Academy of Africana Indigenous Religions, Theology and Arts

(AAIRTA)
Second International Conference

In Collaboration with Directorate of Africana Indigenous

Religions, Theology and Arts – Research Laboratory (AIRTA-
Lab), University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria

and

Pan-African Strategic and Policy Research Group

(PANAFSTRAG), Lagos, Nigeria

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Global Africana Indigenous Religions: Historical, Theoretical and Practical

Perspectives

SUB-THEMES:
• Origin, Needs and Use of Africana Indigenous Religions in Africa and
the Diaspora
• Gnosis and Ontology in Africana Indigenous Religions
• The Multiverse and their relationships in Africana Indigenous
Religions
 • Being, Identity and Society in Africana Indigenous Religions
• Aesthetics and Religion in Africana Indigenous Religions
• Gender, Sexuality and Ageing in Africana Indigenous Religions
• Morality and Society in Africana Indigenous Religions
• Political Economy, Business and Development in Africana
Indigenous Religions
• Rites of Passages of Temporary Cycle, Life Crisis/Cycle Rituals, and
Rituals of Rebellion in Africana Indigenous Religions
• Prophets, Prophecy and Divination/mantic praxis in Africana
Indigenous Religions
• Management of Africana Indigenous Religious knowledge and
Assets
• Codification, Documentation and Transmission in Africana
Indigenous Religions
• Scriptural Synthesis – Doctrinal Codex
• Call and Training of functionaries in Africana Indigenous Religions
• Liturgy, Traditions, Ceremonies, and Communions in Africana
Indigenous Religions
• The private and public, the Sacred and Profane in Africana
Indigenous Religions
• Continuity and Change in Africana Indigenous Religions
• Ecology (Use, Abuse and Preservation) in Africana Indigenous
Religions
• Africana Indigenous Religions in the face of the Media, Branding and
Advertising (Religious Economy or the Economy of Religion)
• Arts in Africana Indigenous Religions-Music, Dance, Art,
Performance, & Architecture among others
• Decolonization and the literature on Africana Indigenous Religions

KEY DATES

Conference from 25th to 28th October, 2024

Arrival: 25th October, 2024
Departure: 28th October, 2024
CONFERENCE FEES

Up to July:

Initial Suggestions
Participants from Africa: $50

Retirees and Students from Africa: $20

Participants from Outside Africa: $100
Retirees & Students from Outside Africa $ 30
Participants from Nigeria: N30k
Retirees & Students from Nigeria N15k

From August 1, 2024:

Participants from Africa: $100

Retirees and Students: $50
Participants from Outside Africa: $120
Retirees & Students from Outside $80
Participants from Nigeria: N50k
Retirees & Students from Nigeria N30k

Local Transport and Accommodation

The LOC will make arrangements and negotiation with Hotels and Quest
Houses at group rates for the duration of the conference. Group
transportation will be provided from and to the hotels within Jos as part of
the Institutional Support and responsibility. Please, note that bookings
and monitoring the conference will be made online.

Abstracts, Pannel, Round Table and Exhibitions, Informercial Proposals

to be sent to:

Academy Conference Secretariat: aairta2024@gmail.com

Professor Umar Danfulani: umardanfulani@gmail.com
Professor John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji: tunde.bewaji@gmail.com