The African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) invites scholars, researchers, activists, policymakers, and practitioners to submit papers for its 6th Biennial Conference, to be held in Praia, Cabo Verde (Campus do Palmarejo Grande), from September 24 to 27, 2025. Co-hosted by the Universidade de Cabo Verde (Uni-CV), the ASAA’s 6th Biennial Conference provides a vital platform to engage with Africa's critical challenges and explore opportunities for redress. 

Through collective reflection, inquiry, and dialogue, we aim to build a collaborative vision for global futures that center Africa in processes of hope-building, resilience, and growth in a complex and despairing global landscape. The ASAA2025 conference theme  “African Responses to Global Vulnerabilities: Building Hope for the Future” will explore how forms and articulations of African agency have shaped our collective histories, cohabitation, dignity, knowledge, sovereignty, violence, survival, and hopes for imaginaries of better futures.

We are particularly interested in unpacking intersections between the past, the present, and the future in tackling challenges of vulnerabilities, enunciations of resilience, and expectations of resolution. These processes and interventions of hope are oriented towards building individual and collective futures not merely of survival but, importantly, of solidarity and collective thriving.

Submission Guidelines:

Paper Submissions:

We welcome individual paper abstracts, special panels, roundtable discussions, workshop proposals and other presentation forms that critically engage with the conference theme. Interested participants should submit:

- An abstract of no more than 250 words

- A brief biography (50 words) that outlines their academic background and areas of expertise.

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Submission deadline: 5 April 2025.

Authors will be notified by 15 April 2025

Read the full call for submission available in English, Português, Français, العربية

For inquiries: conference@as-aa.org