Africa Forum 2026: China and the United States in Africa: A New "Cold War?" |
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Speakers
Toyin Falola- Professor, University of Texas at Austin
David Owusu-Ansah- Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Edmund Abaka, Associate Professor, University of Miami
Etana Dinka – Assistant Professor, University of Miami
MARCH 6: INTERNATIONAL PANEL DISCUSSION ON CHINA; US IN AFRICA
VENUE: FROST INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR SCIENCE, CORAL GABLES
(Great Hall [Common Area] Area Number 125)
DATE: MARCH 6, 2026
TIME: 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM - KEYNOTE
3:45 PM MIAMI | 2:45 PM AUSTIN | 9:45 PM WAT | 10:45 PM SOUTH AFRICA
VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE REGISTRATION
https://miami.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ttb7KTBFSSihVRHpC0tpVQ
The Africa Summit scheduled for March 5-6, 2026, aims to deepen research and collaborative efforts between U.S. and African academic institutions focusing on the economic and geostrategic impacts of U.S.-China engagement in Africa. The event includes a one-day symposium addressing multiple facets of this dynamic and features a keynote address by renowned historian Toyin Falola. The Africa Summit in March 2026 seeks to further the scope of the Center for Global Black Studies' Beyond the Gables research focus and expand its dynamic programming to focus on Africa. It is a research and scholarship engagement that will bring together faculty and graduate students from a few U.S. institutions and African universities, especially in West, North, and East Africa, to invest in intellectual work, collaboration, and grantsmanship to produce more sustainable external support for related projects. In the first year (2026), the focus will be on the economic and geostrategic significance of US-China engagement in Africa, with particular attention to its environmental and health impacts. A capacity-building workshop for graduate students and junior faculty will be built into the program, and a robust publication output will be the intended outcome, supplemented with related conference presentations. This two-day forum will be followed by an Africa Summit project proposal being formulated to apply for an external grant later this year, for a longer, more engaging interrogation of the themes covered in the symposium. Sponsored by the Center for Global Black Studies, the History Department, the College of Arts & Sciences, and the George P. Hanley Democracy Center.
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