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Czech Association for African Studies

The Czech Association for African Studies is a scholarly organisation for academics, graduates and all those with a serious scholarly interest in Africa.

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Viva Africa

The Czech Association for African Studies is pleased to invite scholars, researchers, practitioners, and students to participate in the Viva Africa 2026 Conference, to be held in Prague on 5–6 November 2026. As global political, social, economic, and epistemic landscapes undergo profound transformations, Africa stands at the center of shifting configurations of power, knowledge, and agency. In the current era of the “changing world order”, Africa plays an increasingly important role in the global arena. This conference seeks to move beyond reductive frameworks and foreground Africa as a dynamic and pluralistic site of agency, creativity, and contestation.

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About CAAS

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Scholarly Network of CAAS

The scholarly network of CAAS

CAAS brings together scholars whose work spans social and cultural anthropology, history, political science, migration studies, literature, film and African area studies more broadly.

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Modern Africa Journal

Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society is one of the association's central academic outputs and an important platform for scholarship connected to Africa.

The journal publishes scholarly work on politics, history and society and helps connect research communities across fields. It serves as an important publication platform for CAAS and for wider debates within African Studies.

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Viva Africa Conference

Viva Africa is a key conference output of CAAS and supports academic discussion on Africa, Europe and their changing entanglements.

Viva Africa creates space for academic exchange, public discussion and interdisciplinary encounters around Africa and its connections to Europe and the wider world.

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