African Activist Archive

Short leaflet describing ACAS. Its goals are: (1) to facilitate scholarly analysis and opinion to impact U.S. Africa policy; (2) to articulate alternatives to U.S. policies toward Africa; and (3) to develop a network of concerned Africa scholars to (a) mobilize support on current issues, (b) stimulate research on policy-oriented issues and disseminate findings, (c) participate in local public education programs, and (d) update members on international policy developments. ACAS believes scholars can play a distinct role in research and analysis and communicating well-developed conclusions to the public and policy-makers. South Africa has been the focus of much of ACAS' work., mobilizing opposition within the academic community to Reagan administration decisions to expand links with the South African government, and supporting legislation restricting U.S. economic support for that country. ACAS also has participated in campaigns to stop the execution of African National Congress (ANC) militants. ACAS has special interest in protecting African students and scholars, such as protesting the detention in Zaire of Professor Ernest Wamba-dia-Wamba and assisting in the U.S. Defense Campaign for South African-exiled Professor Dennis Brutus. The ACAS Newsletter, published three times each year, has carried articles on such topics as counter-insurgency research undertaken in the U.S., South African efforts to destabilize neighboring states, the Mozambique National Resistance Movement, and the social and economic transformation taking place in Zimbabwe. ACAS operates through a Board of Directors and committees on research and political action. Co-Chairperson are Willard Johnson, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Immanuel Wallerstein, SUNY-Binghamton (State University of New York). Other key people are Ann Seidman, Ned Alpers, Christine Root, Executive Secretary Henry Bucher, and Treasurer Marylee Crofts.

African Activist Archive

[The Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS) was founded in 1977 with the following goals:]

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