Past conferences:
 Year    Location                                                                         Theme
 2014   University of Kansas, Lawrence KS                             African Studies: Concepts and Practices for Decolonizing Knowledge (program, photos)
 2013   Texas A&M University, College Park, Texas               Performance and Performativity (program, photos)
 2012   Ball Park Hilton, St. Louis, Missouri                           Africa and her Resources (program, photos)
 2011   University of Missouri-Columbia                               The African Diaspora: Past, Present, and Future (program, photos)
 2010   University of Kansas                                                    Africana Studies: Celebration, Reflection, and Visualization (program, photos)
 2009   University of Tulsa                                                       Africa and the Environment (program, photos)
 2008   University of Missouri at St. Louis                             Ties that Bind: Uniting Africans
 2007   University of Kansas                                                   Africa in Motion
 2006   St. Louis Hilton (in conjunction with the International Studies Association-Midwest)   Creative Africa
 2005   Missouri State University                                          Memory and Identity: African Cultures in the Face of Globalization
 2004   Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
 2003   University of Kansas                                                  Teaching Africa : New Themes, Techniques, and Technologies
 2002   University of Oklahoma at Norman                         Africa: Globalization and its Discontents
 2001   University of Missouri at Saint Louis                       Assessing the African Renaissance
 2000   Kansas State University                                            Africa and Its Environment