About 230 people representing 31 countries gathered together at Elmina, Ghana, from 2-5 October 2017, for the Fourth African Forum on Religion and Government (AFReG 4). Of the about 230 participants, 31 were African Americans or African Caribbean. The breakdown of participating countries from outside of Africa are USA, Guyana, Jamaica, Haiti, Netherlands, Singapore, UK, and Uruguay.
The theme for AFReG 4 was Africans Rising Together.