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Association for Africanist Anthropology
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Our mission is to stimulate, strengthen, and advance anthropology by promoting the study of Africa, Africanist scholarship, and the professional interests of Africanist anthropologists both in and outside of Africa.

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December 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Congrats to @chuckgski.bsky.social! Last night, his book God's Waiting Room was awarded AfAA's Skinner Prize for "the book that best furthers the global community of Africanist scholars & the broader interests of the African continent, as exemplified in the work of Elliott P. Skinner." #AAA2025NOLA
AfAA President Wale Adebanwi shaking hands with Casey Golomski after announcing that God's Waiting Room won the 2024 Skinner Prize.
November 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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We regret to share that we have lost access to our accounts on Facebook & X, possibly via hacking.

If you’d like to follow us on social media, we are still active on Bluesky and now also on LinkedIn. We’d love to promote your work on these two sites!
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September 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Call for Pitches | Anthropology News: Fluidity
Do you have any bold ideas that cross boundaries? Submit by Aug 10.
See details below
#Anthropology #AfricanistAnthro #AfAA
July 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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The next WAU Conference will be held in Guatemala, Antigua, from November 3 to 8, 2025. The call for papers is now open. Please circulate widely.
More information is available at waucongress2025.org
or facebook.com/WAUcongress
January 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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AFRICAN CRITICAL INQUIRY PROGRAMME
IVAN KARP DOCTORAL RESEARCH AWARDS
FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS ENROLLED IN
SOUTH AFRICAN Ph.D. PROGRAMMES
Closing Date: Thursday 1 May 2025. For full info & how to apply, see the CFP under “ACIP Opportunities” at
www.graduateschool.emory.edu/about/specia....
Please circulate and cross-post REMINDER: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS AFRICAN CRITICAL INQUIRY PROGRAMME IVAN KARP DOCTORAL RESEARCH AWARDS FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SOUTH AFRICAN Ph.D. PROGRAMMES Closing Date: Thursday 1 May 2025 The African Critical Inquiry Programme is pleased to announce the 2025 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards to support African doctoral students in the humanities & humanistic social sciences who are enrolled at South African universities and conducting dissertation research on relevant topics. Grant amounts vary depending on research plans; the maximum award is ZAR 50,000. The African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) seeks to advance inquiry and debate about the roles and practice of public culture, public cultural institutions and public scholarship in shaping identities and society in Africa. The Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards are open to African postgraduate students (regardless of citizenship) in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Applicants must be currently registered in a Ph.D. programme in a South African university and be working on topics related to ACIP’s focus. Awards support doctoral research projects focused on topics such as institutions of public culture, museums and exhibitions, forms and practices of public scholarship, culture and communication, and the theories, histories, and systems of thought that shape and illuminate public culture and public scholarship. Awards are open to proposals working with a range of methodologies, including research in archives & collections, fieldwork, interviews, surveys, & quantitative data collection. For full information about this opportunity & how to apply, see the Call for Proposals listed under “ACIP Opportunities” on our website: http://www.graduateschool.emory.edu/about/special/acip.html. ACIP is a partnership between the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape & the Laney Graduate School of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
January 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM