International African Institute
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The International African Institute (IAI) was founded (as the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures) in 1926 in London for the study of African languages. Diedrich Hermann Westermann was co-director from 1926 to ????.
Since 1928, the IAI has published a quarterly journal, Africa.
The IAI's mission is "to promote the education of the public in the study of Africa and its languages and cultures". Its operations includes seminars, journals, monographs, edited volumes and stimulating scholarship withn Africa.
[edit] Archives
The archives of the International African Institute are held at the Archives Division of the Library of the London School of Economics. An online catalogue of these papers is available.
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