Please consider nominating yourself, a colleague and/or student for an AfAA award. Contributions from all sub-fields of anthropology are welcome. The AfAA offers three annual awards:

  • the Elliott P. Skinner Book Award to honor a recent contribution that furthers the global community of Africanist scholars and the wider interests of the African continent, as exemplified in the work of Elliott P. Skinner.
  • the Bennetta Jules-Rosette Graduate Student Essay Award for outstanding graduate student essay in Africanist anthropology.
  • the Nancy “Penny” Schwartz Undergraduate Paper Award for outstanding undergraduate paper in Africanist anthropology.

For more information about these awards, please visit the AfAA Awards page.