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African Research Matters

Thinking Environmental Humanities in Africa

Martin Yelkouni

Open Science and International Visibility of African Research
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African Research Matters

Open Science and International Visibility of African Research

Ebrima Sall

Pan-Africanism in University Curricula and Research
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African Research Matters

Pan-Africanism in University Curricula and Research

Global Africa: The Young Researchers’ School
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African Research Matters

Global Africa: The Young Researchers’ School

Prof. Mahaman Tidjani Alou

Closing Session — African Research Matters Symposium
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African Research Matters

Closing Session — African Research Matters Symposium

Laurent Vidal

What if African Students Had the Right to Learn and Invent?
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African Research Matters

What if African Students Had the Right to Learn and Invent?

François Taddei

African Researchers’ Mobility Benefits Africa
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African Research Matters

African Researchers’ Mobility Benefits Africa

Prof. Felwine Sarr

How Can Sustainability Science Inform Public Policy in Africa?
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African Research Matters

How Can Sustainability Science Inform Public Policy in Africa?

Prof. Mary Teuw Niane

At the Crossroads of Water Knowledge: Sustainability of the City of Saint-Louis, Senegal
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African Research Matters

At the Crossroads of Water Knowledge: Sustainability of the City of Saint-Louis, Senegal

Cheikh Ba

Our Participations

Global Africa in conferences and panels worldwide

Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

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Migration in the Global South from a Cultural Heritage Perspective
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

Migration in the Global South from a Cultural Heritage Perspective

Amira Ahmed

Sexual Harassment and Protection in Horn of African Forced Displacement
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

Sexual Harassment and Protection in Horn of African Forced Displacement

Nadhifa Ng'Ono Jama

Invisible forces and solidarity practices among marginalized youth in Benin
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

Invisible forces and solidarity practices among marginalized youth in Benin

Allavo Rodolphe Wilson

Beyond the Camps: The Transformation of IDPs in Jimeta Yola, Nigeria
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

Beyond the Camps: The Transformation of IDPs in Jimeta Yola, Nigeria

Bababunmi Williams

Governing by the numbers: Exhortation to precision or ethical resignation
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

Governing by the numbers: Exhortation to precision or ethical resignation

Aya Boubel

Gouverner par les chiffres : exhortation à la précision ou résignation éthique
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

Gouverner par les chiffres : exhortation à la précision ou résignation éthique

Aya Boubel

The tandroisation of Toliara: informal practices and Tandroy migrants
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

The tandroisation of Toliara: informal practices and Tandroy migrants

Toziny Viva Elianah

La tandroisation de Toliara : pratiques informelles et migrants Tandroy
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

La tandroisation de Toliara : pratiques informelles et migrants Tandroy

Toziny Viva Elianah

Inter ethnic crises in DRC and their migration impact
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

Inter ethnic crises in DRC and their migration impact

Jovial Koua Oba

Crises interethniques en RDC et leur impact sur les migrations
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

Crises interethniques en RDC et leur impact sur les migrations

Jovial Koua Oba

From ancestral territory to protected area: Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

From ancestral territory to protected area: Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal

Idrissa Manka

Du territoire ancestral à l’aire protégée : le parc national de Niokolo Koba, Sénégal
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

Du territoire ancestral à l’aire protégée : le parc national de Niokolo Koba, Sénégal

Idrissa Manka

Forced displacement and humanitarian governance in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

Forced displacement and humanitarian governance in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique

Mauro Tsandzane

Déplacements forcés et gouvernance humanitaire à Cabo Delgado, au Mozambique
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

Déplacements forcés et gouvernance humanitaire à Cabo Delgado, au Mozambique

Mauro Tsandzane

Black Bodies, Racial Borders : Forced Displacement and Mobility Governance
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

Black Bodies, Racial Borders : Forced Displacement and Mobility Governance

Chaimaa Radouani

Corps noirs, frontières raciales : déplacements forcés et gouvernance de la mobilité
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

Corps noirs, frontières raciales : déplacements forcés et gouvernance de la mobilité

Chaimaa Radouani

The quest for security : root cause of insecurity?
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

The quest for security : root cause of insecurity?

Ester Tamdja

La quête de sécurité : cause profonde de l’insécurité ?
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Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa

La quête de sécurité : cause profonde de l’insécurité ?

Ester Tamdja

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