African Studies Association Awards & Prizes for Africanists

The African Studies Association is honored to announce its annual awards heralding some of the most prominent contributions to the field of African Studies. View the 2024 ASA Award Winners Press Release or visit the Award & Prize pages for a complete list of past awardees.

Learn more about ASA Awards & Prizes:

ASA Best Book Prize
ASA Presidential Fellows Program
ASA Outstanding Service Award
Advocacy Travel Award
Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize
Children’s Africana Book Award
Conover-Porter Award

Distinguished Africanist Award
Graduate Student Paper Prize
Gretchen Walsh Book Donation Award
Hormuud Distinguished Lecture
Mahmoud Mohamed Taha Student Travel Award
Paul Hair Prize
Sembène-Kelani Film Prize