The 29th Annual conference of the African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) will be hosted by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS), the African Studies Program, Africa World Initiative, and African Humanities Colloquium at Princeton University in New Jersey, USA from Thursday, April 9th to Saturday, April 11th, 2026. The conference is an annual gathering of African language educators, researchers, students, and community partners to build African language pedagogy by sharing their research, experiences, and best classroom practices. 

In the current digital environment, language technologies have grown exponentially, yet African languages remain underrepresented. To address this disparity, the theme for the 2026 ALTA conference is “Reimagining African Language Pedagogy in the Digital Age.” We welcome teachers, researchers, technologists, and community educators to share their work pertaining to African language teaching in the digital environment and the connected classroom. Submissions may focus on research, classroom practices, tools, datasets, or community collaborations. We especially encourage work centering underrepresented languages, historical languages, and learner accessibility.