Organisation of the Conference

The conference will take place at the University of Yaoundé 1 in Cameroon; accommodation venues will be suggested for participants. In addition to the usual circuits, all useful information for participants will be available on the blog below: https://slafco2.sciencesconf.org/ from January 2022.

All speakers must ensure that they have the necessary finance to take part in the conference. A limited budget will be dedicated to supporting the participation of some junior African researchers. A request form for financial assistance will be posted online on the conference blog.

Anti-slavery activists will be invited to discuss their commitments, with the scientists, as well as their expectations vis-à-vis African research. Screening of a documentary film on slavery and the slave trade in Africa as well as the presentation of the book produced with the material of the previous SLAFCO conference (2014) will be on the conference agenda.

The health context in Cameroon does not pose any particular problem for holding this conference. As of 15 November 2021, a negative test from less than 72 hours before boarding and a quick test on arrival are required, in addition to an invitation to comply with barrier measures. Participants will be regularly informed about how the situation is developing.

Organizing Institutions

• Unité de Recherche Migrations & Sociétés (URMIS, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement / Université Côte d’Azur), France
• Centre d'Études et de Recherches Pluridisciplinaires sur l'Esclavage et les Traites en Afrique (CERPETA), Université de Yaoundé I - Université de Maroua, Cameroon
• Centre Africain de Recherches sur les Traites et les Esclavages (CARTE) – Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal
• Centre for Research on Slavery and Indenture (CRSI), Le Réduit, University of Mauritius
• Centre International de Recherche sur les Esclavages (CIRESC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France
• Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, Bonn, Germany
• Department of History, Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal
• Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
• The National Museums of Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya
• The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
• Bath Spa University, Bath Spa, United Kingdom