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Association of African Universities

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Association of African Universities
non-governmental organization, university association
Year dem found am12 November 1967 Edit
Short nameAAU Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
CountryGhana Edit
Edey de administrative territorial entity insydAccra Edit
Member ofGlobal Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS), International Association of Universities, UNESCO Global Open Science Partnership Edit
Partnership withUNESCO Edit
Demma headquarters locationAccra Edit
Language dem useEnglish Edit
Dema official websitehttps://aau.org/ Edit
Official blog URLhttps://blog.aau.org/ Edit
Association of African Universities
اتحاد الجامعات الأفريقية (Arabic)Association des universités africaines (French)Associação das Universidades Africanas (Portuguese)የአፍሪካ ዩኒቨርስቲዎች ማህበር (Amharic)Chama cha Vyuo Vikuu Afrika (Swahili)
Abbreviation AAU
Formation November 12, 1967 (1967-11-12)
Founder African universities initiate by UNESCO
Location
Origins 1962 UNESCO Summit insyd Antananarivo, follow by de 1963 Khartoum preparatory committee meeting
Region dem serve
Africa
Fields International cooperation insyd higher education
Website www.aau.org

De Association of African Universities (AAU) (Arabic: اتحاد الجامعات الأفريقية, French: Association des universités africaines) be university association of African universities wey base insyd Accra, Ghana. Plus member institutions all around Africa, AAU dey provide forum for cooperation den exchange of information for higher education den research policies.

History

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Dem found AAU insyd Rabat, Morocco for November 12, 1967, wey dey follow recommendations dem make at earlier conference organize by de United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) insyd Antananarivo, Madagascar for September 1962 insyd. Antananarivo meeting dem call upon ein participants make dem establish organization for mutual cooperation.

De Antananarivo recommendations dem take up by preparatory Committee of de heads of African institutions of higher education, wich dem meet insyd Khartoum for September 1963 insyd wey dem draft de founding constitution of de association. Plus initial membership of 34, de association now get ova 373 members from 46 countries, wey dey cut across language den oda divides.[1]

Members

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References

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  1. AAU Member Universities Archived 2012-07-19 at archive.today (accessed 1 March 2024)

Read further

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  • Livsey, Timothy. "Imagining an Imperial Modernity: Universities and the West African Roots of Colonial Development." Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 44.6 (2016): 952–975.
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