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'''Nordic Africa Institute (NAI)''' ({{lang-sv|Nordiska Afrikainstitutet}}) serves as a research, documentation and information centre on modern Africa for the [[Nordic countries]]. The Institute
The Nordic Africa Institute was founded in 1962 and is financed jointly by Sweden, Finland and Iceland. Denmark and Norway were also members of the original group of founding and funding partner countries, but they backed out in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Administratively, the institute functions as a [[Government agencies in Sweden|Swedish government agency]] that answers to the [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Ministry for Foreign Affairs]]. It is located in [[Uppsala]].
The institute is financed jointly by the Nordic countries. Administratively, it functions as a [[Government agencies in Sweden|Swedish government agency]] that answers to the [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Ministry for Foreign Affairs]]. It is located in [[Uppsala]]. The Nordic Africa Institute is part of [[AEGIS (African Studies)|AEGIS]], a network of African Studies Centres in Europe, and organized its 4th international conference (ECAS) in 2011. The institute is headed by a Director, and a Programme and Research Council has the task of monitoring and advising the Director.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nai.uu.se/about/council_1/ |title=Nordic Africa Institute: The Programme and Research Council }}</ref>. On 18 July 2019, the Swedish government appointed [[Therése Sjömander Magnusson]] as new Director of NAI, a position which she will take up on 1 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2019/07/ny-direktor-for-nordiska-afrikainstitutet/ |title=Pressmeddelande från Utrikesdepartementet, 18 juli 2019: Ny direktör för Nordiska Afrikainstitutet }}</ref>▼
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== Previous Directors of NAI ==<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nai.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A561076&dswid=-40 |title=Researching Africa: From individual efforts to structured programmes. The role of the Nordic Africa Institute (p. 8) }}</ref>▼
== Previous Directors of NAI ==
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* [[Iina Soiri]] 2013-2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.regeringen.se/49bb4c/contentassets/32500a6b95c04c20a46961b4c3fe1289/regeringskansliets-arsbok-2013 |title=Regeringskansliets årsbok 2013 (p. 44) }}</ref>
* [[Carin Norberg]] 2005-2013
* [[Lennart Wohlgemut]] 1993-2005
* [[Anders Hjort af Ornäs]] 1984-1993
* [[Carl Gösta Widstrand]] 1962-1984
== Nordic Africa Days ==▼
== See also ==
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* [http://www.aegis-eu.org/ AEGIS, network of African studies centres in Europe]
* {{citation |title= Nordic Africa Institute | date=4 April 2024 |url= http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Organizations/Detail/?ots591=0c54e3b3-1e9c-be1e-2c24-a6a8c7060233&lng=en&id=91376 |via=[[International Relations and Security Network]] }} (publications fulltext)
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