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AIMS

• To bring together prehistorians, palaeontologists and geologists from one end of the continent to the other.
• To provide a forum for the exchange of information and ideas.
• To create contacts between students, researchers and practitioners across Africa and in multiple disciplines.
• To forge links and friendships that otherwise would not exist and to facilitate and promote interAfrican collaboration.

PAA Constitution in English and French.

History

The organisation was established at the instigation of Louis Leakey in Kenya. Leakey became the organising secretary of the 1st Congress, which took place in Nairobi in January 1947. Fifty-four delegates from 27 countries attended what was then known as the Pan-African Congress on Prehistory. A brief constitution was passed and published in the journal Man (1947: 86-87). The French prehistorian Abbé Henri Breuil was elected the first president and Dr Robert Broom of South Africa the first vice-president. Three sub-committees were created at the 1st Congress to consider discipline-specific matters.

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Languages

The official languages of the Association are English and French but, at congresses, the presentation of papers in other languages has routinely been accepted.

Links to Archaeology Websites

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