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The Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA) is an organization of archaeologists, researchers from associated disciplines and others who share an interest in African archaeology and African societies. Our membership is international, with participation from Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania, and is actively involved in research in many African countries.
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SAfA 2025 BIENNIAL MEETING
ICArEHB and the Universidade do Algarve are excited to welcome you to Faro, Portugal in July, 2025 for the 27th Biennial Meeting of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists. The submission portal for Sessions (oral or poster presentations) is now open and available online at: https://safa2025.icarehb.com/session-submissions/ Please note:
If you have any questions, please email safa2025@icarehb.com Sincerely, The SAfA2025 Program Committee AFRICAN CHRONOMETRIC DATING FUND REPORT
Please see attached a report containing brief updates by the inaugural recipients of the African Chronometric Dating Fund in 2023. As a member of SAfA, your support has been vital to the development and continuance of this scheme. We hope that these updates demonstrate the outsized impact of these relatively small grants both for the career progression of the individual researchers and more broadly for archaeology research on the continent. Please help us to spread the word about this scheme, both to potential applicants and to potential donors! Vous trouverez ci-joint un rapport contenant de brèves mises à jour des premiers bénéficiaires du Fonds africain de datation chronométrique en 2023. En tant que membre de la SAfA, votre soutien a été essentiel au développement et à la poursuite de ce programme. Nous espérons que ces mises à jour démontrent l'importance de ces subventions relativement modestes à la fois pour la progression de la carrière des chercheurs individuels et, plus largement, pour la recherche archéologique sur le continent. Aidez-nous à faire connaître ce programme, tant aux candidats potentiels qu'aux donateurs potentiels ! AFRICAN CHRONOMETRIC DATING FUND AWARDS 2023-24 / FONDS AFRICAIN DE DATATION CHRONOMÉTRIQUE 2023-24 It is with great pleasure that the ACDF announces its radiocarbon dating funding awards for 2023-24. They include seven (7) successful applicants from five (5) countries out of fourteen (14) projects received. C'est avec grand plaisir que l'ACDF annonce le résultat de ses financements pour des datations radiocarbones en 2023-24. Nous avons retenus sept (7) dossiers en provenance de cinq (5) pays sur un total de quatorze (14) projets reçus. Siaw Appiah-Adu from Ghana (PhD student, Syracuse University) / Siaw Appiah-Adu du Ghana (Doctorant, Syracuse University) Mariama Ba from Senegal (PhD student, Université Cheikh Anta Diop) / Mariama Ba du Sénégal (Doctorante, Université Cheikh Anta Diop) Hantissié Hervé Farma from Burkina Faso (Archaeologist) / Hantissié Hervé Farma du Burkina Faso (Archéologue) Elikplim Emmanuel Kuto from Ghana (PhD student, Northwestern University) / Elikplim Emmanuel Kuto du Ghana (Doctorant, Northwestern University) Chiamaka Lauretta Mangut from Nigeria (PhD student, Columbia University) / Chiamaka Lauretta Mangut du Nigéria (Doctorante, Columbia University) Amos Matoh from Nigéria (Archaeologist) / Amos Matoh du Nigeria (Archéologue) Souhila Merzoug from Algeria (Archaeologist) / Souhila Merzoug d’Algérie (Archéologue) Congratulations to you all! Félicitations à tous! Philip de Barros
STUDENT PAPER & POSTER PRIZE WINNERS (2023) The following SAfA student members were awarded prizes in the SAfA 2023 Student Paper and Poster Prize Competition held during the 26th Biennial Meeting of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists at Rice University, Houston, Texas, June 1-6, 2023: Paper Presentation First Prize: Elizabeth Hicks. "Ceramic Use, Cuisine and the Creation of Community along the Swahili Coast in the 1st Millennium AD" Paper Presentation Second Prize: Victor Iminjili. "Late Pleistocene to late Holocene palaeoecology and human foraging at Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar Island" Paper Presentation Third Prize: Abiola Ibirogba. "Human occupation on Landscapes of Trauma: Evidence from the Badagry Coast" Poster Presentation: Sylvia Wemanya. "Mobility and Land-use Patterns of Northern Kenya Populations during the Holocene" SAfA STATEMENT ON SUDAN The Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA) condemns the current armed conflict and its devastating effects on the people and cultural heritage of Sudan. The destruction of lives and futures by the warring parties cannot be justified and has to stop. Armed conflict and its effects also endanger the irreplaceable archaeological and built heritage of the country, which constitutes an important part of the unique cultural legacy of Sudan and the identity of its people and their contributions to global history. We stand with our Sudanese colleagues and with local communities in their efforts to protect and promote the manifold cultural heritage of Sudan. We urge both parties to ensure the protection of heritage institutions and sites in line with international conventions. We support local, national and international efforts towards saving lives and the preservation of Sudan’s heritage, which forms an important facet of global heritage and cultural knowledge. Click on the following link from MAEASaM Project for mapping heritage at risk during the current conflict in Sudan: https://maeasam.org/mapping_heritage_risk_during_conflict_sudan/ | 2023 SAfA EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS The online voting for membership of the vacant positions on the SAfA Executive Board closed on July 19, 2023. The results were as follows: President - 3 candidates. Candidate with the most votes: Prof Akin Ogundiran, duly elected SAfA President. Recording Secretary - 1 candidate. Elected unopposed: Dr Elizabeth Sawchuk Member at Large Africa - 1 candidate. Elected unopposed: Dr Catherine Namono Member at Large Europe - 1 candidate. Elected unopposed Prof Anne Mayor Member at Large N America - 4 candidates. Candidate with the most votes: Dr Cameron Gokee, duly elected SAfA Member at Large for North America. 2023 SAfA EXECUTIVE BOARD STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION RESULTS The following candidates were elected by the SAfA student members to the SAfA Executive Board: Humphrey Nyambiya: University of Algarve, Faro Portugal David Okanlawon: University of Syracuse University Nicolettee M. Edwards: Southern Methodist University Abdulmalik Abdulrahman Abdulmalik: University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK SAfA BOOK PRIZE WINNERS (2023) For a book that has been successful in taking African archaeology to a world audience: Stephen A. Dueppen.
For success in breaking down disciplinary divisions in African archaeology: Barbara E. Frank.
For success in championing the value of African archaeology within an African nation or community: John Kinahan. Namib. The Archaeology of an African Desert. UNAM Press, 2020.
For a major advance in our knowledge of the African past: Peter Mitchell. African Islands. A Comparative Archaeology. Routledge, 2022.
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