African Nations DL 2025

2025-06-01 · BP

Part of the African Nations Debate League series →

The field

Premier

One of the strongest fields in the circuit. Multiple nationally-ranked teams attend.

21 teams (This edition), 16 teams (2024), 16 teams (2023), 16 teams (2022), 18 teams (2021)

Motions

African Nations DL 2025 (2025)12 motions

Qualifier RoundThis House Regrets the Increasing Trend of African-born Athletes Representing Foreign Nations in Major International Competitions.
Round 1AThis House Regrets the growing trend of celebrity artists turning their personal trauma into artistic branding.
Round 1BThis House Regrets the growing trend of celebrity artists turning their personal trauma into artistic branding.
Round 2AThis House Believes That the decline of unipolarity is a threat to global peace.
Round 2BThis House Believes That the decline of unipolarity is a threat to global peace.
Round 3AThis House Supports the glorification of start-up culture.
Round 3BThis House Supports the glorification of start-up culture.
Round 4AThis House Opposes the increasing reliance on Chinese infrastructure loans by African governments.
Round 4BThis House Opposes the increasing reliance on Chinese infrastructure loans by African governments.
Round 5AThis House Believes That hope is a more effective political tool than fear.
Round 5BThis House Believes That hope is a more effective political tool than fear.
Grand FinalThis House Supports the US Democratic Party adopting a resistance-first strategy towards the Trump administration.

What gets set here

International Relations33%

Politics25%

Arts & Culture17%

Social & Identity17%

Sport8%

Practice International Relations motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›

You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

International Relations · 33% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Politics · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Arts & Culture · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Social & Identity · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Sport · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

Built from what this tournament sets most. Import more tabs and this plan tunes itself to your weak spots.

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for International Relations motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one International Relations motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: This House Believes That the decline of unipolarity is a threat to global peace.Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a International Relations motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: PoliticsPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

Breaking here

24% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 21 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.8.

Last edition: 5 of 21 teams broke.

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How scoring works here

79.3 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 78.4 and 80.2.

This is 2.8 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.9

Top-10 pace 79.7

Top-20 pace 78.8

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 1 edition.

Comparable: St Andrews Pre-EUDC Part 1 (77.2), UCLA IV 2025 (76.7)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

Debater	Speech	Motion	Score
Jonathan A.	MO	This House Believes That the decline of unipolarity is a threat to global peace.	83
Collins U.	MG	This House Supports the glorification of start-up culture.	83
Super N.	GW	This House Supports the glorification of start-up culture.	82
Jonathan A.	OW	This House Believes That the decline of unipolarity is a threat to global peace.	82
Alex O.	LO	This House Supports the glorification of start-up culture.	82
Jonathan A.	MG	This House Supports the glorification of start-up culture.	82
Opeyemi G.	DPM	This House Regrets the growing trend of celebrity artists turning their personal trauma into artistic branding.	82
🇿🇼 Menzimuhle N.	DLO	This House Regrets the growing trend of celebrity artists turning their personal trauma into artistic branding.	82
Nix S.	OW	This House Believes That hope is a more effective political tool than fear.	82
Super N.	OW	This House Believes That the decline of unipolarity is a threat to global peace.	82
Collins U.	PM	This House Regrets the growing trend of celebrity artists turning their personal trauma into artistic branding.	82
🇿🇼 Menzimuhle N.	MO	This House Supports the glorification of start-up culture.	82

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