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The next World Congress of African Linguistics conference, WOCAL12, will be held in Vienna, Austria in 2027!

WOCAL11 was held on August 5-9, 2024 at the University of Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya: https://linguistics.uonbi.ac.ke/latest-news/call-papers-world-congress-african-linguistics-11-nairobi

The World Congress of African Linguistics is the only truly international and pan-theoretical conference in the field of African Linguistics, with a strong emphasis on the participation of African scholars.

Its meetings have been organised 3-yearly since the first World Congress in 1994 in Kwazulu-Natal. The aims and structure of WOCAL are set out in the constitution. WOCAL is led by an international steering committee and is headed by current President Felix K. Ameka.