Urban Africans: New encounters of the rural and the urban

These range from politics (what does the growing importance of city dwellers mean to the character of politics?), through economics (will urbanization undermine or foster efforts at overcoming inequalities?), all the way to social (e.g. are African social relations changing in any significant way as a result of these trends? How do Africans live their cities?) and cultural issues (e.g. will urban life styles dominate the rural? How will the rural and the urban relate to each other in the future?)

Scholars are invited to submit paper proposals for the largest gathering of African Studies in Europe, with up to 2000 participants (University of Basel 29.6.-1.7.2017). 221 panels covering a broad spectrum from environment to philosophy and bearing on the conference theme “Urban Africa - Urban Africans: New encounters of the rural and the urban” were selected out of 347 submissions. The submission interface will be accessible from 18 November 2016 via the conference website. The call for papers will close on 18 January 2017