Association of African Universities

Association of African Universitiesاتحاد الجامعات الأفريقية (Arabic)Association des universités africaines (French)Associação das Universidades Africanas (Portuguese)የአፍሪካ ዩኒቨርስቲዎች ማህበር (Amharic)Chama cha Vyuo Vikuu Afrika (Swahili)framelessOpen air event for de AAU Headquarters insyd 2011AbbreviationAAUFormationNovember 12, 1967 (1967-11-12)FounderAfrican universities initiate by UNESCOLocation Accra, GhanaOrigins1962 UNESCO Summit insyd Antananarivo, follow by de 1963 Khartoum preparatory committee meetingRegion dem serve AfricaFieldsInternational cooperation insyd higher educationWebsitewww.aau.org
De Association of African Universities (AAU) (Arabic: اتحاد الجامعات الأفريقية, French: Association des universités africaines) be university association of African universities wey base insyd Accra, Ghana. Plus member institutions all around Africa, AAU dey provide forum for cooperation den exchange of information for higher education den research policies.

 History 
Dem found AAU insyd Rabat, Morocco for November 12, 1967, wey dey follow recommendations dem make at earlier conference organize by de United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) insyd Antananarivo, Madagascar for September 1962 insyd. Antananarivo meeting dem call upon ein participants make dem establish organization for mutual cooperation.

De Antananarivo recommendations dem take up by preparatory Committee of de heads of African institutions of higher education, wich dem meet insyd Khartoum for September 1963 insyd wey dem draft de founding constitution of de association. Plus initial membership of 34, de association now get ova 373 members from 46 countries, wey dey cut across language den oda divides.AAU Member Universities Archived 2012-07-19 at archive.today (accessed 1 March 2024)

 Members 

 Ardhi University
 University of Dar es Salaam
 Eduardo Mondlane University
 Islamic University in Uganda
 Makerere University
 Muslim University of Morogoro
 Mzumbe University
 Open University of Tanzania
 St. Augustine University of Tanzania
 Sokoine University of Agriculture
 Uganda Martyrs University
 University of the Sacred Heart Gulu
 Zanzibar University

 References 

 Read further 

 Livsey, Timothy. "Imagining an Imperial Modernity: Universities and the West African Roots of Colonial Development." Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 44.6 (2016): 952–975.

 External links 

 Official website 
 Full list of member universities
 Programs & Services

Category:College den university associations den consortia insyd Africa
Category:Educational organizations dem establish insyd 1967
Category:1967 establishments insyd Africa