Global Africa: Past, Present, and Future

Conference

Nexuses

Roquinaldo Ferreira: Keynote Address on Friday

St. Clair Drake

Andrew Rosa: Keynote Address on Saturday

Global Africa:  Past, Present, and Future

University of Kansas - Lawrence, Kansas

April 24-26, 2025

This hybrid, interdisciplinary conference is dedicated to exploring the diverse dimensions of Global African heritage and presence. The conference seeks to facilitate a dialogue that explores the multifaceted African perspectives on historical and contemporary global dynamics, with particular attention to the history and state of African diasporic communities, transnational networks, and imagined futures.

Hosted by these units at the University of Kansas:
Center for Global and International Studies
Kansas African Studies Center
Department of African and African-American Studies

Contact Information:
Luciano Tosta, lucianotosta@ku.edu
Director, Center for Global & International Studies; Assoc Prof, Dept of Spanish & Portuguese
Glenn Adams, adamsg@ku.edu
Director, Kansas African Studies Center; Prof, Dept of Psychology
Shawn Alexander, shawnalexander@ku.edu
Prof & Chair, Dept of African & African-American Studies; Director, Langston Hughes Center