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\"NdukaCongratulations to Nduka Otiono on his election to the role of Vice President of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)<\/a>, announced at the annual general meeting of the Association held virtually on June 9th as part of the just concluded annual conference. By this election, Professor Otiono is slated to succeed the newly inaugurated President, Professor Isaac Bazi\u00e9 of The Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, after one year.<\/p>\n

More information on the CAAS website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Nduka Otiono on his election to the role of Vice President of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS), announced at the annual general meeting of the Association held virtually on June 9th as part of the just concluded annual conference. By this election, Professor Otiono is slated to succeed the newly inaugurated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nCarleton's Professor Nduka Otiono elected Vice President of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) - Institute of African Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Carleton University's Professor Nduka Otiono has been elected Vice President of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS). 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