From December 2 to 4, 2013, a joint conference of the South African Association of Germanists (SAGV) and the Association of African Germanists South of the Sahara (GAS) took place at the DAW Centre on the theme: Remembrance of Colonialism in Africa and Europe. Participants came from various African countries, including South Africa, Namibia, Cameroon, Togo, Benin and Senegal, as well as from Germany.