News and Events
Find out the latest news from the project
News
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Book Launch at the ASA UK Conference
Thank you to the African Studies Association conference organisers for supporting our first physical book launch at the annual conference in Durham, September 2026. The…
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Applied African SF: Volume 1
Applied African SF published by Ping Press (2026). Free to download at bit.ly/AppliedAfricanSF
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Call for Proposals: New short fiction about the future of work
Applied African Speculative Fiction – Volume 2 Following the forthcoming publication of Applied African Speculative Fiction: Volume 1 (Ping Press, 2026), we are pleased to…
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Presentations at the African Literature Association (ALA) annual conference
Applied African SF project at the ALA, Nairobi, 2025. The Applied African SF project was part of the international annual conference of the African Literature…
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Nairobi STEM students discuss applied African SF seminars and serious games workshops
University of Nairobi students that have taken part in the project speak about their experiences. The event was hosted by the Sigana Festival at the…
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Applied African SF at the Sigana Festival, Nairobi 2025
A writers’ roundtable was co-organised with the Sigana Festival, hosted by the Alliance Francais, Nairobi, with Jo Lindsay Walton (SA), Dilman Dila (Uganda), Kevin Rigathy…
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Introducing Applied African SF Online Toolkit
Florence Okoye has briefly introduced the state of development of the online toolkit at the applied African SF event, held in Nairobi on June 30th,…
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Showcasing our work: new poster!
We now have a project poster designed by Jana Kleineberg. It will be presented at the Grantham Institute Climate Research Showcase 2025 on January 22nd…
Events
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Book Launch at the ASA UK Conference
Thank you to the African Studies Association conference organisers for supporting our first physical book…
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Museums: Questioning collections and research policy with Africanfuturism
New workshop focusing on museum collections. Join us from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm at…
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Future focused education – the Class of 2030
Join us at the Festival of Learning and Teaching 2026 at Imperial College London for…
