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Call for Proposals<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

The 2026 Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies is happening on June 9-12th 2026. The theme is\u00a0Global Africa: Legacies, Change and Aspirations.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As the continent holding 30% of the world\u2019s natural resources, 10% of the planet\u2019s internal renewable fresh water source and home to the youngest and fastest-growing population, Africa enjoys a unique global positioning (United Nations, 2024; United Nations Environment Programme, 2024; Population Reference Bureau, 2025). For many centuries, Africa has and continues to make pivotal contributions to world civilisation in the spheres of education, arts, music, science, technology and innovation (Bob-Miller, 2021). Indeed, Africa\u2019s mineral reserves are critical to the global shift towards renewable energy and a green economy. By 2050, Africa\u2019s young population is projected to comprise a quarter of the global labour force. Such contributions, however, tend to be overshadowed by the plethora of predicaments the continent must contend with, including global warming, rapid technological transformations and Western-dominated economic and governance structures. These dynamics illustrate how global problems are embedded in African experiences.<\/p>\n

\u200dThe notion of\u00a0Global Africa<\/em>\u00a0aims to capture these tensions (West, 2005), that is, the tension between promise and precarity, opportunity and constraint, while reflecting the aspirations of a continent navigating a rapidly shifting economic and political landscape. Tied to this are the growing presence of emerging powers such as Brazil, China, and India, nations that are also competing for resources and political influence across the continent (Ewalefoh, 2021).<\/p>\n

\u200dIn the face of these changes, several questions arise: How can Africa strategically leverage these geopolitical shifts and, in so doing, escape a new \u201dScramble\u00a0for Africa<\/em>\u201d? How can the continent harness the vast potential of its greatest asset, its vibrant youth, to advance sustainable development? And how can we recover and adopt Indigenous African knowledge systems to confront global challenges (e.g., sociopolitical, environmental, etc.)?<\/p>\n

\u200dBuilding on the thematic focus of past gatherings: \u201cMaking, Unmaking and Remaking of Africa\u201d (2025), and Sustainability and Sustainable Development: Past, Present and Futures\u201d (2024), this year\u2019s CAAS conference theme,\u00a0\u201cGlobal Africa: Legacies, Change, and Aspirations\u201d,<\/em>\u00a0invites a broad spectrum of papers that address these issues and beyond from historical, contemporary, and imaginative or forward-looking perspectives. We welcome Africanist academics, independent researchers, policy-makers, practitioners, and community organisations on the continent and in the Diaspora to submit analytical, theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions that will spark rich intellectual conversations about the meaning, possibilities and limits of\u00a0Global Africa<\/em>; however, one chooses to define it.<\/p>\n\n

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