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African Studies and Training in West Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2015

Taylor Cole
Taylor Cole*
Affiliation:
Duke University
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During the spring of 1962, the Africa Liaison Committee of the American Council on Education authorized me to secure information on the status of African studies and training in Germany. Toward this end, I visited on two occasions in the late summer and early fall of 1962 a number of German organizations, institutes, and universities. My work in Germany was facilitated by the cooperation of the German Foreign Office, which arranged for my itinerary while in the Bonn area, and by the encouragement of President Heinrich Luebke of the German Federal Republic. In this brief report, I list and describe the work of the most important agencies and organizations which were engaged in 1962 in research on Africa, particularly south of the Sahara, and in the training of Africans. Special consideration will be given to some of the developments and problems in the universities.

Type
Research Article
Information
African Studies Review , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , March 1963 , pp. 14 - 21
Copyright
Copyright © African Studies Association 1963

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References

1 The Africa Liaison Committee, established in 1959 and supported by grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, operates in a liaison and advisory capacity to American and other organizations and institutions with an interest in the advancement of education in Africa. The chairman of the Africa Liaison Committee is Dr. C. W. de Kiewiet, consultant, American Council on Education, and president emeritus, University of Rochester.

2 Available statistics on students can be found in DAAD, Das Studium der Auslaender in der Bundesrepublik, 1956-1961.

3 See Council of Europe, Africa and the European Universities, 1961, p. 13 Google ScholarPubMed.

4 See DAAD, Jahresbericht, 1961, p. 43 Google Scholar.

5 A summary of the activities and a list of the publications of the Deutsche Afrika-Gesellschaft may be found in the brochure entitled Deutsche Afrika-Gesellschaft, E. V., 07, 1962, pp. 29–30 Google Scholar.

6 See Festschrift der Universitaet zur Eroeffnung des Zweiten Kollegienge-baeudes, n.d., pp. 128-130.

7 Its organization and activities are outlined in German Research Association, Structure and Functions (Bad Godesberg, 1961)Google Scholar. See also Falkenstein, Adam, Orientalistik (Wiesbaden, 1960), pp. 13-14, 31-32, 39 Google Scholar.

8 A general statement of the original objectives of the Ministry can be found in Bundesminister fuer Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit, Sozial-Ausbildungs-und Bildungsprogramm fuer die Entwicklungslaender (3. Fassung, E-6435-636/62, of June 15, 1962).

9 Note the several articles dealing with African Research in German universities in Hochschul-Dienst, Vol. 15, 01 23, 1962, pp. 1–5 Google Scholar; also Deutsche Afrikawissenschaft, Stand und Aufgaben (Bonn, 1962)Google Scholar.

10 On the West German Rectors' Conference, see Westdeutsche Rektorenkonferenz, Geschichte, Aufgaben, Gliederung, 1961.

11 A summary of its various activities and a list of its publications can be found in Bericht ueber Hochbegabtenfoerderung der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung … 1961.