African Activist Archive

Memorandum from David Wiley to the ACAS Executive and Board and others attending the ACAS meeting in St. Louis on November 22. The Executive Committee has been considering how to proceed at this critical time. ACAS must replace most of the Executive Committee and the co-chairs of ACAS and of the Political Action and Research Committees. This new time at the end of the Cold War is fraught with danger for Africa, but it also offers new possibilities for Africa, ACAS, and other friends of Africa in the United States. The MSU/Rockefeller national survey of U.S. Africanist scholars revealed that 75-85% of the more than 600 responding share the positions of ACAS on a broad range of issues - from policies on Angola and on human rights to Southern Africa and structural adjustment. ACAS Board members have many suggestions about reconsidering, revising, and enlarging ACAS' vision and activities. A draft discussion paper is enclosed, "A Proposal for New Directions in the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars in 1992" to use as a basis for discussions on November 22 and 23. The paper incorporates suggestions from Kevin Danaher, Ed Ferguson, Bill Martin, Bill Minter, Chris Root, Immanuel Wallerstein, and some other Board Members. The memorandum mentions the ACAS Bulletin, the African Studies Association (ASA), liberation movement representatives, Ed Ferguson, Henry Bucher, David Groff, Allen Isaacman, economy, military power, development, Third World economies, health problems, cholera, HIV, corruption, multi-party government, democracy, Washington Office on Africa (WOA), American Committee on Africa (ACOA), TransAfrica, the post-Mandela release period, North American progressives, the anti-apartheid struggle, economic assistance, intelligence committees, SADCC (Southern African Development Coordination Conference), debt relief, Congress, NGOs, Africa Development Foundation, and the Southern Africa Working Group.

African Activist Archive

Concerning: Proposal for New Directions in ACAS

A Proposal for New Directions in the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars in 1992

Creator

Place Created

Date

Type of Item

Length/duration

Description

Publisher

Organization

Coverage Africa

Language

Digital Format

Rights Management

Collection