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Alex Haley, aufhoro/Roots. beingintewiewed by John V. Lindsay onABC's "Good Morning, America"

program. The show was tapedin AAI s gallery area where

"African Women/African Art." anexhibition of art illustrating the

different roles of womenin African society, was on display.

aiding african developmentParticipants in AAls conference on agriculture in the secondary schools of Botswana.Kenya and Tanzania shown visiting a primary school farm at the Kibaha EducationCentre in Tanzania.

strengthening african-americanunderstanding

Foreign Minister CD Molapo (thirdfrom left) welcomes American

delegates to the African AmericanConference in Lesotho. Arriving at

the Maseru airport areRepresentative Silvio O. Conte. AAI

Vice President Frank E. Ferrari,Representative Charles Whalen, Jr.and Manhattan Borough President

Percy E Sutton.

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2 PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

4 STRENGTHENINGAFRICAN-AMERICANUNDERSTANDING

Conferences

the MediaServices to Congress,and Business Leaders

African Visitor Programs

INFORMING AMERICANSABOUT AFRICA

Publications and Resqarchi

African Art Exhibition Program

Services to American EducatorsAIDING AFRICANDEVELOPMENT

African Training Programs

African Rural Development

19 FINANCIAL REVIEW

23 AAI STAFF

24 AAI BOARD OF TRUSTEESAND INTERNATIONALADVISORY COUNCIL

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During 1976 Africa became front pagenews and moved from the periphery to thecenter of America's foreign policyconcerns. As Southern Rhodesia andNamibia moved closer to independenceand Black South Africans mounted awidespread and effective challenge to whiteminority rule, the U.S. media and publicfocused more sharply on developments insouthern Africa. American companies, inincreasing numbers, began to recognize thegrowing importance of oil- and mineral-richAfrican countries like Nigeria, and businesspublications like Business Week describedAfrica as "one of the world's greatstorehouses of oil and vital minerals."

AAI President William RCotter talks with Hon.Joshua Nkomo and Mrs.Nkomo in Botsivana atthe 10th anniversarycelebration ofBotswana sindependence, whichMr. Cotter attended as aguest of thegovernment. Mr Nkomois President of theAfrican National Councilof Zimbabwe—ZAPUand co-leader of thePatriotic Front.

In late 1976 the incoming CarterAdministration indicated that it wouldemphasize human rights throughout theworld and majority rule in southern Africa.The appointment of Congressman AndrewYoung as U.S. Permanent Representativeto the United Nations underscoresAmerica's new commitment to BlackAfrica. It is a source of pride to the African-American Institute that Ambassador Youngis a member of the Institute's InternationalAdvisory Council and that, along withSenator Dick Clark and RepresentativeCharles C. Diggs, Jr.. he has worked closelywith AAI over the past several years invarious programs to strengthen African-

American understanding and informAmericans about policy issues relating toAfrica.

A:; general American awareness ofAfrica increases, AAI's own activities takeon increasing importance. To meet newdemands, we shall need to step up ouremphasis on making timely, objectiveinformation available to policymakers andscholars, Congress, the Administration, theAmerican business community, media, civilrights organizations and others concernedwith Africa. AAI's programs bringingAfricans and Americans face-to-face,described elsewhere in this report, take onaddttd significance as Americans becometuned to the importance of Africans' viewsand the necessity for wiser U.S. policiestoward that great continent. The African-American Conference organized by AAIand the Government of Lesotho in Maseruin la:e fall, attended by 111 leadingAfricans and Americans, illustrates theheig itened interest of people on both sidesof the Atlantic in increased communicationand understanding. Indeed, interest was sogreat that twice as many personsparticipated as expected.

In addition to its programs for informingAmericans about Africa and strengtheningAfrican-American understanding, AAIexpanded its activities in 1976 forfurthering African development, primarilythrough manpower training programs.Fortunately the U.S. Government's Agencyfor International Development has decidedto support significantly the manpowertraining efforts of the newly independentPort jguese-speaking nations and. at thesam* time, to increase its support fortraining southern Africans from SouthernRhodesia, Namibia and South Africa.

On the other hand, as far as most ofBlack Africa is concerned, AID hasregrettably decided—partly because ofCongressional pressure—to decrease itsemphasis on high-level manpower training.The African Graduate Fellowship Program(AF(jRAD), which AAI has managed since1963, had an annual intake of 125 traininggrants for the past several years, but at theend of 1976 AID decided to cut that intaketo 80 and to exclude some long-termparticipating countries. This is a mistake. As1 noled in this message last year, Africa lagsfar behind Latin America and Asia,themselves still underdeveloped, by nearlyever^ measure: per capita income, literacyrate, life expectancy, capital infrastructureand—perhaps most disturbing of all—traired manpower. Asia has over four timesas many university students per capita asAfrica, and Latin America nearly five timesas many. The United States has thirty-fivetimes as many students in its universities asAfrica.

Despite the clear shortage of trainedmanpower in Africa, AID appears to becutting back its high-level manpowertraining efforts in favor of programs aimedat reaching the rural poor directly. Toachieve this goal, with which we all agree,AID officials have been forced to sendAmerican technicians into African ruralareas—at appalling expense in terms ofcost/benefit when compared with grantsfor training Africans. For example, it nowcosts AID between $70,000 and $100,000per year to maintain an Americantechnician in Africa under an AIDprogram—as compared with about$23,000 to educate an African throughAFGRAD from the Bachelor to Ph.D levelsat a U.S. institution. In short, for about$70,000 you can purchase either (1) oneman-year of an American technician inAfrica—with all the inefficiencies of settling-in and packing-up time and unfamiliaritywith local customs, history, conditions,climate and language—or (2} three AfricanPh.Ds trained in the United States; sinceeach African Ph.D may be expected toserve his country's development for at least20 years, a $70,000 investment buys 60man-years of service. Graduate training inthe United States is obviously for moreefficient than sending Americantechnicians to Africa at a staggering cost.

In early 1977 AAI will publish a study ofthe crucial role that higher education mustplay in rural development in Africa. TheInstitute sincerely hopes that AID staff,members of Congress and others who haverecently deemphasized the contribution ofhigher education to rural development willtake a fresh look at current policy andredress the balance of U.S. assistanceefforts.

As we begin a new year, AAI's Trustees,officers and staff are convinced that amoment of great opportunity in African-American relations is at hand and that theInstitute is in a good position to strengthenits contribution to Africa and African-American relations. In the months aheadwe shall continue and expand our 26programs to inform Americans about Africaand further African development. Theseefforts are described in the report thatfollows.

WILLIAM R. COTTERPresident

strengtheningafricexn-amencan

Speakers at the closingsession of The African -American Conferenceincluded co-chairman

Senator Dick Clark andCongressman Charles

C. Diggs, Jr., whoreported on recent visitsto Angola. Namibia and

South Africa.

Leading Africans at TheAfrica n - American

Conference in Lesothoincluded Nigerians Ton\)

Momoh. editor of theDaily Times, far left, and

Hon. Brigadier JosephGarba. Commissioner

for External Affairs, farright. Host governmentofficials are Hon. CD.

Moiapo. Minister ofForeign Affairs, and thePrime Minister, The Rt.

Hon. Leabua Jonathan.The Prime Minister and

Commissioner Garbaaddressed the opening

session of theconference onNovember 29.

The new American awareness ofAfrica—among policy-makers, the mediaand genera] public—has challenged AA1 tostep up its programs providing reliable,non-partisan information on Africa andbringing Americans into direct contact withleading Africans. For it is Africans, notAmericans, who are the appropriate andeffective spokesmen for Africa'sdevelopment needs and the cause ofhuman rights in southern Africa.

Among the activities carried out by AAIin 1976 were a major conference of Africanand American leaders in Maseru, Lesotho;information and other services toCongress; activities for U.S. editors andjournalists; services to the business

community; and assistance to Africanleaders and specialists in planning andcarrying out their U.S. visits.

THE AFRICAN-AMERICANCONFERENCE IN LESOTHO

The seventh conference of African andAmerican leaders to be organized jointly byAAI and an African government was heldin Maseru, Lesotho from November 29through December 3. It was by all accountsthe most successful meeting since theseries began in 1968, owing partly to itslocation—it is surrounded by SouthAfrica—partly to greatly increasedAmerican interest in southern Africanissues and partly to the prospect of change

in American policy toward Africa as a resultof Jimmy Carter's election earlier inNovember.

A :otal of 111 participants attended theMaseru meeting, along with more than 50official observers—mainly assistants toCongressmen or aides to African ministers.Amo ig the 60 Africans taking part in theAfrican-American Conference were theDeputy Prime Minister of Tunisia; theforeign ministers and deputy foreign

the opening American speaker; and atsubsequent sessions on SouthernRhodesia and South Africa.

The realities of the situation in SouthAfrica were brought home to delegates byBlacks from inside South Africa; Hon.Alfred Nzo, Secretary-General of theAfrican National Congress, and David M.Sibeko, Director of Foreign Affairs, PanAfricanist Congress; and five young SouthAfrican students who had sought refuge in

understandingministers nf Kpnun I p^nthn I ihpria. ^ ^ ^ ^ministers of Kenya, Lesotho. Liberia,Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia; theministers of finance from Lesotho andZaire the Minister of Health of Botswana;and the ministers of agriculture andeducation from Lesotho. The Africanparticipants represented 23 countries andfive southern African liberation move-ment;. Two international organizations, theEconomic Commission for Africa and theWorld Bank, were also represented.Among countries participating in an AA1conference for the first time were Angola,Egypi, Guinea. Libya and Mozambique.

