African Studies: Conferences & Other Events

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."

2006 Conferences

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
Etonnants Voyageurs, Festival International du Livre, novembre 2006, Bamako, Mali (Saint-Malo, France)
Sur ce site, on peut trouver les informations sur le festival, mais voir surtout les archives pour les événements des années passées, 2001-2005...pour les programmes des rencontres, les listes des invités, et des débats.
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."

2005 Conferences

Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies: AEGIS European Conference on African Studies, June 29-July 3, 2005, School of Oriental and African Studies and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, UK
The "call for papers" deadline is November 1, 2004 [panel themes already determined]. See also: AEGIS Home Page.
África e a Europa: Resolução de Conflitos, Governação et Integração Regional, 30-31 de Maio de 2005, Lisboa, Portugal (Instituto de Estudos Estratégicos e Internacionais, Lisboa)
AFRILEX--African Association for Lexicography:
10th International Conference & Workshop on 'Monolingual Dictionaries for Africa', 13-15 July 2005, Sesiu sa Sesotho Dictionary Unit, Free State University, Bloemfontein, South Africa (via University of Pretoria, South Africa)
The deadline for proposals is March 15, 2005.
African Association of Political Science -- 15th Biennial Congress, 19-21 September 2005, Cairo, Egypt (Pretoria, South Africa)
7th African Crop Science Society Conference, 5-9 December 2005, Kampala, Uganda Sponsored by the Faculty of Agriculture, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions: 1st African Regional Conference of Vice Chancellors, Provosts, and Deans of Science, Engineering and Technology, 15-17 November 2005, Accra, Ghana (UNESCO Nairobi Office, Kenya)
African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific: 28th Annual AFSAAP 2005 Conference -- "Africa: Peace, Progress, Passion and Sustainability", 25-27 November 2005, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia (via Faculty of Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia)
African Studies Association of the United States: "Health, Knowledge, and the Body/Politic in Africa and the African Diaspora", 48th Annual Meeting, November 17-20, 2005, Washington, DC (via Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey)
These pages include the "call-for-papers", theme statement, registration information, --and-- online proposal submissions. The deadline for proposals is March 15, 2005.
African Visions 2005 -- "Think Africa: a Festival of African Literature, Culture, and Politics", October 15-16, 2005 In association with The British Library.(The Africa Centre, London, UK)
"As the climax of the Africa 05 literature season, this 2 day festival will explore some of the best New Writing in Africa today, and celebrate great writing from a number of Africa�s best known writers. During the festival there will be an announcement from the NOMA Award for African publishing, Africa�s most established book award, and the UK launch of the exciting Kenyan-based New Writing magazine �Kwani?�. There will be sessions on current affairs: the G8 and Africa, Sudan, and South Africa. There will also be a session looking at diversity and representation in children's publishing."
See also: African Visions Tour, October 8-17, 2005 in England.
Africana Librarians' Council: ALC Spring Meeting, May 5-7, 2005, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
2nd South African AIDS Conference, 7-10 June 2005, International Conference Centre, Durban, South Africa
