The African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA)
The ASAA resulted from extensive discussions among directors of various centres and institutes of African Studies in Africa as well as other scholars. The consultations led to a colloquium hosted by Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza at the Centre for African Studies (CAS), University of Cape Town, October 1-2, 2012. The colloquium was attended by representatives of many institutions including the University of Ghana (Ghana), Kenyatta University (Kenya), University of Botswana (Botswana), University of Pretoria (South Africa), University of Edwardo Mondlane (Mozambique), University of Cape Town (South Africa), Human Science Research Council (South Africa) and the Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC), a South African NGO based in Cape Town. At this colloquium an interim working group (IWG) or steering committee was constituted to work on the establishment of an African based structure to promote African Studies on the continent. The ASAA was launched on October 25, 2013 at the International Conference on African Studies organised by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana (October 24-26, 2013).
University of Cabo Verde
The University of Cape Verde is the largest and most prestigious university in Cape Verde, bringing together thousands of students and hundreds of professors in a rich and dynamic academic community. The University of Cape Verde is a centre for teaching, science and technology and for the creation, dissemination and promotion of culture that articulates study and research, in order to enhance human development, as a strategic factor for the sustainable development of the country.
Institute of African Studies
The Institute of African Studies (IAS) is the first and oldest semi-autonomous research institute of the University of Ghana, Legon. It was set up in 1961 by Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, as a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary institute with the mandate to conduct research into all aspects of the arts and the social sciences in Africa. The Institute carries out this mission by engaging in the regeneration of Africa and her people through knowledge production, dissemination, application and preservation. The IAS mission is geared towards a vision of becoming a global leader for scholarship on Africa and her Diaspora.
This is the Arrupe Centre for Research and Training (CARF)
Located in the town of Lubumbashi, 128 Kilela-Balanda Avenue, the Arrupe Centre for Research and Training (CARF) is an Association Without Lucrative Purpose (ASBL). An apostolic work unique to the Central African Province of the Society of Jesus. Founded in 2013, its creation was motivated by the long experience of economic studies, sociocultural and political research, as well as the publications of the Social Action Research Centre (CEPAS) in Kinshasa. From its inception, CARF has focused on the economic development of Katanga, one of the richest provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, promoting good governance of natural resources, particularly mineral resources through its research activities, training, conferences, seminars and publications. On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the Jesuit presence in Lubumbashi, the Central African Province of the Society of Jesus decided in 2009 to build a social work of its own in the mining capital of Katanga. After three years of construction, the Centre Arrupe pour la Recherche et la Formation, CARF en symbole, was officially created in December 2013.
The Institute of Humanities (HUMA)
The humanities have long been vital to the creative and critical energies of societies in the throes of profound change. Launched in 2010, HUMA – the Institute for Humanities in Africa – intends to create a space of dynamic interdisciplinary community for scholars and students in the humanities at large. Fostering top-end academic research, HUMA draws on its work to nurture critical public debate, promoting UCT’s vision of itself as a civic and 'Afropolitan’ university contributing to the making of democratic citizenship. Located in the Faculties of Humanities at the University of Cape Town (UCT), HUMA takes a broad view of the humanities, encompassing other scientific endeavours such as STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) that place the humanities at the core of their work. HUMA is a hub of innovative research that opens up new areas of interdisciplinary inquiry and establishes strong connections between scholars in the institute, within UCT, nationally and with comparable institutes elsewhere.
Global Africa
Global Africa is a project for the expression, dissemination and strengthening of research in the humanities and social sciences on the African continent through a series of activities whose core is the creation and sustainability of a new journal, Global Africa.
CIHA Blog
CIHA Blog developed out of a conference of the same name organized by one of the editors at the University of California, Irvine, in January 2009. A grant from the Henry Luce Foundation in 2012 enabled us to solidify relationships among institutions in Africa and North America. A subsequent conference held in December 2012, “UCI and Africa: Expanding Engagements, Ongoing Dialogues,” further expanded the Blog’s network, formalizing the relationship by adding new co-editors and editorial assistants, as well as highlighting a number of ongoing questions about humanitarianism, aid, and religion that the Blog will continue to address. We are very grateful to the Henry Luce Foundation’s Initiative on Religion in International Affairs for a second three-year grant, which is funding our current work.