Coordinate and Affiliate Org Advocacy

Statements by Coordinate and Affiliate Organizations of the ASA

Please note that statements posted on this page represent the view of the authors and organizations who issued these statements, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the African Studies Association or its Board of Directors.

December 2, 2020 Uganda Studies Group Statement on Electoral Violence in Uganda

January 14, 2019 Statement by the North American Association of Scholars on Cameroon on human rights

April 28, 2017 Joint Statement by the African Studies Association’s Women’s Caucus, the Queer African Studies Association, and the African Association for the Study of Religions in support of Dr. Stella Nyanzi

The Central African Studies Association—a coordinate organisation of the African Studies Association–and its members have recently issued a declaration of support for Professors Isidore Ndaywel, Thierry Nlandu Mayambu, Justin Okana and their colleagues of the Comité Laïc de Coordination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These eminent colleagues have recently been arrested by Congolese government for their advocacy in favour of credible and transparent elections.
The African Studies Association wishes to call the attention of its members to this important statement of the CASA. We join with them in supporting Congolese scholars’ right to exercise free speech.

The statement from CASA can be downloaded here in English and here in French.