On 5 and 6 October 2026, IFRA-Nigeria, the Department of History and the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ibadan will hold an international conference on "Urban Myths and Experiences in Africa."
Cities are built environments where people converge to live, work, exchange, and interact. As such, they constitute tangible economic, social, and political centres. Yet cities are not only material spaces. They are also shaped by the ways people imagine, dream about, narrate, and experience them across different scales of time and space. Cities are produced as much through concrete infrastructures and institutions as through practices and imagination.
This international and multidisciplinary conference on African urban studies seeks precisely to examine the extent to which such urban myths have shaped spaces, practices, and ways of life across African cities.
Practical information:
Date : 5-6 October, 2026
Location: Draper's Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan
Participation: free and open to all but registration is required.
Registration deadline: 30 September 2026
Registration link: https://forms.gle/BwJDZ1bp5naCCdXM9