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Conference Session: Beyond the Colonial Shipwreck (PANAF)

July 29, 2026

As part of the convening of the Pan African Archaeological Association Conference (PANAF) in Maputo, Mozambique, members of the Slave Wrecks Project network organized and participated in a session entitled “Beyond the Colonial Shipwreck: Envisioning a Transformative African Maritime Archaeology.”
This session included SWP-associated presentations:
“Pedra a Pedra construímos um novo dia” – Collaborative development of Maritime archaeology in Mozambique by Cezar Mahumane, Celso Simbine, Ricardo Duarte, Steve Lubkman, Marc-Andre Bernier, David Conlin, Crimildo Chambe, Samira Jamu, Saide Selemane, Momade Ossumane and Amade Viegas
Tailoring the Maritime Archaeology of the Slave Trade Training to its Trainees: SWP-Academy’s Evolving Experiment in Transformative Capacity Building by Gabrielle Miller, Marc-Andre
Bernier, Luis Felipe Santos and Stephen Lubkemann
Maritime Archaeology of the Slave Trade: Towards a Transformative Disciplinary Engagement by Stephen C. Lubkemann, Gabrielle Miller, Jay Haigler, Cezar Mahumane, Celso Simbine, Luis Felipe Santos, Madicke Gueye, Marc-Andre Bernier, Gilson Rambelli, David Conlin, David Morgan, Paul Gardullo, Raquel Machaqueiro, Jaco Boshoff, Jonathan Sharfman.
These presentations, along with many others, were delivered by members of the larger SWP network.

To learn more about PANAF visit their website