JANUARY/MUCH 1991 NO.1 ... .. FROM THE SECRETARIAT... ASA OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 1991 Bulletin - ASA CHANGES DATES OF 1991 OFFICERS ANNUAL MEETING President: Martin A. Klein (University of Toronto) We received word on December 20 that the hotel select­ Vice~President: Edmond J. Keller (UCLA) ed for the 1991 Annual Meeting in St. Louis was being Past President: Ann Seidman (Oark University) closed by its owners as of January 1, 1991. After some fran~ Treasurer: Joseph Miller (University of Virginia) c. tic scrambling, we located two other possible sites for our Executive Secretary: Edna G. Bay (Emory Univ.) conference, both of which were able to accommodate us only on a single weekend-November 23-26,1991. DIRECTORS We are pleased to announce that we have contracted RETIRING IN 1991 with the Adam's Mark Hotel, a lovely facility with excel­ Martha A. Gephart (Social Science Research Coun~ lent meeting space, for our 34th Annual Meeting. The ciD Adam's Mark is located in the heart of downtown St. Louis Catharine Newbury (University of North Carolina across from the city's most famous landmark, the arch, be~ at Chapel Hill) yond which flows the Mississippi River. Sulayman S. Nyang (Howard University) Unfortunately, there are two problems with the Novem­ ber meeting dates. By planning well in advance and work­ RETIRING IN 1992 ing with all ASA meeting participants, we hope to mini~ Carol M. Eastman (University of Washington) mize possible difficulties. Christraud M. Geary (Boston University) First, the dates of the 1991 ASA Annual Meeting over­ Sandra Greene (Kalamazoo College) lap, though they do not coincide with, the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, scheduled to RETIRING IN 1993 convene from 20~24 November in Chicago. We are in touch Joel D. Barkan (University of Iowa) with the AAA and hope to work with their program com­ Beverly Grier (Oark University) mittee to schedule ASA panels to accommodate anthropol­ Goran Hyden (University of Florida) ogists wishing to attend both conferences. Second, the 1991 ASA meeting will be held just before the Thanksgiving holiday, beginning on Saturday morn­ ing, November 23 and ending at midday on Tuesday, No­ ASA News, Vol. XXIV, No. I, JanlMar 1991. vember 26. Some US-based ASA members will welcome Editor: Edna G. Bay these dates, arguing that students rarely attend class any­ way on the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Published quarterly by the African Studies Association. However, because air traffic gets very heavy at that time of year, it will be important that participants reserve and pur­ Contributions to ASA News should be sent to ASA News, chase their air tickets well in advance. We have been as­ Credit Union Building, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia sured by several airlines that inexpensive fares are availa­ 30322. Deadlines for contributions are December 1, March 1, ble even at peak holiday travel times, provided tickets are June 1, and September 1. purchased early. We expect to be able to circulate the pre­ liminary program by midsummer this year, and we urge Domestic claims for non-receipt of issues must be made members to purchase their air tickets as soon as they re­ within six months of the month of publication - overseas ceive the preliminary program. claims must be made within one year. Meanwhile, we have published on pages 33-36 the Notice to Members: The United States Postal System does forms for the proposal of panels and papers. Please remem­ not forward periodicals. We must receive written notifica­ ber that you must be a 1991 ASA member when you sub­ tion from you at least five weeks in advance of any change of mit your proposal for consideration for the program. Keep address. Failure to notify us of your correct mailing address in mind too that participants normally will be accepted to will result in suspension of mailings until we receive such make only one presentation: as a paper presenter, a round­ notification. We can make address changes only when cur­ table participant, or a discussant. However, individuals rent dues are paid. Reinstatement of membership mailings may chair one panel and in addition make one presenta­ after suspension may be made by payment of a $5.00 rein­ tion. statement fee. l I We Welcome New ASA Members I (who joined or rejoined us between September 1 and December 1, 1990) I , Hailu Abatena Anthony Cohyte Walter W. Hill R. P. Marlin Diane K. Prouty I ~ Daniel Abebe Paul Collier Leslie I. Hill Herman Martin Robert S. Prouty I Catherine Acholom Stacie Colwell Aouicha Hilliard Flo Martin Allyson Purpura William Acworth Cathleen Compton Richard K. Holway Anthony W. Marx Damien M. Pwono Aduayom Adimado Christopher A. Conte Christian D. Horton Doe Mayer Philip Raikes Mahamed Daahir Afrah Hazel Cramer Bertie Howard Babacar Mboup Marcia Reeves Tavy D. Aherne Lee Cronk Emily Hughes David McBride John Reid Olabisi Idowu Aina Theodore S. Dagne Tami Hultman Patricia McFadden Lisa