The deadline for abstract submissions and registration is February 28, 2005. The site includes a link to information from the First SA AIDS Conference of August 2003.
"Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise", The Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair, New Jersey, June 15-26, 2005: created and directed by Yael Farber, written in collaboration with the cast, based on their life experiences in South Africa. (Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey)
Réseau Sénégalais "Droit, Ethique, Santé": Premières Journées de Bioéthique de Dakar pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre, du 11 au 13 juillet 2005 (Dakar, Sénégal)
L'introduction sur la thèmatique et le programme (en formats WORD et PDF).
CODESRIA: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa: "'Lusophonie' in Africa: History, Democracy and Integration" International Colloquium, 28-30 April 2005, Luanda, Angola: Call for Papers. (Dakar, Senegal) PDF format
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is January 30, 2005.
VIII Colóquio Internacional "Estados, poderes e identidades na África Subsariana" -- África de Língua Portuguesa: 30 anos de independências, 5-6 Maio 2005, Porto, Portugal (Centro de Estudos Africanos, Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
FESPACO 2005--19ème Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou = 19th Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, 26 February -- 5 March 2005 (Burkina Faso)
Festival de Jazz de Saint-Louis du Sénégal: du 4 au 7 mai 2005 (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.
FESTEL--4ème Festival Africain de Télévision, Yaoundé, Cameroun, du 16 au 22 juillet 2005
"Le FESTEL est l'unique festival de télévision internationale de la sous région Afrique centrale. Il intègre à la fois: la compétition TV; des espaces de réflexion et d'échanges; la bourse des programmes TV; des espaces d'animation et de projection audiovisuelle."
G8 Summit Meetings at Gleneagles, Scotland, UK -- July 2005
- G8 Summit 2005, Gleneagles, Scotland -- Official Site
- G8 Information Centre (University of Toronto Library, Toronto, Canada)
Thirteenth Annual Graduate Research Conference in African Studies, March 18-19, 2005, Boston University, African Studies Center, Boston, Massachusetts
The deadline for abstracts is February 27, 2005.
"The Graduate Research Conference in Africa is an interdisciplinary conference intended for students at all levels of their graduate careers. Our aim is to provide a comfortable and informal atmosphere in which graduate students can present research and have the opportunity to receive valuable feedback from their peers. In past years, participants have presented dissertation chapters, methodological papers, research proposals, and outlines of works in progress."
"Highway Africa 2005: Reinforcing Journalism in the Information Society", 12-14 September 2005, Grahamstown, South Africa (via Rhodes University)
This conference website includes selected texts from the proceedings.
ICASA 2005: 14th International Conference on AIDS & STIs in Africa, 4-9 December 2005, Abuja, Nigeria = CISMA 2005: Conférence internationale sur le SIDA et les maladies sexuellement transmissibles en Afrique
The regular registration deadline is November 15, 2005.
34th Annual International African Arts Festival, July 1-4, 2005, Brooklyn, New York
Interrogating the African Diaspora: African Diaspora Identities -- Graduate Summer Seminar 2005 for M.A. and Ph.D. Students, Florida International University, Miami, Florida African-New World Studies Program.
The deadline for applications is February 15, 2005.
Jomba! Contemporary Dance Experience, 19-28 August 2005, 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.