The American delegation of 51 personsincluded two United States Senators,Joseph R. Biden and Dick Clark, whoserve; as head of the Senate ForeignRelations Committee's Subcommittee onAfrican Affairs; 11 Members of Congress;nine corporate executives; leading editorsand publishers from such journals as theChristian Science Monitor. The New YorkTime:; and Sengstacke Newspapers; Blackpolitic al and civil rights leaders; officers ofphilanthropic foundations; and othersconcerned with U.S. policies toward Africa.

Lesotho Foreign Minister CD. Molapoand Senator Clark were co-chairmen of theconference.

Policy Issues DebatedTWD sessions of the conference focused

on economic issues in African-Americanrelations, including U.S. developmentassistance to Africa and the role oftransnational corporations in Africa. Theremaining sessions dealt with southernAfrican issues. These were stressed byspeakers at the opening session; in thesession on Namibia, at which CongressmanAndrew Young, now U.S. PermanentRepresentative to the United Nations, was

Maseru when their classmates weredetained following the June riots inSoweto.

Possible ImpactsClosing speakers affirmed the need for

positive U.S. actions in various areas,including assistance to countries likeBotswana, Lesotho and Swaziland whoseeducational and housing facilities havebeen sorely taxed by the recent influxes ofyoung Black refugees from South Africa.

Press coverage of the meeting wasextensive, particularly in South Africa andEurope, and follow-up articles haveappeared in various American publications.Many participants have sent affirmativecomments on the meeting, includingTunisian Deputy Prime Minister MohamedSayah, who expressed appreciation for theopportunity "to exchange views withAfrican and American leaders on theprincipal problems that preoccupy both theUnited States and Africa" and applauded

the fact that the conference had affirmed"the necessity of a new approach to theproblems of development based on greatersolidarity and cooperation which ismutually advantageous to all parties."

Liberian Deputy Minister of Foreign AffairsLafayette H. Diggs wrote that it was "athoroughly exhilarating experience for me."Among the Americans registering similarviews was Margaret Bush Wilson.Chairman of the Board of the NAACP,who commented as follows:

"It was an unforgettable listening andlearning experience for me. Pleaseaccept my warmest thanks forproviding this opportunity to deepenmy understanding of Africanproblems and to share in themeaningful encounter betweenAfricans and Americans on theprofound issues which confront us."The African-American Conferences are

supported by grants from the CarnegieCorporation of New York and The FordFoundation and unrestricted contributionsto the Institute.

Representative Yvonne Brathwaite Burke,Chairperson of the Congressional Black Caucus,pledged that Black Americans attending The African-American Conference would "take vigorous actionfor positive policy changes" upon their return toAmerica. Representative Burke outlined a nine-poinlprogram of action to augment the present efforts ofgroups like the Caucus.

The opening speaker on Namibia at The African-Amencan Conference was Congressman AndrewYoung, now U.S. Permanent Representative to theUnited Nations.

Thirty-five assistants toSenators,

Representatives andCongressional

committees participatedin a two-day conferenceon African issues at theUnited Nations held inNew York in July. The

session was port ofAAl'songoing program of

seminars foradministrative and

legislative assistants toSenators and

Congressmen,

CONGRESSIONALSERVICES

Congressional representation at theLesotho Conference included not only the13 Senators and Representatives whoparticipated formally but also 13administrative and legislative assistants tomembers of Congress, present asobservers. These knowledgeable aideswere among a larger group served

Southern Rhodesia. Other topics discussedat meetings of Congressional aidesincluded South Africa, the Organization ofAfrican Unity (OAU) and Zambia.

A highlight of the Institute's programs forassistants to Congressmen was a two-daymeeting held in New York in July onAfrican issues at the United Nations.Participants included 35 aides from theoffices of eight Senators, 20 Congressmen,and several Senate and House committees

throughout the year by AAI's ExternalRelations Department. Activities involvingassistants to Congressmen andCongressional committees in 1976included a series of seminars held inWashington on major issues of concern toboth Africa and the United States. Amongthe speakers at these seminars wereNigerian Ambassador Edward OlusolaSanu on relationships between Nigeria andAmerica; Assistant Secretary of StateWilliam E. Schaufele, Jr. on U.S. policiestoward Africa; and Joseph Msika.Secretary-General of the African NationalCouncil, on the evolving situation in

John V Lindsay, left,and Alex Haley, center,were welcomed to AAIby V\ce President FrankE. Ferrari and ExecutiveVice President Walter C.Carrington. A LindsayHaley interview onRoots, taped at AAI, wasshown nationwide onABC's "Good Morning,America.

and subcommittees. Among the Senatorsrepresented were Edward Brooke, HenryM. Jackson, Jacob K. Javits, Edward M.Kennedy and Charles H. Percy. Speakersat the U.N. session included Hon.Abdulrahim Abby Farah, AssistantSecretary-General of the United Nations;Hon. Dr. Davidson S.H.W. Nicol, ExecutiveDirector of the United Nations Institute forTraining and Research (UNITAR); Africandiplomats at the United Nations; membersof the U.S. Mission to the United Nations;U.N. Secretariat personnel; andrepresentatives of southern Africanliberation movements.

MEDIA ACTIVITIESTie rise in American interest in Africa

during 1976 was accompanied by a sharpincrease in the quantity and quality ofreporting about Africa. Prior to this year, inthe words of Representative Donald M.Fras<?r, "The press seems to have had a'tribe I' fixation, implying backwardness andthat Africa never had a civilization of itsown " Until the U.S. Government began totake Africa seriously, the press also treatedAfrica "as being of little importance," in Mr.Eraser's view.

Representative Fraser was one of severalCon gressional speakers at a major regionalconf arence organized by AA1 inMinneapolis in May for Midwesterneditorial writers and wire service editors.Other U.S. and African political leaderscomTtenting on African issues wereSenators Clark and Humphrey.Representative Diggs and the ambassadorsfrorr Nigeria and Zambia Editors fromNeusweek and The New York Times alsoparticipated in the meeting, which was co-spor sored by the Minneapolis Star andTribune and the Minneapolis Spokesman.The Midwestern meeting was the second ina seiies of regional meetings on Africa fornewspaper editors; a third conference willbe h aid in Los Angeles in 1977.

Oiher 1976 activities involving Americanmed.a representatives included periodicoff-the record sessions on African issues inNew York and Washington, usually withvisiting Africans as speakers; in-depthbrief ngs by AAI staff for journalistsproceeding to African assignments; and amee ing on African issues organized by BillMonroe ("Meet the Press") for Washingtonbureau chiefs, at which AAI Vice PresidentFrank Ferrari was the principal speaker.Staff have also worked closely withproducers of "The Mac Neil/tie hrerReport," Channel 13, on their Africa-related broadcasts and with staff for CBSon its news and documentary coverage ofAfrica.

SERVICES TO THEBUSINESS COMMUNITY

American businesses and banksconsidering investments or operating inAfrica were assisted by AAI last year in avariety of ways. Many businessmen werehelped to make contacts with Africangovernment and private sector leaders,either in Africa or when Africans visited theUnited States. A number participated in theAfrican-American Conference in Lesotho.AAI staff also provided general briefings forAmerican businessmen on currentdevelopments and economic opportunitiesin Africa, as well as written materials oncountries of special interest to them fromAAI's resource files.

AFRICAN VISITORPROGRAMS

African leaders and specialists visitingthe United States in 1976 were assisted bystaff in both the New York and Washingtonoffices of AAI. In New York the ExternalRelations Department arranged groupmeetings and individual appointments, inaccordance with their interests, for anumber of high-level Africans, including thePresident of Botswana, H.E. Sir SeretseKhama; the President of the Sudan.H.E. Gaafar Nimeiri; Nigeria'sCommissioner for External Affairs, Hon.Brigadier Joseph Garba; and the foreign

ministers of Kenya and Lesotho.AAI's Washington Office organized visits

to the United States last year for more than130 African leaders and specialists underthe International Visitors Program and theAfrican Educators Program, programsproviding opportunities for short-termeducational travel specially designed tomeet the African participant's professionalinterests as well as give him/her broadexposure to the United States.

International Visitors ProgramStaff in AAI's Washington Office, who

are responsible for receiving the Africanvisitors, planning their U.S. itineraries andseeing that the trips go well, report "newenthusiasm" by a broader spectrum of theAmerican public for receiving Africanvisitors. (One African visitor, the Hon. M.B.N'jie. a Member of Parliament in TheGambia, has written, "Sincerely, each andevery American did his or her utmost to seethat our visit was not only enjoyable butexceedingly useful...We are grateful to allthose Americans who invited us to theirhomes and lavished us with realhospitality.") Staff attribute this newenthusiasm partly to the rise in Americaninterest in Africa and partly to AAI'scontinuing emphasis on involving a widerange of Americans in the IVP program,especially Black Americans and otherminorities.

Nine corporate and banking executives participated in The African-American Conference in Lesotho. Pictured here,second row. are Robert M. Hoen. Vice President Africa Area. The Chase Manhattan Bank: Harold K Hochschitd.former Chairman of American Metal Climax. Inc.: and Melvin J. Hill. President. Gulf Energy and Minerals Companyinternational. Other Americans pictured are Clarence D. Coleman. Deputy Exeuctive Director for Field Operationsof the National Urban League. Inc.. front row: David R. Hood. Director. Commonwealth Program, Cameg\eCorporation of New York, second row far left; Dorothy /. Height. President. National Council of Negro Women,second row far right; and Representative Charles B. Range!, top row right.

