ACAS Bulletin 81: ACAS Thirty Years On
Edited by William G. Martin
In 2008 the ACAS Bulletin celebrated its thirtieth birthday. ACAS emerged at a moment when radical African movements were capturing international headlines, inspiring activists around the world, and were firmly opposed by the US government. As national liberation movements in the early and mid-1970s scored signficant victories against white minority and colonial rule, US overt and covert intervention across Africa accelerated. Blocked by traditional academic organizations from supporting and mobilizing on behalf of these struggles for majority rule, progressive scholars of Africa came together to form ACAS. … Read the rest of the editor’s introduction here.
ACAS Bulletin 81: ACAS Thirty Years On
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ACAS Thirty Years On | PDF
By William G. Martin
A Brief Note on the Beginnings of ACAS | PDF
By Immanuel Wallerstein
Origins of the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS) as a pro-Africa voice among American Scholars | PDF
By David Wiley
ACAS Puts Health on its Agenda | PDF
By Meredeth Turshen
Summary of the Founding Meeting of the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars, Houston Texas, November 3, 1977 | PDF
By Concerned African Scholars
ACAS Draft Statement of Principles (1977) | PDF
By Concerned African Scholars
Southern Africa and Liberal Intervention | PDF
By Immanuel Wallerstein (1977)
Why We Said ‘No’ to A.I.D | PDF
By Sean Gervasi, Ann Seidman, Immanuel Wallerstein and David Wiley (1977)
Statement of Dr. Jean Sindab (1986) | PDF
Jean Sindab
Reflection on Ten Years or So | PDF
By Immanuel Wallerstein (1988)
On Scholar Activism | PDF
By John Saul (1988)
Activist Scholarship | PDF
By James Mittelman (1988)
A Greater Voice for Africa in the United States: An Analysis and Proposed Agenda for Africanist Scholars, New Directions for the 1990s | PDF
By David Wiley (1993)
The Africanist Positions on Military Funding and Service in the National Interest in African Research, Service and Studies | PDF
By David Wiley