Live 8 Concerts -- The Long Walk to Justice, July 2-6, 2005
4th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Pan-African Conference -- "New Strategies Against an Ancient Scourge" = << Nouvelles stratégies contre un ancien fléau >>, 13 au 18 novembre, 2005, Yaoundé, Cameroun (MIM, Stockholm, Sweden)
See also: past MIM conferences in Arusha, Tanzania; Dakar, Senegal; and Durban, South Africa.
4th Nigeria International Book Fair, "Publishing in Indigenous Languages", Lagos, Nigeria, 10-14 May 2005 (Nigeria Book Fair Trust, Ikeja, Nigeria)
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa 8th Congress "Call for Abstracts"--International Aid, Trade and Development in Africa: The Search for a Development Paradigm, 21-23 November 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The deadline for "abstracts": August 31, 2005.
12th Congress of the Panafrican Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies, 3-10 July 2005, University of Botswana, Gaborone. Sponsored by the Archaeology Unit, Department of History.
The deadline for abstracts is November 30, 2004.
"The Portuguese Atlantic: Africa, Cape Verde and Brazil" Conferência em Mindelo, São Vicente, Cabo Verde, 6-10 July 2005 (via Centro de Estudos Africanos, Lisbon, Portugal)
A "call for papers" with the deadline for abstracts set at March 15, 2005.
Symposium on "Pre-Colonial African History in a Post-Colonial Age", University of Wisconsin African Studies Program @ 45, March 11-13, 2005, Madison, Wisconsin
The website features general information and the program; no papers or abstracts available to the public.
6èmes Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie, du 10 novembre au 10 décembre 2005, Bamako, Mali En collaboration avec le Ministère de la Culture du Mali. (Association Française d'Action Artistique, Paris, France)
"Pendant un mois, la photographie africaine, au travers de nombreuses expositions, ateliers, séminaires, projections et autres événements festifs investira la capitale malienne et certains de ses lieux comme le Mus�e national du Mali, le Palais de la Culture, le Musée du District, le Centre culturel français..."
-- Voir aussi: Maison Africaine de la Photographie (Bamako, Mali): 6ème édition des Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie
Symposium on "Pre-Colonial African History in a Post-Colonial Age", University of Wisconsin African Studies Program @ 45, March 11-13, 2005, Madison, Wisconsin
The website features general information and the program; no papers or abstracts available to the public.
Tierno Bokar -- U.S. Premiere, March 30 - April 26, 2005, Barnard Hall, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York.
9th Time of the Writer = Le Temps des Ecrivains, International Festival, 4-9 April 2005, Durban, South Africa (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
This site provides information about the programme, the participants, festivals from previous years, and related links.
"UDI 40 Years On: Liberation, Confrontation and Co-operation" -- A Conference to Mark the 40th Anniversary of the Rhodesian Unilateral Declarartion of Independence, 21-22 September 2005, University of Cambridge (Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge, UK)
World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis, Tunisia, 16-18 November 2005 = Sommet mondial sur la société de l'information, Tunis 2005 (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland)
- WSIS African Regional Conference, Accra, Ghana, 2-4 February 2005
- World Summit on the Information Society, 10-12 December 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
  - Special focus: Background documents on Africa (2003)