African visitors are also changing. Withincreasing frequency they base their visitson greater knowledge of Americanprofessional resources and the dynamics ofAmerican society. They expect to use theirtime—30 to 60 days—efficiently and tocontact Americans of high professionalcalibre. Many visitors maintain professionalcontacts with American institutions—aswell as personal friendships withAmericans—long after their return toAfrica.

African Educators Program(AEP)1976 was also a year of change for the

African Educators Program, carried out byAAI since 1968. Although significantlysmaller than the International VisitorsProgram—14 African visitors traveledunder AEP in 1976—the program hasplayed a unique role in meetingeducational needs in the Commonwealth-member nations of Africa. High-leveluniversity administrators and scholars,ministry of education personnel and otherAfricans vitally concerned with theircountries' educational development havebeen helped through this program to attainspecific professional goals and to developnew approaches for resolving educationalproblems in their home countries.

Among Africans visiting the UnitedStates, Africa, Canada and/or theCaribbean under AEP last year were Hon.Malcolm Clarke, Permanent Secretary ofthe Ministry of Education in The Gambia;Kwesi A Coleman, Assistant Director ofAgriculture in the Ministry of Agriculture,Ghana; Hon. Titus Madisa, PermanentSecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture,Botswana; Peter Mwanza, Principal,Chancellor College, University of Malawi;and Frederick M. Okatcha, Dean, Faculty ofEducation, University of Nairobi, Kenya.Other countires represented in theprogram last year included Nigeria, SierraLeone, Tanzania and Zambia.

As the year drew to a close, plans weremade in cooperation with the CarnegieCorporation, which supports the program,to modify it both geographically andsubstantively. Future emphasis will be givento southern Africa, including, for the firsttime, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia.Participants will be drawn from a widerange of fields—not just education—withpriority being given to African governmentrepresentatives, liberation movementleaders, media personnel and privatesector leaders—including women—whoare concerned with key political andeconomic issues in African Americanrelations. The number of travel awardsavailable will rise from 16 to 20 annually.

Dr. Nkumu Ntika. Delegate-General of the National Academy for Scientific Research of Zaire, is shown around theYerkes Regional Primate Center in Atlanta by US. National Academy of Sciences staffer Julien Engel. Dr. GeoffreyH. Bourne, director of the Center, is on the right. Dr. Ntika's travel throughout the United States was arranged byAAI under the International Visitor Program of the Department of State.

WOMEN'S AFRICACOMMITTEE (WAC)

For many years, women from Africa andthe United States have worked together inactivities sponsored by the Women's AfricaCommittee. WAC volunteers havewelcomed new African arrivals to NewYork, helped them to cope with theproblems of adjusting to a different cultureand given them a means of becominginvolved in voluntary activities. A fullschedule of events in 1976 included a"Sweetheart Party" at the United NationsChurch Center in February, with music,

dancing, and African and American "sou!food"; a group visit to the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Center in March; abus trip to Belleville, N.J. at cherry blossomtime; several behind-the-scenes visits totelevision productions and stops at othersites of interest in New York City, includingthe Cloisters; the annual WAC picnic atBear Mountain Park—attended by 40mothers and 60 children; and a jointmeeting with a Chatham, N.J. women'sclub at which several African membersspoke on women's needs in developingcountries.

A uery special visitor toAmerica last year wasthe President ofBotswana. H.E. SirSeretse Khama. center.Sealed with PresidentKhama at AAl's June 10Board of Trusteesdinner were ManhattanBorough PresidentPercy E. Sutton. left, andDana S. Creel.Chairman of theInstitute s Board andVice Chaimian of theRockefeller BrothersFund.

informingamericans about

africa

Programs carried out by AAI to informAmericans about Africa includepublcations and research activities, anAfrican art exhibition program and a rangeof services to schools throughout thenation.

AFRICA REPORTThe year in which Africa reached a peak

of visibility in the United States presented amajor challenge to Africa Report, thecour try's leading publication on Africa.Although Africa Report cannot, of course,com Dete with the major dailies or TV interms of day-to-day coverage of Africa—especially when Africa is front page news-it pieys a useful role by providing thebackground information needed for anunderstanding of unfolding events.

Among background articles appearing in1970 was a colloquium on Angola whichfirst brought to American readers the text ofChirese, South African and Sovietstatements on Angola as well as aninterview with President Agostinho Neto

Africa Reporteditor Anthony J.Hughes chattedwith UN.Secretary GeneralKurt Waldheimand Hon. Dr.Davidson S.H.W.Nicol. ExecutiveDirector of theUN, Institute forTraining &Research, right, atUNITARs annualreception. Dr.Nicol. from SierraLeone, is one ofthe Africanmembers ofAAI'sBoard of Trustees

(January issue). The March issue carriedbackground articles on the situations insideSouth Africa and Southern Rhodesia, soonto become front page news. Similarly, theMay-June issue focused on theforthcoming "independence" of theTranskei, raising questions thatsubsequently became matters for debate inother serious publications and within theGovernment. Africa Report also kept itsreaders informed about other Africandevelopments, including topics as varied asBig Power rivalry over the Indian Ocean,the roles of Christianity and Islam in Africa,the situation in Sao Tome & Principe-theonly major coverage of this area, to appearin the American press in 1976—the Sahel,the plight of refugees in Africa, the impactof western tourism on socialist Tanzaniaand South Africa's visa policies.

Insights into the leadership of a mostimportant country were afforded by aprofile of Nigerian head of state OlusegunObasanjo and an exclusive interview withBrigadier Joseph Garba, Nigeria'sCommissioner for External Affairs.

Carter InterviewU.S. policies toward Africa were the

subject of a number of pieces throughoutthe year including, most notably, anexclusive interview with Jimmy Carter twomonths before his nomination. This wasone of the very few times that the futurePresident submitted to in-depthquestioning on a single topic—Africa—by a single publication. The presidentialcampaign and its implications for America'sAfrica policy were covered in depth in theJuly-August issue.

Circulation rose by 1,000 subscribersduring the year, reflecting both the rise inAmerican interest in Africa and growingappreciation of the magazine.

AFRICA POLICYINFORMATION CENTER(APIC)

Johannesburg... Kampala... Lagos...Nairobi... During the past year theseAfrican datelines have appeared in majornewspapers throughout the world. In eachbimonthly issue, "African Update," the 16-page centerfold section of Africa Report,has summarized events occuring in theseplaces. Since "African Update" firstappeared in 1974, representatives ofCongress, business executives, journalists.members of national and internationalorganizations, university professors andcollege students have praised thepublication's concise news coverage andthoughtful interpretations of African events.

Producing "African Update" is theprimary function of the Africa PolicyInformation Center (APIC). APIC staffmonitor, clip, circulate and file articles frommore than 200 publications, includingAfrican. European and Americannewspapers, foreign and English-languagemagazines and journals; a wide assortmentof newsletters and press releases fromAfrican and development-relatedorganizations; and news reports from suchvaried sources as the British BroadcastingCorporation, Africa News and AgenceZaire Presse.

APIC also serves researchers andpersons preparing for responsibilities inAfrica by making available to visitors itslibrary resources and African country files.

Women planning "African Women /African Art," theInstitute's major exhibition in 1976, included AAI VicePresident Jane Wilder Jacqz, who directs the artprogram; Ros/yn A. Walker, Administrator. UniversityMuseums, Illinois State University, who was guestcurator for the exhibition: and Thtobia H. Benjamin,Assistant Professor of Art, Howard University. MrsBenjamin will be guest curator for "African Artists inAmerica." scheduled for fall 1977.

"Art in African Living included more than 300household objects and ornaments from East andsouthern Africa. It was the first exhibition of African artto open at AAl's headquarters in 1976.

AFRICAN ARTEXHIBITION PROGRAM

The Institute's program to exhibit fineAfrican art and crafts, begun in 1973,achieved new levels of quality, interest andoutreach in 1976.

"Art from Zaire: 100 Masterworks fromthe National Collection," an exhibition ofart objects organized by AAI in cooperationwith the Government of Zaire, wound up Usstay at AAI on January 31 and began a two-year tour of major American museumsunder the auspices of The AmericanFederation of Arts. Opening at theMuseum of African Art in Washington, D.C.on March 14, the exhibition attracted suchnotables as Secretary of State Kissingerand Senator Hubert H. Humphrey.Thousands more attended its next showingat the Natural History Museum of LosAngeles County, which organized an eight-week extension course jointly with UCLAbased on the exhibit. At the year's end, "Artfrom Zaire" traveled to Philadelphia, where itis being shown at the new Afro-AmericanHistorical and Cultural Museum (January23 to March 6). Other bookings in 1977include The Art Gallery of Ontario inToronto, Canada (April 10 to May 22), TheCarnegie Institute in Pittsburgh (June 26 toAugust 7), The Dayton Art Institute(September 9 to October 23) and TheIndianapolis Museum of Art (November 27to January 8).

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A che irfu\ summer show at AAI was "AbomeyApplivue's, "an exhibition and sale of wail hangingsfrom ilenirt (formerly Dahomey) Proceeds from thisexhibi ion and a special week-long sale in Nouemberhelpeii to support AAI's an exhibition program.

