Colloque du 10/10/2016In partnership between Sciences Po-Center for International Studies (CERI) and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africaand with the support of Sciences Po-Ecole doctorale, Institut Français d'Afrique du Sud (IFAS) and SCAC-French Embassy in NigeriaKEYNOTE SPEAKERFunmi Olonisakin, Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre-Kings College London/ University of NairobiAfrican “Agency” in Global Politics: What Does It Entail? Discussant: Frédéric Ramel, Sciences Po-Center for International Studies PANEL 1: THE ROLE OF IDENTITY AND IDEOLOGY IN SHAPING AFRICA’S POSITION ON THE GLOBAL STAGE Chair: Karen Smith, University of Cape Town, South Africa Oka Obono, University of Ibadan, NigeriaThe Role of Berlin and Bandung in the Making of Global AfricaTim Murithi, University of Free State, South AfricaPan-Africanism and the African Union as a collective international actor PANEL 2: BEYOND THE STATE: AFRICAN SUBSTATE ACTORS AS AGENTS OF CHANGE Chair: Folashade Soule-Kohndou, Sciences Po-Center for International Studies Peace Medie, Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy, University of Ghana, Ghana / Global Leaders Fellow, Oxford-Princeton UniversityTranslating Global Norms into Local Action: The Campaign against Gender-Based Violence in Côte d'Ivoire and LiberiaAkinola Olojo, Université Paris Descartes; African Leadership Centre-King’s College London, University of NairobiLocal resilience in the fight against Boko Haram in Sokoto State, and Borno State in Nigeria PANEL 3: WHO DEFINES THE RULES? UNCOVERING AFRICAN AGENCY IN INTERNATIONAL RULES-SETTING Chair: Chris Alden, London School of Econonics and Political Science, United Kingdom Jonathan Fisher, University of Birmingham, United KingdomAfrica's New Authoritarians: International Assistance and Authoritarian Statebuilding in Contemporary Africa Atta El-Battahani, University of Khartoum, SudanA Protracted Quandary of Liberal Peace and Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recycling Failures in ‘Greater’ Sudan CONCLUDING REMARKS William Brown, Politics and International Studies Department, The Open University, United Kingdom Studying Africa and IR: the Potential of Agency Academic Coordinators : Folashadé Soulé-Kohndou, Sciences Po-CERI Mohamed Diatta, Sciences Po-CERIKaren Smith, UCTChris Alden, LSE Credits photo: US Department of State, 50th Anniversary of the African Union, Addis-Ababa, 2013