CALL FOR PAPERS

15th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE PAN AFRICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 8th – 12th AUGUST 2005, YAOUNDE, CAMEROON  

Conference Theme:  
SCIENCE OF MAN AND THE EMERGING ISSUES OF THE 21ST CENTURY  

PAAA annual conference 2005 in Yaounde-Cameroon

The sub-themes are the following:

  1. Political Governance and Conflict Management;
  2. The Cultural Dimensions of HIV/AIDS Pandemic;
  3. NEPAD and its Vision of Culture;
  4. African Family in Crisis: Grand Parenting;
  5. Ageing in a fast changing Africa;
  6. Chiefs are for Life: Democracy, the African Way;
  7. Corruption: Evils channels of distributions;
  8. The Uneven Gender Relations: Gender Equity and Equality;
  9. Citizenship, ethnicity and the Modern State in Africa;
  10. Which way African Anthropology: Theories and Trends
International Organising Committee
  • President – Albert Awedoba (University of Ghana)
  • Past President – David Bogopa (University of Port Elizabeth, SA)
  • President–Elect – (to be announced at the later stage)
  • Secretary General – Francis B. Nyamnjoh (Cordesia - Dakar, Senegal)
  • Treasurer – Stella Neema (Makerere University, Uganda)
  • Public Relations – Welile Khuzwayo (South Africa)
  • Executive Secretary – Antione Socpa (PAAA office, Cameroon)

Regional Representatives

  • East Africa – Babiker Mustafa (Sudan)
  • Central Africa – Nobert Gami (Gabon)
  • West Africa English – Aina Olabisi (Nigeria)
  • West Africa French – Joachim Agbroffi (Cote D’Ivoire)
  • Southern Africa – Thope Matobo (Lesotho)
  • Diaspora – Maxwell Owusu (USA)

Local Organizers:

PAAA Secretariat and
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Faculty of Arts, Letters and Human Sciences
University of Yaounde I

Contact:

Executive Secretary
PAAA / I-CASSRT
Po Box 1862 Yaoundé - Cameroon
Tel (237) 223 42 27
Fax (223) 222 18 73
E-mails: icassrt@camnet.cm / icassrt_paaa@yahoo.com / icassrt_paaa@ethnonet-africa.org

Registration:

Registration fees for the conference will be announced at the later

Some information about accommodation: (to be announced)

Some information about transport: (to be announced)

Submission Guidelines:

Anthropologists working in and on Africa and beyond are invited to submit abstracts for the conference. Abstracts not more than 200 words should reach the above local organizers by 30th April 2005. A full text in MSWord should be sent to reach the organizers no later than 30 May 2005. Electronic paper and abstract submissions preferred.

Language of the Conference:

The official language for the conference will be English. However, papers may be presented in French but participants MUST provide English translation of their abstracts and final paper.


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