21 Aug, 2026
The concept of “actually existing” urban worlds in Africa—considered in dialogue with the phrase’s history in accounts of neoliberalism, socialism, […]
21 Aug, 2026
This panel explores how artists, writers, and thinkers across the Afro-Atlantic world mobilize aesthetic, philosophical, and cultural practices to confront […]
21 Aug, 2026
Reframing Africa’s Digital Governance: Power, Partnerships, and Policy in a Fragmenting Global Order
As geopolitical rivalry intensifies and confidence in universal models of global governance declines, digital policy has emerged as a critical […]
21 Aug, 2026
This panel explores issues bearing on screen-to-screen transfers in African cinema. What is the internal logic of remediation at play […]
17 Aug, 2026
The African Studies Association (ASA) is excited to continue our AfricaNow! format to accommodate emerging issues on our Annual Meeting […]
17 Aug, 2026
This panel examines Ghana’s Year of Return (2019) and Beyond the Return initiatives as critical interventions in reconfiguring Africa–Diaspora relations […]
17 Aug, 2026
The ways in which Africa as a continent is study is still tied to Western theory and carries the germs […]
14 Aug, 2026
This panel brings papers into conversation that examine African personal transnational networks of support and interrogate their ambivalent role as […]
14 Aug, 2026
This panel aims to revisit how identity and politics interact in the West African Sahel as states, societies, and regional […]
14 Aug, 2026
Social change initiatives abound in the Democratic Republic of the Congo despite the overarching narrative of a nation at war […]
