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The main theme of the 2023 conference is the “Global West, North, East and Africa.” There is increasing concern on how the Global West and North have influenced Africa over the years and the recent rise of Asian giants such as China and India in contesting the monopoly of the traditional powers. The rise of COVID-19 pandemic and effects of climate change have created anxieties on the continent, where vaccination has not taken root and where many are suffering from the shockwaves of climate change. The involvement of China in development projects in Africa is creating anxiety and concern due to various tensions which the projects are creating on the African continent. The involvement of China and India as alternative partners is creating anxiety in traditional powers such as the US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, Canada, among others, in geopolitics, economic new order and security implications. This conference seeks to bring new researches that have been conducted on the African continent covering many themes. Africa finds itself at the center of competing interests from the West, North and East. How has Africa handled such influences? In what ways are African countries dealing with increasing Chinese debt? How have these influences affected education, health, mining, agriculture, engineering, sports, water, tourism, security, religion, and other sectors?
Hosted by: African Interdisciplinary Studies Association and Multimedia University of Kenya