ACASA

Arts Council of the African Studies Association

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ACASA Presidents, Secretaries, and Treasurers

A President-elect serves in this capacity for 1-1/2 years; followed by 1-1/2 years as President and 1-1/2 years as Past President. Secretary-Treasurers and Newsletter Editors have often remained on the board for multiple consecutive terms.

Presidents
1981-1984 Roy Sieber
1984-1986 Arnold Rubin
1986-1988 Phil Peek
1988-1989 Doran Ross
1989-1990 Mary-Jo Arnoldi
1990-1992 Marla Berns
1992-1993 Simon Ottenberg
1993-1995 Rowland Abiodun
1995-1996 William Dewey
1996-1998 dele jegede
1998-1999 Polly Roberts
1999-2001 Martha Anderson
2001-2002 Robert Soppelsa
2002-2004 Robin Poynor
2004-2005 Christraud Geary
2005-2007 Kate Ezra
2007-2008 Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
2008-2011 Jean Borgatti
2011-2012 Steven Nelson
2012-2014 John Peffer
2014-2015 Dominique Malaquais
2015-2017 Silvia Forni
2017-2018 Shannen Hill
2018-2021 Peri Klemm
2021-2022 Peju Layiwola
2022——- Mark DeLancey

Secretary-Treasurers
1981-1984 Arnold Rubin
1984-1986 Doran Ross
1986-1988 Mary Kujawski
1988-1992 Lisa Aronson
1992-1995 Barbara Frank
1995-1998 Kathy Curnow
1998-1998 Michael Harris
1998-1999 Victoria Rovine
1999-2003 Rebecca Green
2003-2006 Tavy Aherne
2006-2008 Alice Burmeister
2008-2012 Carol Magee
2012-2015 Shannen Hill

Secretaries
2015-2018 Liese Van der Watt
2019-2021 Raphael Chikukwa, Cynthia Becker
2021-2024 Candace Keller

Treasurers
2015-2018 Jordan Fenton
2019-2021 Rachel Kabakula
2021-2024 Kris Juncker

About ACASA

ACASA, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association, promotes greater understanding of African material and expressive culture in all its many forms, and encourages contact and collaboration with African and Diaspora artists and scholars.

Obituaries

Here you can find the obituaries for colleagues who unfortunately left us much too early.

 

Newsletter

To submit information for the ACASA Newsletter, please use thisĀ form.

 

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