2004 Conferences

AFRILEX--African Association for Lexicography: 9th International Conference & Workshop on The Dictionary and Language Development, 18-23 July 2004, Omar Bongo University, Libreville, Gabon (via Department of African Languages, University of Pretoria, South Africa)
The deadline for proposals is March 15, 2004. See also, the first circular = première circulaire.
Conference on "African Development and Poverty Reduction: The Macro-Micro Linkage," Somerset West, South Africa, 13-15 October 2004. Co-sponsored by the Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, and Cornell University--USA. (Cape Town, South Africa)
30th Anniversary African Literature Association Conference, 14-18 April 2004, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- ALA homepage (via Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  The homepage includes general information about ALA conferences and issues. Note: The "ALA Bulletin" is available online ONLY for ALA members.
- See also: The African Literature Association's 29th Annual Conference: "Of Lighthouses and Libraries: History ReLit", Alexandria, Egypt, March 19-23, 2003 (University of Dayton, Ohio and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt)
African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific: "'African Renewal, African Renaissance': New Perspectives on Africa's Past and Africa's Present"--27th Annual and International Conference, 26-28 November 2004, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- AFSAAP Home Page
African Studies Association of the United States:
"The Power of Expression: Identity, Language, and Memory in Africa and the Diaspora", November 11-14, 2004, 47th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
( << Le pouvoir de l'expression: l'identité, la langue et la mémoire en Afrique et dans sa diaspora >>.) via Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
- The home page of the ASA, with online membership and pre-registration for the 2004 conference; plus links to the 2003 and 2002 annual meeting and to commissioned papers from "Colloquium on African and North American Higher Education".
- 2004 Annual Meeting Preliminary Program
"African Studies : Paradigms, Pedagogy, and Partnerships" October 7-9, 2004 -- Call for Papers, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sponsored by the Department of African and African American Studies at GVSU, in association with the Department of African Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.
Africana Librarians Council Spring Meeting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 6-8, 2004 (via University of Michigan Libraries, Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- "...founded in 1957 as the Archives/Libraries Committee as 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."
- ALC Home Page (via The Library of Congress, Washington, DC)
Amilcar Cabral Symposium, 9-12 September 2004, Praia, Cape Verde (via CODESRIA-Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, Dakar, Senegal)
This web page offers a biography, a bibliography, and related information. See also: Sympósio Internacional Amilcar Cabral, Praia, 9 a 12 de Setembro de 2004.
Arquivo Histórico de Moçambique: IV Reunião Internacional de História de Africa -- "Africa e Dinâmicas no Periodo Colonial", de 8 a 11 de Setembro 2004, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique
DAK'ART 2004: La Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain, du 7 mai au 7 juin 2004, Dakar, Sénégal
"L'exposition internationale d'Art Africain Contemporain de la Biennale de Dakar 2004 présentera le travail de 33 artistes et de 5 designers venus de 16 pays d'Afrique...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."
International Conference on A Decade of Freedom: Celebrating the Role of the International Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa's Freedom Struggle, 10-13 October 2004, Durban, South Africa. Sponsored by the University of Kwazulu-Natal.
Historical Society of Ghana: 2004 Annual Conference, 14-18 July 2004, University of Ghana, Legon -- "Tradition and Modernity in Ghanaian Urbanization" (via Ghana Studies Council, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas)
The "call for papers" announcement (PDF format). The deadline for proposals is March 14, 2004.
ICT Conference--"Building the ICT Capacity of African Universities for Promoting Development", November 19-20, 2004, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Conference of Intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora (CIAD), 7-9 October 2004, Dakar, Senegal = Conférence des Intellectuels d'Afrique et de la Diaspora (African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Library & Information Association of South Africa: LIASA Seventh Annual Conference "Libraries and Democracy: The Vital Link", 27 September-1 October 2004, Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Mali Symposium on Applied Sciences, Bamako, August 2-5, 2004 = Symposium Malien sur les Sciences Appliquées (Maliwatch, Bamako, Mali)
Le site offre une liste des participants, les résumés de leurs présentations, et autres liens utils -- y compris les résumés des colloques précédents (2000 et 2002).
Marrakech : << Le rôle et la place des médias dans la société de l'information en Afrique et dans les pays arabes >> -- Conférence internationale de suivi du sommet mondial sur la société de l'information, du 22 au 24 novembre 2004 Sommet Mondial sur la Société de l'Information, Genève 2003 -- Tunis 2005. (Maroc, Ministère de la Communication, Rabat)
New York University: Spotlight on Africa -- Seminars in 2004 (New York)
3rd Nigeria International Book Fair, Lagos, Nigeria, 6-10 May 2004 (Nigeria Book Fair Trust, Ikeja, Nigeria)
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie: Xème Sommet de la Francophonie, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, du 26 au 27 novembre 2004 (Paris, France)
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie: Colloque << Développement durable: leçons et perspectives >>, 1er au 4 juin 2004, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
World Economic Forum: Africa Economic Forum, 2-4 June 2004, Maputo, Mozambique (Geneva, Switzerland)
"Yari Yari Pamberi: Black Women Writers Dissecting Globalization" October 12-16, 2004, New York University, New York (via Organization of Women Writers of Africa, New York)

