Netherlands African Studies Association

The Netherlands African Studies Association was set up in 1997 to provide a scientific forum for Africanists working in the Netherlands. It aims to promote and coordinate the study of the social sciences on Africa by maintaining close links with universities and research institutes. It does not offer an educational programme. It is multidisciplinary in composition, with the following disciplines currently being represented: cultural anthropology, non-western sociology, archaeology, pre- and proto-history, social geography, economics, linguistics, literature, political science, social administration, law, environmental studies, comparative religious studies and women's studies.