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The History of the All-Africa Students Union
The History of the All-Africa Students Union
The History of the All-Africa Students Union
In 1972 the constitutive meeting dubbed the first Congress of the All Africa Students Union (AASU) was held at the then University of Science and Technology (UST) now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana. Due to communication, transportation and financial challenges among others at that time, representatives of less than ten (10) countries attended the meeting.
Subsequently the second AASU congress was held in Dares Salam, Tanzania in 1973; the third congress in Alexandria, Egypt in 1974; the fourth congress took place in Accra, Ghana in 1976 by then the majority of the National Student’ Organizations and the Student’s Sections of the then National Liberation Movements notably the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa and the South West African People Organization (SWAPO) have joined the Organization; the sixth congress got off the ground in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1982 where the historic decision of declaring June 16 as African Student’s Day was taken.
This was a tribute to all the pupils who were massacred, maimed, displaced during the Soweto uprising in 1976 by the then obnoxious apartheid system in South Africa and to all African students victims of violence and intolerance.
The seventh AASU Congress was in Luanda, Angola in 1987; the eighth was held in Accra, Ghana in 1992; the ninth in Tripoli, Libya in 2000. The last congress was finally held in Accra, Ghana after several attempts due mainly to disputes among the secretariat members.
In 1972 the constitutive meeting dubbed the first Congress of the All Africa Students Union (AASU) was held at the then University of Science and Technology (UST) now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana. Due to communication, transportation and financial challenges among others at that time, representatives of less than ten (10) countries attended the meeting.
Subsequently the second AASU congress was held in Dares Salam, Tanzania in 1973; the third congress in Alexandria, Egypt in 1974; the fourth congress took place in Accra, Ghana in 1976 by then the majority of the National Student’ Organizations and the Student’s Sections of the then National Liberation Movements notably the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa and the South West African People Organization (SWAPO) have joined the Organization; the sixth congress got off the ground in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1982 where the historic decision of declaring June 16 as African Student’s Day was taken.
This was a tribute to all the pupils who were massacred, maimed, displaced during the Soweto uprising in 1976 by the then obnoxious apartheid system in South Africa and to all African students victims of violence and intolerance.
The seventh AASU Congress was in Luanda, Angola in 1987; the eighth was held in Accra, Ghana in 1992; the ninth in Tripoli, Libya in 2000. The last congress was finally held in Accra, Ghana after several attempts due mainly to disputes among the secretariat members.
In 1972 the constitutive meeting dubbed the first Congress of the All Africa Students Union (AASU) was held at the then University of Science and Technology (UST) now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana. Due to communication, transportation and financial challenges among others at that time, representatives of less than ten (10) countries attended the meeting.
Subsequently the second AASU congress was held in Dares Salam, Tanzania in 1973; the third congress in Alexandria, Egypt in 1974; the fourth congress took place in Accra, Ghana in 1976 by then the majority of the National Student’ Organizations and the Student’s Sections of the then National Liberation Movements notably the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa and the South West African People Organization (SWAPO) have joined the Organization; the sixth congress got off the ground in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1982 where the historic decision of declaring June 16 as African Student’s Day was taken.
This was a tribute to all the pupils who were massacred, maimed, displaced during the Soweto uprising in 1976 by the then obnoxious apartheid system in South Africa and to all African students victims of violence and intolerance.
The seventh AASU Congress was in Luanda, Angola in 1987; the eighth was held in Accra, Ghana in 1992; the ninth in Tripoli, Libya in 2000. The last congress was finally held in Accra, Ghana after several attempts due mainly to disputes among the secretariat members.
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