"i\xt in African Living"In sharp contrast to "Art from Zaire" was

"Art n African Living." an exhibition ofobjects and ornaments from East andsouthern Africa which opened at AAIheadquarters on February 19 andcontinued until June. The 316 objects inthe exhibition included all kinds ofhousehold possessions and personalaccessories. Some of the most charmingobjects were "recyclia." items made byAfricans for their daily use from cast-offaluminum pots, tin cans, car parts, plasticelect ical wire, old rubber combs, flashlightbulb;, metal zippers and plastic burtons.Jacqueline Springwater. an art consultantpreviously associated with the formerFairtree Finecrafts Institute, designed thisand subsequent exhibitions at AAI.

"African Women/African Art"Highlight of the year was "African

Women/African Art," an exhibition ofAfrican art objects illustrating the differentroles of women in African society whichopened at AAI on September 13. Althoughthis was the ninth exhibition to beorganized by AAI. it was the first to beplanned and carried out entirely by women.Roslyn A. Walker, Administrator. UniversityMuseums. Illinois State University, wasguest curator for the exhibition. She wasassisted by a group of leading womenAfricanists, artists, sociologists and museumcuratorial personnel.

The 154 objects displayed in "AfricanWomen/African Art" were borrowed from31 private collections and museums in theNew York area. They included objectsportraying women, used by women ormade by women. Each bore somerelationship to one of the many roles—political, religious, maternal or social—played by women in African life.

African Arts magazine described theexhibition as "eminently successful" inpresenting the different roles of Africanwomen, concluding its review with thissentence: "Ms. Walker and the African-American Institute are to be congratulatedfor having presented this exhibition, uniquein theme, comprehensive in scope andsplendid in content."

Grants in support of "AfricanWomen/African Art" were received fromthe National Endowment for theHumanities, as well as from Ann Coste. theSamuel J. Kress Foundation, the MobilFoundation and Hope RockefellerSpencer. This and other exhibitionsorganized in 1976 were partially supportedby a grant for the art exhibition programfrom the New York State Council on theArts.

AAI's art exhibits are open from 9 to 5weekdays and from 11 to 5 Saturdays. Freeguided public tours are being increasedfrom once to twice a week (Tuesdays andThursdays at noon).

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SCHOOL SERVICESIi was an eventful year, marked by many

changes, for AAI's School ServicesDivision. Some changes, notably theresignation of Director Evelyn Rich, werelosses. But many developmentsrepiesented gains, despite the fact thatdec ining funds have necessitated programcut- Dacks-

A big "plus" for the program was itssummer travel-and-study project in Africa.From July 7 to August 18. 20 schoolsuparvisors, teachers and curriculumdes gners visited major cities and towns inGhana and Togo for the purpose ofdeveloping new curriculum materialsdealing with ethnicity in Africa. The project,called "The African Ethnic Heritage: NewInterpretations and Approaches," wasfunded by a grant to AAI from the U.S.Office of Education. Participating teachersreceived three academic credits fromColumbia University Teachers College.Although much of the group's time wasspent in classrooms listening to lectures onsuci subjects as the Ewe people of Ghanaanc Togo or the role of religion in Ghana,members were also privileged to attend a 'trac.itional durbar and to visit the timberindustry and Kente weaving village atBonwire.

/^though direct AAI involvement inteacher education workshops was virtuallyterminated this year, staff continued tomest thousands of requests from teachersseeding teacher aids and curriculumma erials on Africa.

New Directions"hroughout the summer and early fall, a

Board-staff committee headed by TrusteePetar L. Buttenwieser explored possiblenev; directions for the School Servicesprogram. Two main goals have been set forthe program: to assess the "state of the art"of American teaching about Africa and torea:h the leaders of American education inthe hope of convincing them to expandand improve Africa-related education.Toward the first goal AAI has already

'African Wa men /AfricanArt' used African art objectsto H'ustrate the differentroles of women in Africansocieties. The NationalEnc owment for theHumanities was a majordor.or to the exhibition,whi:h was supported also bythe New York State Councilon i he Arts, the Samuel J.Kreis Foundation, the MobilFoundation and severalindividuals.

Twenty Americanschool supervisors,

teachers, andcurriculum designers

uisited cities andvillages m Africa as

part of a summercurriculum-

development projectorganized by theInstitute's School

Services Division. Theproject was funded by

a grant to AAI fromthe U.S. Office of

Education.

prepared Africa in U.S. EducationMaterials, a booklet assessing the strengthsand weaknesses of Africa-related materialsavailable to elementary and secondaryschools. At the year's end, AAI's officersalso moved to convene a conference, to besponsored jointly with other organizationsin the international field, on commonproblems relating to non-Western studies inAmerican schools. AAI hopes in themonths ahead to involve a growing numberof educational leaders in a wide range ofactivities designed to interest them in andinform them about Africa.

EDUCATIONAL TRAVELPROGRAMS

In the summer of 1969 AAI sent 15 NewYork City school teachers to Africa. Sincethis modest beginning, hundreds of schooladministrators, teachers and supervisorshave taken part in an Educators to Africasix-week summer study-travel seminar, nowaccredited by Howard University. A similarsummer program for college students—theIn-Africa Student Study Program—hasprovided scores of African Studies majorswith intensive exposure to all aspects ofAfrican life.

Teachers, students and the generalpublic have also given strong support to theEducators to Africa Association (ETAA), adues-paying membership organization witha current active membership of more than3,000 persons. Concurrent with formationof ETAA was the emergence of AAI'scharter flight program, now well establishedas the major American non-profit programproviding opportunities for low-cost, highquality travel to Africa. University groups,individual teachers and students.international volunteers, and fraternal and

civic organizations—people and institutionswith more than a casual interest in Africa—have utilized these flights.

During 1976 nearly 2,000 peopletraveled on ETAA flights, includingAmericans visiting East and West Africaand educators from Ghana. Liberia andNigeria visiting the United States.Participants in the charter flights areassisted by ETAA staff and AAI's programrepresentatives in Africa with variousaspects of their journey. Help provided byAAI staff includes pre-departureinformation, advice regarding the visitor'sAfrican (or U.S.) itinerary, assistance inarranging home-stays and help inemergency situations.

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aiding. african

development

Newly-arriving students from Sao Tome & Principe are assisted by AAI program assistant Munel Henderson. Thestudents have been awarded scholarships for study in the United States under AAl's expanding DevelopmentTraining Program for Portuguese-speaking Africa.

The rapid pace of developments insouthern Africa, preceded by the swiftbreak-up of Portugal's African empire, wasalmost matched in 1976 by the growth ofAAI's programs to train refugees fromsouthern Africa as well as Africans from thenewly independent Portuguese speakingstates. AAI also continued its traditionalscholarship programs for students fromBlack independent Africa, includingnotably the African Graduate FellowshipProgram, and its innovative work aimed atresolving problems that impede Africanrural development.

AFRICANTRAININGPROGRAMSSOUTHERN AFRICANPROGRAMS

The three major programs for southernAfrican refugees carried out by AAI in 1976included the Southern African Training

Program (SATP), the Southern AfricanRefugee Education Project (SAREP) andthe Southern African Student Program(SASP) funded by grants to AAI from theU.S. Agency for International Development(AID), the Office of Humanitarian Affairsand the Bureau of Educational andCultural Affairs of the Department of State.

Southern African TrainingProgram (SATP)AAI had long urged that training

opportunities for Zimbabweans, Namibiansand South Africans be expanded, and inJuly 1976 a contract was signed with AIDproviding 120 scholarships for refugeesfrom these areas. In the last six months ofthe year, 60 awards were made for study inthe United States and 20 for study inAfrica. The remaining scholarships will beawarded in early 1977.

Scholarships under the SATP programare tenable in African and American post-secondary institutions and are available forstudy in fields related to economic andsocial development.

Southern African RefugeeEducation Project (SAREP)Administered as a companion program

to SATP, the Southern African RefugeeEducation Project provides scholarships forrefugees wishing to study in Africaninstitutions. Because training under SAREPis not limited to development-related fields,the Institute can respond to a wider rangeof educational requests.

SAREP currently includes 55 students,studying in the four corners of Africa—from Egypt to Lesotho and from Kenya toSierra Leone. The largest number arelocated in Zambia, traditionally a receptivehaven for refugees from southern Africa.

In carrying out both the SATP andSAREP programs. AAI works closely withsouthern African liberation movementsrecognized by the Organization of AfricanUnity (OAU), various African national jointrefugee councils, and the OAU's Bureaufor the Placement and Education of AfricanRefugees, of which it is a member.

Southern African StudentProgram (SASP)The "grandfather" of all AAI refugee

education efforts is the Southern AfricanStudent Program (SASP). Since 1961, 563Africans have received U.S. training underSASP. Although the number of eligiblecountries has shrunk over the years asmany gained independence. 32Namibians, Zimbabweans and SouthAfricans were eissisted under SASP in1976.

DEVELOPMENT TRAININGPROGRAM FORPORTUGUESE-SPEAKINGAFRICA

When the last of the former Portugueseterritories became independent in 1975, allfive areas were desperately short of trainedAfrican manpower. Responding to theirneeds, AAI negotiated a contract with AIDin May 1975 to provide scholarships forstudents from the former Portuguese areas,tenable in either Africa or the UnitedStates.