Richey Emmanuel Akyeampong Henrietta Dax M. Esme Hunte Beverly A. McGraw Dianne E. Rocheleau Richard Akinjide Leyla Ann Day Nur A. Hussen M.A. McMaster Peter A. Rogers Abdurahman Alamoudi Shann Dennard Chukwuma Ijoma Eileen McNamara Carla Roncoli Francesco J. Alberti Eli Dentor Joseph E. Inikori Lisa McNee Vicki Rovine Ali B. Ali-Dinar Jacques Depelchin Adrienne Israel Annette K. Miller Hanan H. Sabea YaresAmare Sheryl Detray H.Jacobson Tom Miller L. Salisbury Alexander Amuah Stephen Detray Miriam Jato Maryse Mills Cynthia Sampson Kristine Anderson Peter L. Doan Carolyn M. Jefferson S. N.Moeno Rickie Sanders Darius A. Annis Siri Dulaney Shamil Jeppie Dominic A. Mohamed Mei-Mei Sanford Kofi Anyidoho Michael J. C. Echeruo Cary Alan Johnson Sara Milburn Moore Marina Santoru Koffi Anyinefa L. A. Ega Charles Johnson Joseph Moreno Patricia Scheid G.F. Kojo Arthur Frank Eguaroje Chicha Mapoma Johnson Jeffrey Morrissey Sharon Scholl Yaw Agyei Asamoah Romanus Egudu Maudelyn Johnson William F. L. Moses Gerhard Schutte Alem Asres Frederick Ehrenreich Claudette E. Jones Rose Moss James F. Searing Yao E. AZiabu Anene Ejikeme P. Scott Jones Faith Mowoe Rosalind Shaw Ginette Ba Yassin EI-Ayouty Kingston T. Kajese Maryam Muhammad Peter Shiras Saad M. Baba Nathalie Eleady-Cole Mwangi Karangu Stanford G. Mukasa Lawrence Shirley Bashir E. Bakkar Philip Elliott Maikudi Karaye Jessie Gaston Mulira Julianne Short Ian Ball G. I. C. Eluwa Y. G. Kassage Musa Ahmed Musa Peter E. Siegle F. Odun Balogun KrisH Fair Paul Kengmo Kenda Mutongi EmySiganga Robert Barad Toyin FaIola Linda Kerr Wanjiku Mwangiru Mary Simons Carolyn Behrman Vicki Lynn Ferguson C. Tsehloane Keto Gregory Myers Mark Sloan Wendy Belcher Kathryn Firmin Haider A. Kham Luyinduladio N'Zinga Irena Smetankova Stephen Belcher Roland A. Foulkes Joseph K. Kimani Derrick Nault Charles U. Smith Kathleen Bickford Alan Fowler Helen Skopic Kocher Andrew Nazzaro Philip Steffen Judy Bieber Namora Gaborone Pascal Kokora Conchita Ndege Kearsley Stewart Patricia Billings Ali Khalif Galayoh Jerry Kolo Joseph Nevadomsky Harry R. Strack Dennis Bisgaard David I. Gandolfo Helene Kowan-Cox Kalala Ngalamulume Theresa Sutton June Pearson Bland ZhengGao J. Reed Kramer Cheikh Ibrahima Niang Sossina Tafari Ettagale Blauer Clara Garcia Linda Helm Krapf Victoria N. Nicodemus Irma Tardia Andrew K. Bomah John Ng'ang'a Gathegi Emmanuel H. Kreike Louis J. Noisin Charles Touhey Kevin Brennan Rebecca Gershenson J. B. Kubayanda Robert H. Nooter Carol Turpen Stephen Bright Clark Gibson Opia Mensah Kumah Jennifer Notkin Frances Ugwuegbu Barbara B. Brown Nigel Gibson Fred Kwoba R. Nwafo Nwanko A. Smart Uhakheme Courtney Brown Lori Ann Girvan Terrence Lamb Merrill Oates Patrick Ukata Jeffrey Brown Myrtle G. Glascoe Pier M. Larson Bridget O'Donoughue Cheshire Varga Karen McCarthy Brown Chris Goldman Gweneth Lashley OluOgube Joan Vincent Stephen F. Burgess Denise Gordon Jason Laure Isidore Okpewho Darrah Waitley John Burrows Sarah Gotbaum Babatunde lawaI Jacqueline B. Olagbaju Susan A. Warga Kristine Burrows Cyril E. Griffith Mary S. Lederer Folabi K. Olagbaju Francis Wegulo Rodney M. Burton Joanna Hadjicostandi Kahsay Legesse RachaelOlauke P.B. Welbeck Catherine Byrne Andrew D. Haines Andre Le Cann Benson C. Onyeji Tina West Robert Cancel Robert E. Hamilton Mvumbi Lelo Patricia Achieng Opondo Richard Wilding Brent Cantrell Gail A. Hansberry Robert Lesh Alice Owano Delores S. Williams Kate Casano Thomas J. Harrison Lisa Lindsay Olasope O. Oyelaran Selena Axelrod Winsnes A. Casely-Hayford Camilla Harshbarger Margot Lovett Manuela Palmeirim Servanne Woodward Maidel Cason Gillian Hart Mark Lurie Robert Papstein Stephen R. Wooten Eric Charry Fatuma Hashi Kinjthia Macharia Joe Parker Dee A. Worman Marcus Cheatham Russell A. Helms Marsha Mack Adriano Parreira Barbara Darelle Wyche John Chernoff Joy M. Hendrickson Carlos Madrid Ineke Phaf Efrem Yemane-Brehan Mari Clark Ali A. Hersi Namane Magau Elizabeth Plantz Tamam A. Youssouf Marshall Gough Kevin A. Hill Henry Waema Maingi Miroslava Prazak Laura Adamski Zeeman LETTERS Dear Dr. Bay: Sklar also points out that informa­ New Paltz had several years ago do­ This letter is in response to that of tion gathered by these agencies could nated to that college's library. We of­ Professor Sklar that appeared in your also be available to academicians and fered these to Professor Vela and we Oct/Dec issue of 1990. yet in several instances, such informa­ shipped them as eleven pound pack­ I feel that for whatever reasons, tion has turned out to be misleading ages which we sent by parcel post. participation of intelligence agencies and distorted. The primary function Recently we received a letter from in academia is not only unethical but of this information in several instanc­ her thanking NYASA for its efforts in also suspect. Yes, we do know that es has been for propaganda purposes. arranging this shipment, and Profes­ given the technology available to in­ Therefore, members of the ASA sor Garlick for his generosity.