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 Mande Studies Conference Information

 

To date, there have been six international conferences on Mande studies:

1.

International Conference on Manding Studies: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, 30 June-3 July 1972 (fourteen years before the founding of the Mande Studies Association).
 

2.

Second International Conference on Mande Studies: Bamako, Mali, 15-19 March, 1993 (at the Islamic Cultural Center).
 

3.

Third International Conference on Mande Studies: Leiden, The Netherlands, 20-24 March, 1995 (at the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde).
 

4.

 Fourth International Conference on Mande Studies: Serrekunda, The Gambia, 13-17 June, 1998 (at the Senegambia Beach Hotel)
 

5.

Fifth International Conference on Mande Studies: Leiden, The Netherlands 17-21 June, 2002 (at the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde)
 

6.

Sixth International Conference on Mande Studies: Conakry and Kankan, Guinea, 20-26 June, 2005. (at the Novotel Conakry and the University of Kankan)

 

Upcoming

 
The Seventh International Conference on Mande Studies will be held in Lisbon, Portugal: 23-27 June, 2008
 

Conference Photos

Click here for a photo montage of the Fourth International Conference, 1998

Click here for a picture from the Fifth International Conference, 2002

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