A total of 92 students was admitted tothe program in 1975/1976. includingstudents from Angola, Cape Verde,Guinea Bissau and Sao Tome & Principe.(Mozambique has not yet participatedowing to its government's preference fortraining students within Mozambique.) Anadditional 40 students were awarded

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grarts in 1976, bringing current totalpart cipation to 132. Projected intake for1977 is 75 trainees.

Although the large majority of studentsadrritted to the program so far have beenenrolled in language courses in Ghana(English) or Guinea-Bissau and Senegal(French), almost ail students from the firstyeai's intake will have begun regulartrair ing programs by April 1977. Africancountries providing study opportunities willinclude Algeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast,Kenya. Liberia, Mali, Nigeria. Senegal,Tanzania, Tunisia and Zambia.

Governments nominating students forthe Development Training Program havespecified priority training fields. CapeVerde, for example, has nominatedstudents for both short-term and universitydeg'ee training in such fields as agriculture.economic planning and management,education, health and technical subjects.Gui lea-Bissau also requires trainedmanpower in these fields but has givengreater emphasis to civil service upgradingand refresher courses. Sao Tome &Prircipe has given priority to trainingMinistry of Education personnel as well asagri:ultural and technical training.

To meet these varying interests, staffhava responded with maximum flexibility.

Special courses are being arranged at theUniversity of Mayaguez in Puerto Rico forMinistry of Agriculture officials from SaoTome & Principe. Similarly, staff areresponding with American placements toCape Verde's interest in training Englishteachers. It will help to meet Guinea-Bissau's needs by training Ministry ofFinance and Planning officials at the Ecoiede Statistiques in Abidjan.

AFRICAN GRADUATEFELLOWSHIP PROGRAM(AFGRAD)

For 14 years African governments anduniversities have relied on the AfricanGraduate Fellowship Program to provideU.S. graduate-level training for Africansplanning to take up government oruniversity posts. By the close of 1976 morethan 1.300 African students had receivedawards under this program, and 826 hadalready obtained a master's or doctoraldegree from a U.S. institution. The resultsof AAI's massive "Operation Search." astudy of Africans participating in AFGRADfrom March 1963 to June 1974. showedthat 91.3 percent of students completingdegrees under AFGRAD had returned toAfrica.

Liipuitif li (jwoihe. f'inRij>in .if ii\e Tutume-McConneli Community College in Botswana, shows new construction.in rkidmg the recently completed administration building, rear, to visitor Serena McConneli. Mrs. McConneli is amember of the Board oj Goiiemors oj the secondary school and an AAl Trustee For the past jive years, withsupport from the Neil A. McConneli Foundation, AAl bos helped the government oj Botswana to meet the capitalcc sis of this innovative, community-oriented project in rural Botswana.

AFGRAD students have been trained inagriculture, economic planning, education.engineering, management, the physicaland biological sciences, public adminis-tration, public health and paramedicalfields, rural development and other areas.They have come from 33 African countries,including mainly Nigeria. Ghana. Ethiopia.Kenya. Uganda, Cameroon, Zaire,Tanzania and the Ivory Coast.

AFGRAD is AAI's largest singleprogram, representing 43 percent of AAI'soverall budget in 1976. U.S. universitycontributions to this program to date, in theform of tuition and fee waivers, total$6,018,000. including $742,000 in the1975-1976 academic year. Other programcosts have been covered by the U.S.Agency for International Development andparticipating African governments. TheCouncil of Graduate Schools in the UnitedStates provides policy and selectionguidance through its AFGRAD DeansExecutive Committee.

In 1976 AFGRAD made continuingprogress in some important areas:

(1) The percentage of women receivingfellowships rose from 11 percent in 1975 to19 percent, a percentage far higher thanthe ratio of women to men graduating fromAfrican universities.

(2) Of awards made during the year, 34percent went to students from the 16UN-designated "least developed" countriesof Africa.

African leaders have long realized thatprofessionally trained Africans, with alifetime commitment to their countries,represent a far better resource fordevelopment than a handful of short-termexpatriate personnel. The Institute is proudof the phenomenal success of AFGRADover the past decade and regrets that AIDhas decided to cut back its funding for thisprogram and reduce the in-take in 1977 to80 students, as compared with 125 inprevious years.

STARR FOUNDATIONAFRICAN SCHOLARSHIPPROGRAM

AAI's skills in managing scholarship andtraining programs have been tapped bymany businesses and foundations,including the Stan" Foundation, establishedby the late Cornelius V. Starr, founder ofthe American International family ofinsurance groups. In 1973 Starr made agrant to AAl to train Africans in actuarialscience at American universities. Sincethen 12 fellowships have been awarded tomaster's degree candidates from the IvoryCoast. Kenya. Nigeria, Senegal andUganda. Graduates will be employed byprivate or government-supportedinsurance companies, governmentministries or university teaching faculties intheir home countries.

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AFRICAN STUDENTCOUNSELING PROGRAM

Large numbers of African students havealways flocked to Washington, drawn by itswell known colleges and universities and bythe fact that Washington is "home" forAfrica's embassies. The African studentpopulation of Washington is currentlyestimated at 3,000—with the vast majorityof students being self-supporting.

AAI has maintained an African studentcounselor in its Washington Office for thepast several years. In 1976 the counselorassisted over 150 self-sponsored Africanstudents from 20 countries with problemsrelating to employment, housing.immigration, academic placement and—especially—finances. To ease somefinancial needs, AAI made loans and grantstotaling $6,382 to 43 African students,drawing from an emergency fundsupported in part by general contributionsto AAI and in part by gifts solicited locally.

The counselor's services are madepossible by a grant to AAI from the Bureauof Educational and Cultural Affairs of theDepartment of State.

AFRICAN RURALDEVELOPMENT

Although the Institute's majorcontributions to African development havetraditionally been in the field of highereducation, efforts have been made in thepast several years to seek innovative waysof furthering African rural development. In1976 AAI expanded its involvement inagricultural and non-formal education inBotswana through its work with theTutume-McConnell Community Collegeand the Botswana National Commissionon Education. It also convened aconference on teaching agriculture in thesecondary schools involving participantsfrom Botswana, Kenya and Tanzania.Direct relief assistance to the Sahel wasalso provided by AAI in 1976.

Sixty persons concerned with agricultural education in the secondary schools of Botswana. Kenya and Tanzaniatook part in a conference organized by AAI and the Ministery of National Education of Tanzania at Dar es Salaam inSeptember. Participants, who included ministry of agriculture and educational officials, university deans, schoolpnncipals. agriculture teachers and others, uisited two demonstration school farms at the Kibaha Education Centreos part of the conference program.

TUTUME-McCONNELLCOMMUNITY COLLEGE

For the past five years. AAI has helpedthe Government of Botswana to meet thecapital costs of an innovative, rural,community-oriented secondary school in aremote section of Botswana. Grants to AAIfrom the Neil A. McConnell Foundation forthis project have totaled $1 million, and anadditional $300,000 has been pledged tocomplete the school's building program.Tutume-McConnell Community Collegenow has 500 students and will reach itsmaximum projected enrollment of 600 in1978.

The College has always emphasizedextension work and community activities inaddition to the normal secondarycurriculum. During 1976 "outreach"projects included cooperation with theTribal Grazing Land Radio Learning GroupCampaign (designed to increase cattleproduction in Botswana), in-service trainingcourses for primary school teachers, a folkmedia development program, cooperativework with the local agriculturaldemonstrators, a village home affairsleadership course, a literacy project, anextension workers poultry course, a youthleaders training center, a communitylibrary, a community newspaper andextensive brigade activities designed to givejob-oriented training and work experienceto carpenters, builders, machineryrepairmen and dressmakers.

Tutume-McConnell was designed in partas a "pilot" or experimental school to seewhether programs mounted there couldusefully be replicated in other secondaryschools. The Botswana Government hasnow decided that the results of the five-yearexperimental program are well worthemulation and intends to incorporate manyof the College's features in a secondaryschool being built with World Bank fundsnear Kang, Botswana.

Because of the major contributionsmade by the McConnell Foundation andthe personal interest shown by members ofits Board, the Government of Botswana inan unprecedented action has decided tohonor this private American philanthropiccommitment by renaming the college—originally "Tutume College"—the"Tutume-McConnell Community College."

BOTSWANA NATIONALCOMMISSION ONEDUCATION

AAI also provided assistance last year tothe Botswana National Commission onEducation. With a grant from theRockefeller Brothers Fund. AAI madeavailable to the Commission the services ofits program advisor in rural education.James R. Sheffield. The Commission's finalreport will be issued in spring, 1977.

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CONFERENCE ONAGRICULTURE IN THESECONDARY SCHOOLS

An important related project last yearwas he conference convened by AAI andthe Ministry of National Education ofTanzania on agricultural education in thesecondary schools of Botswana. Kenya andTanzania. The meeting was held near Dares Silaam from September 20 to 24. Itbrought together—for the first time—60persons concerned with agriculturaleducation in the three countries, includingsenior officials from national ministries of

Village leaders in Niou. Upper \tolta. celebrated thearrival on January 25 of equipment for the maternitycenter and cimic purchased with contributions to AAIfor Sahelian development.

Mothers and babies at the maternity clinic in Niou. UpperVolta. recently aided by contributions to AAI for Sahelianrelief Gifts to AAI were used to supply beds andmattresses, furniture, baby scales, sterilizers, medicalequipment and medicines to the center and related clinic.

education and agriculture, university deansof education and agriculture,representatives from teacher traininginstr urions. secondary school principalsand 13 secondary school agriculturalteasers and local agricultural extensionagents from areas near the participatingschools.

