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Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Association of African Historians (AAH)
OSSREA hosted the third meeting of the Executive Committee of the Association of African Historians since its refoundation in Bamako in September 2001. At the UNESCO-sponsored meeting, which was held at Semien Hotel in Addis Ababa from 8 to 10 September, members deliberated on the activities of the Association since the last Executive Committee meeting.
In particular, they heard reports and made decisions concerning the Association's journal, Afrika Zamani, the setting up of the Executive Secretariat, participation in the 20th International Congress of Historical Sciences in Sydney in 2005. The meeting resolved to hold the Fourth Congress of the Association in Addis Ababa in early 2005.
After the conclusion of their meeting, members met with faculty of the Department of History of Addis Ababa University, visited the Museum of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies and the OSSREA Secretariat, where they held discussions with the Executive Secretary on the state of the Association and its forthcoming Congress.