| Year | Theme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 1st Annual Conference (no theme). | SUNY New Paltz |
| 1975 | 2nd Annual Conference (no theme). | Syracuse University |
| 1976 | 3rd Annual Conference (no theme). | Cornell University |
| 1977 | "The Applications of African Studies" | SUNY Buffalo |
| 1978 | 5th Annual Conference (no theme). | Columbia University |
| 1979 | "Science of the Arts in the African World in Education" (co-sponsored by the State Education Department) | Rockefeller Plaza |
| 1980 | African Presence in a World of Change" | St. John's University |
| 1981 | "Critical Issues in African Affairs: Implications for the 80s" | SUNY Binghamton |
| 1982 | "Africa, Asia and the Americas" | Albany Cultural Education Ctr. |
| 1983 | "Africa, The Diaspora and the New World Order" | Fordham University |
| 1984 | "Africa and the World: Conflict and Cooperation" | Syracuse University |
| 1985 | "Asia, Africa, and the Americas" | University of Rochester |
| 1987 | "Africa and America: Bridging the Gap" | Mercy College |
| 1989 | "Africa Faces the Future." | SUNY New Paltz |
| 1991 | "Pan-Africanism: 1991 and Beyond" | Iona-Seton College |
| 1992 | "Africa and the World" | SUNY New Paltz at Mohonk Mountain House |
| 1993 | Cross Cultural Developments in Africa" | Adirondack Community College |
| 1994 | "Positive Perspectives for the 21st Century" | Cornell University |
| 1995 | African Renaissance and Reconstruction" | Hostos Community College |
| 1996 | "Understanding Contemporary Africa" NGOs and African Development | Mercy College and the Rockefeller Archive Center |
| 1997 | "The African World in Transition" | Russell Sage Colleges |
| 1998 | "Africa and the Challenge of Globalization" | SUNY Binghamton |
| 1999 | "Africa and the African Diaspora in the 21st Century" | SUNY Oswego |
| 2000 | "Africa and the African Diaspora in the New Millennium" | SUNY Cortland |
| 2001 | "Human Condition: Global African Dimensions" | SUNY Brockport |
| 2002 | "Digitizing the Discipline" | New York City College of Technology |
| 2003 | "Transnational Discourses in the African World" | Cornell University |
| 2004 | "Engaging Africana Studies: Production, Control and Dissemination of Knowledge in Africa and the African Diaspora" | Eastern Connecticut State University |
| 2005 | "Global Africa and the Challenges of American Hegemony" | SUNY Binghamton |
| 2006 | "African Pessimism/African Optimism" | SUNY New Paltz |
| 2007 | "African Peoples: The Past Fifty Years and Beyond" | SUNY Plattsburgh |
| 2008 | "Africa in the 21st Century: Reconstruction or Re-Colonization" | Cornell University |
| 2009 | "Reconstruction, Peace and Transformation in Africa" | Syracuse University |