Delegates reviewed the status ofagricultural education in Botswana. Kenyaand Tanzania before discussing problemsrelating to resources, curriculum, teachingmaterials, testing, links between schools inrural areas and the surroundingcommunities, and the participation ofwomen in agricultural education programs.

The meeting was funded by a grant toAAI from the U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment. AID is considering proposalsfor a program involving continuingcommunication among the three countrieson ways to improve teaching aboutagriculture.

SAHEL ASSISTANCEPROJECT

In the early 1970's, drought in parts ofAfrica, particularly the Sahel. devastatedcountries that have always been among thepoorest in the world: Chad. Mali,Mauritania, Niger. Senegal and UpperVolta. When the rains failed again in 1972.

the international community began torespond and by the end of 1973 large-scalerelief efforts were organized. During thisperiod, AAI mounted an exhibition of artfrom the Sahel as one means of focusingpublic attention on the area. It also beganto accept modest donations fromconcerned Americans for a relief effort inthe Sahel. After careful staff investigation.AAI transmitted the contributions it hadreceived—some $3.500—to the Ministry ofRural Development in Upper Volta for asmall rural dispensary and maternity clinicin the village of Niou. The clinic used thecontributions to purchase equipment and avariety of medications.

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privatecontributors

The following contributors gave $500 ormore ($100 in the case of individuals) tothe Institute during 1976

CONTRIBUTORS OFUNRESTRICTED ANDCAPITAL FUND GIFTSAlcoa FoundationLeon R. AllenAmerican Federation of State,

County and MunicipalEmployees

AMAX Foundation. Inc.Atlantic Richfield FoundationR. Stanton AveryBankers Trust CompanyBarclays Bank International Limited

Charitable TrustEtta Moten BamettBethlehem Steel CorporationHon. & Mrs. Jonathan B. BinghamBoard of Global Ministries of the

United Methodist ChurchMarvin BowerDr. Peter L. ButtenwieserMary Sykes CahanDr. Gwendolen M. CarterCaterpillar Tractor CompanyThe Chase Manhattan Bank N AChemical BankChevron Overseas Petroleum, Inc.Gladwyn Murray Childs (In

Memoriam)Robert C. ChristopherContinental Bank FoundationContinental Oil CompanyComing Glass Works FoundationDana S. CreelEdwin Lane CrosbyCummins Engine FoundationMr & Mrs. Robert J. DavisEli Whitney DebevoiseEmst EnglanderThe Erba FoundationExxon CorporationFarrell Lines, Inc.Louis B. FlemingFord Motor Company Fund

General Electric CompanyGeneral Mills FoundationGeneral Motors CorporationGetty Oil CompanyMrs. Robert Han keyMariha B. HardenMr. & Mrs. Alexander P. HixonRobert M. HoenArthur A. Houghton, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr.IBM World Trade CorporationDr. Mabel S. IngallsInternational Minerals and

Chemical CorporationJohnson & Johnson Associated

Industries FundA. Quincy JonesKimberly-Clark Foundation. Inc.Philip M. KlutznickArthur J. & Sara Jo Kobacker

FoundationMathilde & Arthur B. Krim

FoundationJohn R. LewisLilly Endowment, Inc.George N. LindsayNeil A. McConnell FoundationMrs. Neil A McConnellHon. George C. McGheeDenis MclnemeyMobil Foundation, Inc.Hon. F Bradford MorseNewsweekHon. Dr. Davidson S. H. W. NicolWaldemar A NielsenThe Payne Fund. Inc.PepsiCo Foundation, Inc.Max & Helen Philippson

FoundationRuth Fisher RhettsRob Roy FoundationDavid RockefellerSteven C. RockefellerRockefeller Brothers FundMrs. Oscar M. RuebhausenFrank SchiffJ. C. SchwarzenbachRichard Shields Charitable TrustJohn SpencerRobert D. Stem FundAnna Lord StraussLeon Tempelsman & Son, Inc.Travel Specialists, Inc.Union Carbide Africa and Middle

East, Inc.United States Steel Foundation, Inc.Upjohn International Inc.Stephen J. Wright

CONTRIBUTORS TOSPECIFIC PROGRAMSThe Allequash FoundationBoard of Global Ministries of the

United Methodist ChurchJustin W. BrierlyCamegie Corporation of New YorkAnn R. CosteMr. & Mrs. L W. CoulsonMiss L. A. DownJ. Rathbone FalckThe Ford FoundationSidney L. Hechinger FoundationMr. & Mrs. Harry HoffmanRoyal Judd

Samuel H. Kress FoundationMathilde and Arthur B. KrimJane Bagley LehmanStephen R. LewisNeil A. McConnell FoundationR. W. McMeekin, Jr.Mobil Foundation, Inc.Henry Morgenthau IIINational Council of the Churches of

ChristNational Endowment for the

HumanitiesMyron D. NeusteterFrank H. Ricketson. Jr.Rockefeller Brothers FundMrs. Stanley J. SamoffHope R. SpencerThe Starr FoundationUnited Church Board for World

MinistriesUniversity of Lagos

NON-TRUSTEEMEMBERS OF THEINVESTMENTADVISORYCOMMITTEEJon L. Hagler

Vice President for Investmentsand Treasurer, The FordFoundation

Loren D. RossInvestment Manager. The RussellSage Foundation

John R. Stoneinvestment Officer—Economist,The Ford Foundation

Antelope headdress tChiwara).Barnbara. Mali

Coll. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rome"African Women/African Art."Exhibition

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The table below lists all AA1 programs operated in Fiscal Year 1976, alongwith expenditures for each of these programs during the period 1961through 1976. Sources of funding are abbreviated as follows: AID is theAgency for International Development; CU is the Bureau of Educationalanc Cultural Affairs of the Department of State; ORM is the Office ofHunan Rights and Humanitarian Affairs of the Department of State; AAI(R) refers to private contributions that are restricted to specific programs:anc AAI (U) identifies unrestricted private contributions to the Institute or in-come from the investment fund.

Arica Policy Information Center (APIC)including African Update

Africa Report

A rican-American Conferences Program #

Aiican Art Exhibition Program

Arican Graduate Fellowship Program (AFGRAD)*

A'rican Scholarship Program of AmericanUniversities (ASPAU) *

Botswana National Commission on Education

Commonwealth African Educators Program

CDnference on Agricultural Education in the Secondary Schools

Development Training Program for Portuguese—Speaking Africa

Educational Travel Programs

Information Services to African Embassies,U.S. Media and Congress, and Special Visitor Programming

International Visitors Program

Program Advisor in Education

Program Advisor in Rural Development

Program Development

S:hool Services

Southern African Refugee Education Project (SAREP) +

Southern African Student Program (SASP)

Special Educational Projects

Special Program Related Administration

Siarr Foundation African Scholarship Program

Siudent Counseling—Washington

Tntume McConnell Community College (Botswana)

U.S. Information Programs

Women's Africa Committee

Total

Expenditures for 43 programs administeredbetween 1961 and 1975 but not active in 1976

Totals since 1961

financialreviewSources of

Funds

AAI(U)

Subscribers/Advertisers/AAHU)

AAI (R-U)

AAI(U)

AID

AID/AAI (U)

AAI(R)

AAI(R)

AID

AID

Participants/CU/AAI (U)

AAI (R-U)

CU

AAI (R-U)

AAI(U)

AAI(U)

AAI (R-U)

ORM

CU

AAI (R-U)

AAI(U)

AAI(R)

CU/AAI (U)

AAI (R-U)

AAHU)

AAI (R-U)

*E:;penditures for this conference, held in fall 1976. will be reported in the Financial Review for FY 1977.

Expenditures1976

$ 45.176

120,841

—

96.434

2,589,476

10,282

8,044

152,941

10.613

341,564

1.051,169

78.702

649,178

14,511

525

21,488

137.652

124,830

213.005

52,865

19,420

68.222

14,810

144,136

28,748

2,033

$5,996,665

—

$5,996,665

Total Expenditures1961-1976

$ 216.315

2,639,613

433.549

131,959

15,697,389

19,693,167

8,044

726,707

10.613

374.921

3.993.823

749.174

6,550,327

56,662

8.437

324.538

1.231.479

6,059.598

9,243.396

836,752

439,809

132,021

129.469

931.683

227,603

638,175

$71,485,223

12,596,100

$84,081,323

*Es imated American university contributions to AFGRAD over the 16-year period totaled $6,018,000; to ASPAU they totaled $11,913,000.

+ Program changed to Southern African Refugee Education Project on July 1. 1974; prior to that date, the program was identified as SouthernAfrican Training Program, funded by AID.

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TOUCHEROSS&CO.September 10, 1976

Board of TrusteesThe African-American InstituteNew York, New York

We have examined the balance sheet of The African-American Institute as of June 30, 1976 and 1975, and therelated statement of operations and changes in unrestricted fund balances for the years then ended. Our examinationswere made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included such tests of the ac-counting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.

In our opinion, the aforementioned financial statements present fairly the financial position of The African-AmericanInstitute at June 30, 1976 and 1975, and the results of its operations and the changes in its unrestricted fund balances forthe years then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis.

