Event Durham

Narratives, whether official, insurgent, embodied, archival, legal, or speculative, are fundamental to the shaping of knowledge, identity, and power across the African continent and its diasporas. This conference invites participants to reflect on how stories are made, who gets to tell them, and what they do in the world. In African studies, narrative is never merely literary: it structures policy, development agendas, transitional justice mechanisms, data infrastructures, activist movements, ecological imaginaries, and more. We propose “narrative” not only as a mode of storytelling but as a contested field of meaning-making, where competing visions of African pasts, presents, and futures take shape. The ASAUK Conference will be held from 10th to 12th September 2026 at Durham University.

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