2003 Conferences

5th Annual African Development Finance Conference and Awards 2003, 8-9 October 2003, Johannesburg, South Africa (via Africa Centre for Investment Analysis, University of Stellenbosch, Bellville, South Africa)
African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific -- "Africa on a Global Stage: Politics, History, Economics & Culture," October 1-3, 2003, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia (via Flinders University)
- Past AFSAAP conferences
African Studies Association of the United States, 46th Annual Meeting, October 30-November 2, 2003, Boston, Massachusetts: "Youthful Africa in the 21st Century" -- Final Program (via Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey)
African Association of Political Science, Congress Call: XIV AAPS Biennial Congress, June 26-28, 2003 -- "New Visions for Development in Africa", Durban, South Africa
African Telecom Summit: Technologies, Networks and Applications for Least Cost Access," 12-14 March 2003. Maputo, Mozambique (via African Telecom Summit, Accra, Ghana)
"African Urban Spaces: History and Culture", 28-30 March 2003, University of Texas, Austin (Department of History, University of Texas, Austin)
"Chieftaincy in Africa: Culture, Governance, and Development", Accra, Ghana, January 6-10, 2003. Co-sponsored by The Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon and The Centre of African Studies, Cambridge University, UK.
CODESRIA -- Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa: 30th Anniversary Conference, Grand Finale, December 10-12, 2003, Dakar, Senegal: "Intellectuals, Nationalism and the Pan African Ideal."
Colloque International << Le droit à l'éducation: quelles effectivités au Sud et au Nord? >>, du 8 au 12 mars 2004, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (via Association Francophone d'Education Comparée--AFEC, Paris, France)
Colloque International << Histoire Nationale, Cultures et Identités Ethniques >>, avril 2004, Université de Lomé, Togo
Un appel à communications et les informations générales: les propositions de communications seront reçues jusqu'au 1er novembre 2003.
Corporate Council on Africa: 2003 US-Africa Business Summit -- "Building Partnerships", June 24-27, 2003, Washington, DC
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran, and Turkey) 10th Annual Conference, 16-18 December 2003, Marrakesh, Morocco (via ERF, Cairo, Egypt)
XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, July 21-25, 2003, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany (via Hamburg University, Asia-Africa Institute, Hamburg, Germany)
The webpage includes general information, "call for papers", conference registration form, previous conference information, and related links. Note: The deadline for proposals/abstracts was June 15, 2002.
Festival de Jazz de Saint-Louis du Sénégal: du 28 au 31 mai 2003 (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 les actualités sur quelques artistes qui ont donnédes représentations au festival dans le passé.
Nouakchott 2003: Forum Afrique sur la Société de l'Information et les Collectivités Locales, Nouakchott, Mauritanie, 8-10 juillet 2003 (Secrétariat d'Etat auprès du Premier Ministre chargé des Technologies Nouvelles, Mauritanie)
-- Voir le site en anglais.
Colloque international << Les fractures numériques Nord/Sud en question: quels enjeux? quels partenariats? >> 25-28 août 2003, Université d'été de la communication d'Hourtin, Gironde, France.
A l'initiative de AFRICA'NTI du Centre d'Etudes d'Afrique Noire, Université Bordeaux IV et l'Institut Méditerranéen de la Culture et de la Communication.
- Présentation des thèmes
- Le programme détaillé
IDLELO: First African Conference on the Digital Commons, January 11-15, 2004, Cape Town, South Africa. Co-sponsored by The Free Software, Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA), and African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR) project, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). (University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa)
"Literary Manifestations of the African Diaspora", University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, November 10-14, 2003 (via Harriet Tubman Resource Centre, York University, Toronto, Canada)
This web page is a general call for papers. "The aim is introduce a wider audience to the ways in which trans-Atlantic constructions of the historical experience of the African diaspora find expression in the literary mode. It encourages the exploration of the African diaspora through a variety of genres, both oral and written. These include narrative, poetry, myth, legend, autobiography, drama, as well as other texts."
11th International Conference for People Living with HIV/AIDS, Kampala, Uganda, October 26-30, 2003 (Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Conference on "Popular Culture in Africa", April 26, 2003, Stanford-Berkeley Joint Center for African Studies, Stanford, California (via Center for African Studies, University of California, Berkeley)
This web page is a "call for papers". The deadline for proposals, with abstracts, is February 15, 2003.
La Société des Africanistes: Conférences Bi-mensuelles Programme 2002-2003 (Paris, France)
- Voir aussi: Actes de la Société, 1996-2003.
United Nations Forum on Science & Technology Parks: New and Emerging Technologies, November 30-December 1, 2003, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (via Innovation Philadelphia)
Presentations on potential projects in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Senegal; among others.
4th World Congress of African Linguistics and 34th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, June 17-22, 2003, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
General information and call for papers. The deadline for abstracts is December 17, 2002.
Youth and the Politics of Generational Conflict in Africa: An International Conference, 24-25 April 2003, Leiden Sponsored by the African Studies Centre, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
The programme, with paper abstracts and downloadable full text in PDF formats, is available from this website.
Zimbabwe International Book Fair 2003: "History and Cultures in Africa: The Movement of Ideas, People, and Books," July 27 -- August 2, 2003 (Harare, Zimbabwe)

2002 Conferences

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 g