Touche Ross & Co.Certified Public Accountants

New York. New York

BALANCE SHEET

ASSETS

Cash(including time deposits of

$232,730 and $27,005)

Investments—at cost (market value$1,361,791 and $1,156,169) (Note 2)

Accounts Receivable:

Agencies of the U.S. Government(Note 3)

Miscellaneous accounts receivable(Note 1)

Staff advances

Less allowance for doubtful accounts

Prepaid Expenses and Deposits

Fixed Assets—at cost (Note 1):Leasehold improvementsFurniture, fixtures, and equipment

Less amortization and depreciation

Restricted Funds:

Cash advanced by Agencies of theU.S. Government (Note 3)

June 30,

1976

234,685

59.83828.789

323.31215,000

308,312

87,670

27,194263,778290.972206,85084,122

1,948.418

72.056$2,020,474

1975

96,464

61,97636.463

194,90315,000

179.903

66,500

20.406260.349280,755191,85888,897

1.601,335

150,750$1,752,085

LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE

Accounts Payable andAccrued Expenses

Obligations forSpecific Programs

Lease Commitment (Note 4)

Unrestricted Fund Balances-Designated by the Board ofTrustees (Note 5):Operating fundInvestment fund

Unexpended Restricted Funds:Agencies of the U.S. Government

{Note 3):

Agency for InternationalDevelopment

Bureau of Educational andCultural Affairs

Office of Refugee andMigration Affairs

June 30,

1976

$ 266,956

246.010

181.810

1.253,642

1.435.452

1.948,418

1975

205,580

127.866

228,929

1.038,960

1.267.889

1.601.335

10,079

55.490

6.48772.056

$2,020,474

3.023

147,727

—

150.750$1,752,085

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEARS ENDED JUNE 3 0 , 1 9 7 6 and 1975

1 Summary of Significant Accounting PoliciesContributionsThe Institute recognizes contributions for general support al Ihc time a firm pledge for the fiscal

year has been receivedCharter flight*Under the Institute s international travel program, revenues and expenses are not recognized un-

til the charter commitments are finalized.Subscription IncomeThe Institute records Income from magazine subscriptions over the life of each subscriptionFixed asset*The Institute follows the policy of providing for depreciation of property and equipment by an

nual charges to operations by the straight line method at rates based on the estimated useful livesof ihe respective depreciable assets, principally five or ten years Amortization of the cost of leasehold improvements is based on the lives ol the appropriate leases

2. InvestmentsThe following is a summary of investments at June 30 1976:

David L Babson Investment Fund. Inc.(95.207 shares!

Rowe Price New Income Fund. Inc.(41.894 shares)

Total

C o *

$ 815.991

395,052$1311,043

Market

$ 952.066

409,725$1361,791

3. Program ExpendituresReimbursement of expenditures under contract with the Agencies of the US Government are

subject to final examination and formal acceptance upon completion of each contract.The Defense Contract Audit Agency has completed its examination of expenditures under A l D

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statementoffinancial position

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AND CHANGES IN UNRESTRICTED

Revenue:Cc ntributions (Note 5)Investment incomeMi icellaneous income

Net Cost of Programs:Revenue:

Agency for International Development—contracts

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs andOffice of Refugee and Migration Affairs-contracts

Institute programs

Cost (Note 3}:Agency for International Development—

contractsBureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and

Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs—contracts

Institute programsNon-allocable indirect program expenses

Net cost of programs

Exce ss (Deficit) for Year

Unrc stricted Fund Balances atBeginning of the Year

Transfer of income from investment fund tooperating fund (Note 5)

Transfer of advance from operating fund toinvestment fund (Note 5)

Re payment of advance from operating fund(Note 5}

Other (Note 5)

Unrestricted Fund Balances atEnd of the Year

Year ended June 30,1976

OperatingFund

$ 1.54918,893

46320,905

2,951,935

987.0121.752,6355,691,582

2,951,935

987.0122,038,299

19,4205.996.666(305.084)

(284.179)

228,929

.58,760

—

200.000(21,700)

JL181.810

cont-acis to June 30. 1975, and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has completed itsexanination to December 31. 1975. The contract with the Office of Refugee and Migration Affairsconmenced on July 1. 1974 and expenditures thereunder are subject to audit at a future dale.

If is managements opinion that any adjustments of reimbursements under government con-tract > from dates of the last audits to June 30, 1976 would not be material4 Litaae Commitment

T ie Institute is liable under a Sen-year lease agreement, expiring August 30, 1983. at an approximat; annual rental of $51,000

\r February. 1974. the Institutes Board of Trustees set an investment fund drive goal of $5,000.000 to be raised by June 30, 1977 The purpose of this investment fund is to strengthen the finan-cial i esources of the Institute By resolution of the Board, this investment fund may be drawn uponfor i eneral operating purposes in annual amounts limited to 5% of the average monthly marketvalu • of fund assets [including earnings and appreciation of depreciation) beginning July 1, 1974

Ir July. 1974. the Institute received $500,000 from the Ford Foundation as the first contributionto tr e investment fund. This initial payment from the Ford Foundation will be supplemented by an

InvestmentFund

$ 386.54952.193

—438,742

—

———

—

————

438.742

1,038.960

(58,760)

—

(200,000)34.700

$1,253,642

Total

$ 388.09871.086

463459.647

2,951,935

987.0121.752.6355.691,582

2.951.935

987.0122,038.299

19.4205,996,666(305.084)

154,563

1.267.889

—

—

—13.000

$1,435,452

FUND BALANCE

Year ended June 30

OperatingFund

$ 10.75630.260

22041.236

2,405,264

1,050.1951,583,0465,038,505

2.405,264

1,050.1951.874.349

20.1045.349,912(311,407)

(270,171)

653,076

46,024

(200.000)

——

$228.929

InvestmentFund

$ 835,37049,614

—884.984

—

—

—

—

—————.

884,984

—

(46.024)

200,000

——

$1,038,960

additional i^jtl.IKH) if the Institute raises $2.00(}.0()O in grants from other «>urrJune 30. 1977 IThe contnbution by the •ord Foundation is in lieu of their annual

1975

Total

$846,12679,874

220926,220

2,405,264

1.050.1951,583.0465.038.505

2.405.264

1.050,1951,874,349

20.1045,349,912(311.407)

614.813

653.076

—

—

——

$1,267,889

es on IJI htlriri'contributions to

the Institute's general support which have averaged $100,000 during the seven years ended June30, 1974.) Unrestricted contributions n the amount of $200,000 in 1976 and 1975 weredesignated by the Board lor the investment fund.

In July. 1'I74 the Board transferred $400,000 from the operating fund to the investment fund asa temporary advance of which $200,000 was transferred back on June 30. 1975, and the remaining $200,000 was relumed lo the operating fund as of June 30. 1976

Other changes to fund balances consist ofi)transferring $34,700 (mm the ope

contnbutions received for specific pof these contributions enabled the

a ting fund to the investment fund. This amount equalsrograms which were not originally budgeted The receiptnstitute to transfer a matching amount to the investment

ii| an appropriat on of $13.(KX) which was made in 1973 to establish a reserve for loss onvacated leased property. This reserve is no longer required and accordingly this amount has

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US-BASED STAFF

William R. CotterPresident

Walter C. CarringtonExecutive Vice President

Frank E. FerrariWee President

Jane Wilder JacqzWee President and Director.Art Exhibition Program

A Francis MarchettiTreasurer

Melvin A. McCawDirector, Washington Office

Ronald E. SpringwaterDirector. Division of Educationand Program Budgeting

Fortunee AmbarSecretary. Division of Education

Mercedes AndersonProgram Assistant.African Visitor Programs

Kobina AnnanProgram Officer. EducationalTravel Programs

Rosalina ArmenioSecretary, ContractsCoordination. Departmentof Finance

Elise BeharAdministrative Assistant to theVice President

Dora BellSwitchboard/Reception

Marina BellaAccountant. Departmentof Finance

Sondra BennettAssistant to the Director.School Services

Alphonso BlackmailGeneral Sendees Manager

Robert BreitbartAccountant. Departmentof Finance

Ellen E. BrownAdministratiue Assistant to theExecutive Vice President

Hazel BushSecretary. Division of Education

Theresa E. CaltieriJunior Accountant. Departmentof Finance

Sonjah ChinAdministrative Assistant to theVice President

Frances CobleProgram Assistant,International Visitors Program(Washington Office)

Pamela DanielsProgram Assistant.International Wsitors Program(Washington Office)

Dorothy DavisProgram Officer. Divisionof Education

Ann DichSecretary, School Services

Evon DysonSecretary. EducationalTravel Program

George EllynContracts Coordinator.Department of Finance

Sonia GarciaAdministrative Assistant to theDirector. Division of Education;Personnel

Andrew G. GilboyProgram Officer.International Wsitors Program:Deputy Director. WashingtonOffice

Patricia HaguesSenior NCR Operator.Department of Finance

Susan J. HallConsultant. School Services

Kay HarklessCounselor. Non-sponsoredStudent Counseling (WashingtonOffice). Division of Education

Muriel HendersonProgram Assistant.Division of Education

David HendricksProgram Assistant.Division of Education

Rose HersonAdministrative Assistantto the Treasurer

Anthony J. HughesEditor. Africa Report

Marjorie HobbesChairman. Women's AfricaCommittee

Anita JohnsonProgram Assistant, EducationalTravel Programs

Melvin JohnsonProgram Director, EducationalTravel Programs

Wilbur JonesDeputy Director. Division ofEducation: Officer in Charge.Southern African TrainingProgram and Southern AfricanRefugee Training Project

