ABOUT US
We are a membership organisation that provides opportunities for people to connect, celebrate and engage critically with a wide range of topics and ideas about Africa today.
Through our events, publications and digital channels we share insight, instigate debate and facilitate mutual understanding between the UK and Africa.
We amplify African voices and interests in academia, business, politics, the arts and education, reaching a network of more than one million people globally.
Our Events
When - 22/9/2023
Perhaps you’re working on a multi-character narrative and you’re not sure which angle to take? Are you struggling to balance your family story alongside the development of your...
Latest News
The Council and staff of the Royal African Society were deeply saddened to hear about the devastating earthquake and aftershocks that struck Morocco on Friday 8 September 2023. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the nation and to the many thousands directly af...
08/9/2023
The past six years as Director of the Royal African Society have been fascinating and richly rewarding, not just in terms of Britain’s relations with Africa, but in the relations of Africans – and all people of African heritage – with Britain. Britain it...
28/6/2023
South Africa is facing two fundamental challenges, one internal, one external. Its response to both – or failure to respond to either – will define its future prosperity and position in the world. A policy of indecisive drift will not resolve either. Inter...
30/5/2023
Despite an announced humanitarian ceasefire, fighting continues into a fifth day in Khartoum and elsewhere in Sudan. International appeals for renewed talks have so far fallen on deaf ears. The Sudan Amed Forces (SAF) controlled by the head of Sovereignty Coun...
19/4/2023