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All who are interested in the goals of our organization are welcome to join us, attend the Next Meeting, join the Toguna eGroup, and partcipate in the creation of this unique joining of people and ideas.  The first year will be crucial in establishing the viability of our concept, securing the support of influential people and organizations, and starting a project that may make our great-grandchildren proud of us!

Benefits of Membership

• Participate / Influence the creation of a "toguna" in Washington DC
• Discount on Society Fund-Raising Events (normally 50% on admission prices)
• Promotion of Member through Africa Society web page and activities
• Newsletter keeping abreast of developments


Annual Dues:

• Political states (Embassies) - $100;
• Educational institutions:
• Universities - $500,
• High schools - $250,
• Elementary schools - $150;
• Corporations - $1,000;
• Small Businesses - $100;
• Individuals in U.S.- $25.
• Annual membership dues for individuals living outside the U.S. will be established at a later date
• Membership in each of the categories will include representative participation in the Board of Trustees on the basis of membership category, i.e. there will be a set number of seats reserved for the Corporate members, the Embassy members, etc.

 
Send check payable to The Africa Society, Inc. to Treasurer Albert Lewis, 3511 North 13th Street, Arlington, Virginia 22201-4907 with your name, class of membership, address, telelphone #s and email if available.  The Membership form in PDF printable format (what's PDF?) may be used or call for it to be mailed to you -- we maintain information concerning our members confidential if requested.

The Toguna eGroup

A way to communicate directly to and between Africa Society members & friends and to publish our agenda and distibute files.  Join if you wish to receive information directly via email about our efforts or to participate in the conversation! 

• When you send a message to the eGroup, it is a message to all the members.
• The eGroup calendar will alert members to Society events.
• Critical files are stored and available for download from the eGroup (also available on this website)
• A newsletter will be distributed via the eGroup.
• You can change your notification options via the eGroup website: www.yahoogroups.com, already subscribed members: http://groups.yahoo.com/mygroups

Proposed Logo by Cheko

The following is a image including a toguna which we are presently using on business cards and letterhead:

• Articles of Incorporation
• Bylaws
• Minutes Book
• Agenda for Next Meeting / Minutes of Last Meeting
• Commitees (*=chairman)
• Building: Abdushaker Aboud*, Marcel Kouaho,  Alseny Ben Bangoura, Alpha Oumar Sow, Adam Ouologuem, and Albert Z. Lewis, Jr.
• Membership: Alseny Ben Bangoura*, Adam Ouologuem, Alpha Oumar Sow, Albert Lewis, and Modibo Diallo
• Administrative: Albert Lewis*,
• Recordings Distribution & Promotion:
• Fashion Event:




Embassies & Government Links (if known)


 

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Camaroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo-Brazzavile Congo-Kinshasa (Zaire) Cote d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea

Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) Malawi Mali Mauritius Mauritania Morocco Mozambique Namibia

Nigeria Niger Rwanda Sao Tome / Principe Senegal Sierra Leone   Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Western Sahara Zambia Zaire Zimbabwe

AheadInc.Org - home page of Adventures in Health, Education and Agricultural Development (AHEAD, Inc.),  a non-profit,   non-government, self-help organization that sponsors, among other projects, the Annual HARAMBEE Carnival, in Washington DC, and other programs related to Africa

AfricaNews.Org - home page of the Africa News Service based in Durham, North Carolina, up to date news of Africa

AfricMusic Music Site - Amadou & Miriam of Bamako, Mali - Music & Sales

Afrika MALL - Musical and Cultural Events in the Washington DC Area

The African Music and Cultural Association (AMCA) - based in Washington DC

Africa ONLINE - Founded in 1994 by three Kenyans studying at M.I.T. and Harvard University in the United States, Africa Online has evolved its charter to provide leading-edge Internet services to thousands of successful individuals and businesses. Africa Online has offices in Nairobi, Kenya; Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; Accra, Ghana; Harare, Zimbabwe; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

WoyAA - Site for Digital Africa / Many Links

Woyaa Search Service (not working right yet):

 

Mbendi - Information for Africa - South African based Commercial Information Site

Columbia University - Africa Internet Resources Page

Africa Policy Information Center -  primary objective is to widen the policy debate in the United States around African issues and the U.S. role in Africa, by concentrating on providing accessible policy-relevant information and analysis usable by a wide range of groups and individuals. Located on Maryland Ave, Washington DC
Visafric.Com - News and Links re: Eritrea

The word is used by the Ohio University African Studies Program for their newsletter.   The traditional carvings constituting a toguna are often displayed in exhibitions of African art:  photo essay / gallery in California /  .  Some togunas are over a hundred years old and elaborately carved; others (perhaps traditional non-Dogon "relatives") are quite simply functional.

As used by The Africa Society, the word "toguna" is neither Dogon nor specific, but represents the concept of a central meeting place for those of common purpose.  We hope to create such a toguna in downtown Washington D.C., a city which houses important traditions and history as well as a significant international and African-American population.  As a city hosting the embassies of almost all independent countries of the world, and the home of many influential people and organizations, Washington D.C is the proper place to establish such a toguna ---- to meet, to unify, to find that common heritage which speaks from the ancient birthplace of Africans, African-Americans, and, some would say, the ancient birthplace of humanity.

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