The African Studies Association (USA) now has its own web page. The
page is brought to you by the ASA and the Electronic Technology
Group (ETG) of the ASA. Text was provided by the ASA Secretariat,
while actual editing and construction were done by Ali Ali-Dinar,
the Outreach Director of the African Studies program at the
University of Pennsylvania, who is providing the site.
It is located on the home page for African Studies at the University
of Pennsylvania. Its URL is
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html
The Board of Directors at its Spring Meeting at the College of
Charleston expressed it wish that matters of governance be as
transparent as possible. Towards this end the ASA Manual of Policies
and Procedures was published and distributed free to the membership.
This page was assembled in that spirit as well.
The page contains information on the ASA and its activities, keep in
mind that it is still under construction. Main menu items are:
1) Acknowledgements;
2) About the ASA, here you will also find the complete ASA Policies
and Procedures Manual, which includes the Bylaws, as well as
information about mission and membership, also you will find
information about the ETG here;
3) Annual Meetings, including the complete preliminary program and a
short information on the 1996 meeting;
4) ASA Board, a list of Board members with contacts and short
biographies of some of the Board Members;
5) ASA Press, (Books) some of the many books published by the ASAP,
the rest will be added later and (Journals) the Tables of Contents
of the last two issues of the *African Studies Review*, *Issue*
(including the special issue on Rwanda which is in the mail
now), and *History in Africa* (including the next issue which is
with the printer now); and
6) ASA Secretariat, info on the members of staff and their duties.
We welcome your comments and suggestions at:
africa@emory.edu