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The African Studies Association of the United Kingdom was founded in 1963 and is the national subject association for Africanists within the academic community. The objects of ASAUK as defined in its statutes are “to advance African Studies, particularly in the United Kingdom, by providing facilities for the interchange of information and ideas and the co-ordination of activities”.
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View AllOn Tuesday 22nd March the RAS launched the report of the Africa APPG Inquiry into Africa in the British Schools Curriculum. The full report is available here: RAS_APPGA_Education Inquiry_A4 Report_final_1.1 The Inquiry’s chair, Lord Paul Boateng, ...
25/4/2022
The editorial team of the Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography (EJAB) is seeking manuscripts for their upcoming issue(s) in 2022. https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/ejab EJAB is a refereed, online, open access journal of annotated bibliogra...
25/1/2022
Professor Ian Taylor dedicated his life to the study of Africa. He was a Professor of African politics at St Andrews University as well as being the editor of Cambridge University’s Journal of Modern African Studies. He was also a visiting professor at th...
20/1/2022