The African Studies Association (ASA) is an association of scholars and professionals in the United States and Canada with an interest in the continent of Africa. Started in 1957, the ASA is the leading organization of African Studies in North America. The associations headquarters are Rutgers University in New Jersey. The ASA holds annual conferences
In 1968, the Black Caucus of the African Studies Association, led by John Henrik Clarke, founded the African Heritage Studies Association.
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Awards given by ASA
Herkovitts Award
The Herskovits Award is given annually for the best scholarly work (including translations) on Africa published in English in the previous year and distributed in the United States. The award is named after Melville Herskovits, one of the founders of the ASA.
Distinguished Africanist Award
Beginning in 1984, the association has awarded the Distinguished Africanist Award.[1] In 2000 and 2001 two awards were given. Winners include:
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Presidents of ASA
Presidents of the ASA are elected annually by the membership. They include:[3]
African Heritage Studies Association
The African Heritage Studies Association is (or was) an offshoot of the African Studies Association, and was founded in 1968 by the ASA's Black Caucus and led by John Henrik Clarke.[6][7][8]. They have been sponsored by the Department of Africana Studies at the University of South Florida
They held a conference in Tampa, florida in 2006 on " Understanding Health and Well-Being in Africa and its Diasporas " [9]
Notes
- ^ "Distinguished Africanist Award 2009" African Studies Association
- ^ The award to Senghor was not without controversy. Bensaid, Alexandra and Whitehead, Andrew (1995) "Literature: Award to Senghor Triggers Debate" IPS-Inter Press Service, 18 April 1995, accessed via the commercial service Lexis/Nexis, 30 December 2008
- ^ ASA, Presidents of the African Studies Association
- ^ Elected ex-officio.
- ^ Died before taking office.
- ^ Eric Kofi Acree. "John Henrik Clarke: Historian, Scholar, and Teacher". Africana Library, Cornell University. http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/clarke/. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ^ Diamond, Sara (2001). "African Heritage Studies Association". in Nina Mjagkij. Organizing Black America: an encyclopedia of African American associations. Taylor & Francis. pp. 16–17. ISBN 0815323093. http://books.google.com/books?id=Ymp8BOBzACYC&pg=PA16. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ Martin, William G.; West, Michael Oliver (1999). Out of one, many Africas: reconstructing the study and meaning of Africa. University of Illinois Press. pp. 99–106. ISBN 0252067800. http://books.google.com/books?id=ogXchrP-4-cC&pg=PA99. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
- ^ Understanding Health and Well-Being in Africa and its Diasporas
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