This course explores the significance of international summitry for Africa, from the Berlin Conference of 1884/85 to more recent regular summits involving African countries and global and regional powers such as the United States, China, Russia, and India among others. The course brings into conversation different traditions and moments in this long history of summitry. The course examines the origins, activities, key actors, and afterlives of these summits. The summits will also be focal points for examining how their attendant international movements and themes have shaped the evolution of international society and global politics.