We are launching our annual call to fund several research projects, individual or collective, focusing on social science in West Africa. This call is open to master's, doctoral and post-doctoral students, and researchers.

Deadline : 2 April 2025

We are excited to announce our upcoming event with the National Museum Onikan Lagos, the “Beyond the Classical: Unveiling the Unsung” Conference. This high-profile gathering for academics, culture and heritage professionals, and more will take place on 2-3 June 2025 at the National Museum Onikan Lagos.

We invite you to submit abstracts and present your research papers, innovative practices and/or case studies at this important event.

Deadline for submission: 20 April 2025

On Tuesday, 8 April at 10 a.m. join us at IFRA's Resources Center for our latest Methodological Seminar! We welcome Dr Abiola Victoria Ayodokun, who will present her research on gender role construction in the production and distribution of charcoal.

Deadline for registration: 3 April

IFAS-Research, IFRA-Nigeria, the Wits History Workshop, the University of Lille and the Workers’ Museum are pleased to invite you to a workshop intending to engage in discussions with different voices, academic and non-academic, sharing ideas about archives, whether digital or non-digital, and especially “alternative archives” constitution.

Taking place partly online and partly at IFAS Research in South Africa on 8-9 April, it aims to be an important milestone in a long-term research project on African archives.

Deadline for registration: 31 March 2025.

IFRA is proud to announce that we are co-organizing the International Symposium "Working with Masculinities" in collaboration with the Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAF) and Tampere University. This event is taking place on 26-27 March 2025, at IMAF in Aubervilliers.

Be published in a special double issue of two open-source, peer-reviewed journals : Sources and the Revue d'Histoire Contemporaine de l'Afrique!

The theme "Return(s) to Africa", evokes the migration of Afro-descendants to Africa, and its often undocumented dimensions.The question is a very current one as several African states are discussing and adopting laws to facilitate access to nationality for Afro-descendants.

Take this chance to present your research in a one-of-a-kind issue! 

Deadline: 15/05/2025

On 18 March, we welcomed Mona de Pracontal, translator to French of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Chigozie Obioma, for a translation workshop. The participants had the opportunity to practice their skills and discover Broderies, a graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi. 

Thank you to Mona and all participants for a lively and insightful workshop!

The Embassy of France in Nigeria is implementing the French Government Scholarship Programme, "France Excellence" among which are the  "High-Level Scientific Stays" (SSHN), addressed to academic and research staff.

Our Resource Center is now open, and makes available: academic litterature on Nigeria and West-Africa (new books available), a large number of grey litteratue and a digital Lab.  Venue: IFRA-Nigeria, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-4pm.