Ann B. KuhnProgram Officer.International Wsitors Program(Washington Office)

Edna LambertAccounting Clerk. Departmentof Finance

Joseph MargolisEditor. "African Update"

Pauline MarshallPayroll Supervisor and Cashier.Department of Finance

Carl B. McLeodSenior Multifith Operator,General Services

Charlotte McPhersonProgram Officer. Division ofEducation; Officer in Charge,Southern African StudentProgram

Heather MonroeProgram Officer. Diuision ofEducation: Officer in Charge.Student Finances

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Margo NicksSecelcny, Division of Education

B. Waviie OatesGenera/ Services Assistant

Eunict ReddickProjram Assistant,Division of Education

Alice FlobinsonProjram Assistant.Div.sion of Education

Ernest ne S. RobinsonProgram Assistant,International Visitors Program(Wcshington Office)

Rober RundbladResearch Assistant. Africa Policyinformation Center: Secretary tothe Assistant to the President

Bonni; J. SchultzAssociate Editor,"African Update"

M. Sandra SennettAss stanf to the President

James R. SheffieldProgram Advisor in Educationone Rural Development

Betty :ipiraSecretary. Division of Education

Muriel S- WestBookkeeping Assistant(Washington Office)

Annie WiseSupervisor, NCR Operation,De\x)rtment of Finance

Cynth a WisePrcgram Officer, Division ofEd\ication; Officer in Charge,Development Training Programfor Portuguese speaking Africaand Training Programs inFrench speaking Africa

Mary F. WortmanAd; njnjsfratiue Assistantto the President

S. Joy ZollnerPrc gram Officer,Afr can Visitor Programs

oaistaff

AFRICA-BASED REPRESENTATIVES*

BotswanaJanet Hermans

P.OB. 712, GaboroneCameroonMarilyn Sende

B.P. 888. Yaounde

EthiopiaTank Assaye

P.O.B. 2177, Addis Ababa

The GambiaVictoria Clarke

P.O. Box 91. Banjul

GhanaCecilia Bannerman

P.OB. 82. (Legon) AccraGuinea-BissauAdelino Pedro Monteiro

c/o Commissariado daEducacao. Bissau

Ivory CoastMarie-Therese Soumahoro

B.P. 1314, Abidjan

KenyaVirginia Muriuki

PO. Box 14951. Nairobi

LesothoSeleke Mokose

PO. Box 452, Maseru

LiberiaRuth Phillips

PO. Box 1690. MonroviaMalawiLeona E. Chilemba

P.O. Box 704. Bhntyre

NigeriaClara Osinulu

PO. Box 2382. Lagos

SenegalMarguerite Vieyra

B.P. 2650. DakarSierra LeoneAnn Marcus-Jones

PO. Box 1114, FreetownTanzaniaJohn Mbelwa

PO. Box 9121 Dor es Salaam

TogoBruno Koudjaho

B.P. 1488, LomeTunisiaSouad Jamoussi

56. rue d'lran. TunisUgandaSylvia Kalule

P.O.B. 3915, KampalaUpper VoltaTheophile Bambara

B.P. 889. OuagadougouZaireMushobekwa Kalimba Wa Katana

c/o Departement des AffairesEtrangeres. Kinshasa-Gombe

ZambiaLouise Africa

P.OB. 1631, Lusaka

'Almost all of independent Africa is involued in the Institute's programs, but insome countries relevant ministries or uniuersities relate directly to AAlNew York:jn other countries. AAS is represented bya full- or part-time program representative AA/'s program representatives arelisted above.

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board of trusteesand

internationaladvisory council

TRUSTEES

Honorary Chairman and TrusteeEmeritusHarold K. Hochschild

ChairmanDana S. Creel

Vice Chairman,Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Vice ChairmenJohn R. Lewis

Director. Voter Education Project

George N. LindsayDebeuoise. Plimpton. Lyons & Gates

PresidentWilliam R. Cotter

A. AyandeleVice-Chancellor, University of Calabar.Nigeria

Etta Moten Ba inertMohamed Omer Beshir

Dean of Graduate Studies, University ofKhartoum. Sudan

Andrew BillingsleyPresident. Morgan State University

June BinghamJulian Bond

Member, Georgia State SenatePeter L. Buttenwieser

Mary Sykes CahanPublic Affairs Associate,The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gwendolen M. CarterProfessor of Political Science,Indiana University

Robert C. ChristopherEditor, Internationa! Edition. Newsweek

Ernst EnglanderEugene P. Foley

Investment ConsultantJane H. HankeyMelvin J. Hill

President. Gulf Energy & MineralsCompany—International

Alexander P. HtxonDirector and Chairman.Finance Committee. MidlandInvestment Company

Robert M. HoenVice-President. Africa Area.The Chase Manhattan Bank

Clarence B. JonesAttorney and Counsellor at Law

James A. JosephVice President—Corporate Action,Cummins Engine Company

Mathilde KrimSloan-Ketten'ng Institute forCancer Research

William LucySecretary-Treasurer. AmericanFederation of State. County andMunicipal Employees (AFL-CSO)

Serena McConnellHarriet R. Michel

Executive Director.New York Foundation

Davidson S.H.W. NicolExecutive Director. United NationsInstitute for Training and Research

Waldemar A. NielsenDirector. Pluralism and theCommonweal, Aspen Institute forHumanistic Studies

Randolph NugentAssociate General Secretary.Board of Global Missions. The UnitedMethodist Church

Zelia P. RuebhausenJohn Spencer

Dean of the College,Middlebury College

Maurice TempelsmanLeon Tempelsman & Son

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INTERNATIONALADVISORY COUNCIL

John B. AndersonMember of Congress

Gust we O. ArltPresident Emeritus. Council of GraduateSchools in the United States

Edwa rd G. Biester, Jr.La Brum & Doak, Attorneys at Law.Philadelphia

Edward W. BrookeUn ted States Senator

Goler Teal ButcherWhite. Fine & Vewiile. Attorneys at Law.Waihington. D.C.

The Rev. Canon Burgess CarrGenera! Secretary. AH Africa Conferenceof Churches

Dick ClarkUnited States Senator

Ramsey ClarkSilvio O. Conte

Member of CongressEdwin L. Crosby

President. The Center for NewDeriocratic Processes

William D. EberlePresident and Chief Executive Officer.Motor Vehicle ManufacturersAssociation of the United States, Inc.

Louis B. FlemingChief Editorial Writer,Los Angeles Times

J. Watme FredericksExecutive Director.International Gouerment Affairs. FordMotor Company

Robert K.A. GardinerCommissioner of Economic Affairs,Ghana

Emesi A. GrossCunis. Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle

Charles V. HamiltonWallace S. Sayre Professor ofGovernment. Columbia University

John I_S. Holloman, Jr., M.D.President. New York City Health andHospitals Corporation

Graham HoveyThe New York Times Bureau.Washington. D.C.

Hubert H. HumphreyUnited States Senator

Grace S.K. IbingiraWoodrow Wilson International Centerfor Scholars. Smithsonian Institution

Leonard K. Jeffries, Jr.Chairman. Department of Black Studies.City College of the City University ofNew York

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.Executive Director.National Urban League

Philip M. KlutznickKlutznick Investments

Rev. Lawrence E. LucasPastor. Church of The Resurrection

Louis E. MartinPresident. Sengstacke Newspapers

Juanita Jackson MitchellMitchell. Mitchell & Mitchell.Attorneys at Law, Baltimore. Md.

Bill MonroeNBC's "Meet the Press"

F. Bradford MorseAdministrator. United NationsDevelopment Programme

Jane Cahill PfeifferConsultant. International BusinessMachines Corporation

Charles B. RangelMember of Congress

Harvey RussellVice President. Community Affairs,PepsiCo. Inc.

Frank SavageVice President. Equitable LifeAssurance Society

Betty ShabazzAssociate Professor. Public Health.Medgar Euers College, City University ofNew York

Taieb SlimTunisian Ambassador to Canada

Edward S. SpriggsBoard Member. North American Zone,Second World Black and African Festivalof Arts and Culture

Louis StokesMember of Congress

Percy E. SuttonPresident of the Borough of Manhattan

Charles W. Whalen, Jr.Member of Congress

Thomas A. WoodPresident. TAW international Leasing

Andrew YoungUnited States PermanentRepresentative to the United Nations

BOOK DESIGN Roberta IntraterAd Infinitum Photo/Graphics

TYPOGRAPHY Graphicomposition, Inc,

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PHOTO CREDITS

Linda K. Cotter, inside front cover, p.J. Alan Fisher, p. 8Garbis. p. 9Meryl Joseph, p. 12Walter LR Pitso, p. 4, 5, 7M.T. Ramakatane, p. 1Ronald E. Springwater, p. 6, 14Robert Sweet, Jr. p. 22Bernard P. Wolff, inside front cover, p

2, 15, 17

The African-American Institute is supportedby contributions from individuals,corporations and philanthropic foundations,endowment income and U.S. Governnentcontracts for specific training program;. TheInternal Revenue Service of the UnitedStates Department of the Treasury haclassified The African-American Institute as"an organization that is not a privatefoundation as defined in section 509( ) ofthe Internal Revenue Code." AAl isexempt under Section 501(c)3 of the Code,and contributions are deductible for incometax purposes. For further informationregarding contributions, including trusts ordeferred gifts, please contact the President'sOffice at AAl.

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