The easy-to-use conference guide contained the conference programme, the various break-away sessions and the facilitating mentors.  The students’ abstracts were grouped according to the following themes:

• Rural Livelihoods and Development
• Arts and Politics
• Education: Classroom Pedagogy
• Education: Philosophy and Training
• Household Dynamics & Family
• Gender and Sexuality
• Health Issues
• Identity and Belonging
• Indigenous Knowledge Systems
• Digital Humanities
• Intellectualizing African Languages
• Inter-National Politics
• Labour and Work
• National Politics
• Politics of Land and Resources
• Music, Film, and Social Media
• Teaching, Writing, Using African Languages
• The Past in the Present
• Thinking about Health
• Media and Politics