African Studies Association of the United Kingdom

The African Studies Association of the United Kingdom (ASAUK) formed in 1963 "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 by and between persons and institutions concerned with the study of Africa."[1] Antony Allott and Roland Oliver led the founding of the group.[2] In recent times the Royal African Society administers the association.

Not to be confused with the African Studies Association (ASA) which is active in North America..

The group organizes conferences and runs the Standing Committee on University Studies in Africa and the Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa.

Presidents

Distinguished Africanist award

The ASAUK "Distinguished Africanist" award was established in 2001.[3] Its recipients have been:

Bibliography
issued by ASAUK
  • African Research & Documentation, ISSN 0305-862X 1973-

References
  1. "African Studies Association of the United Kingdom". African Affairs. 63 (250): 34–35. 1964. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a095160. JSTOR 719763.
  2. John Donnelly Fage (1989). "British African Studies since the Second World War: A Personal Account". African Affairs. 88 (352): 397–413. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098190. JSTOR 722694.
  3. "ASAUK Distinguished Africanist Award". African Studies Association of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 21 April 2018.


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