The international conference-festival organised by the International Institute for Asian Studies in Dakar, Senegal, in June 2025, was part of a broader effort to explore the re-eme…
The images gathered in this special issue of Global Africa do not simply illustrate separate regional contexts. Rather, they form a continuous visual thread—a current running throu…
This article examines the relationship between Negritude and the Afro-Asian Writers’ Bureau in the mid-twentieth century. Although no formal institutional engagement existed betwee…
This study explores the contemporary resonances of the Bandung Conference (1955) in artistic practices in Senegal, particularly in Dakar. It examines how this historical event is c…
The East African Khoja diaspora offers a candid lens through which to explore how religious identity, cultural memory, and transnational networks intersect in the postcolonial Glob…
In Congo, the influence of the former colonizer France, is challenged increasingly by China. This phenomenon, concerning how weaker states manage different international influences…
The interplay of trade, colonial governance, and migration in Lusophone Africa has created a complex tapestry of Afro-Asian entanglements in the years since independence. Under the…
This article analyzes the legal responses developed in West Africa to claims for recognition advanced by Afro-descendants whose histories are rooted in the Atlantic slave trade. Dr…
This paper reads “Dahomey” (Diop, 2024) through intersecting lenses of colonial memory, restitution ethics, and the frictions between states, museums and local communities as they …
In 1991, former South African President Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) made his first international trip to Brazil while he was still a political activist. At that time, Mandela, who h…
The partial results of a study on indigo-dyed textiles in Yoruba and Japanese traditions are presented below. The study aimed to consider the network of multiple human and nonhuman…
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