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African Student Association was created decades ago. It is a student group that strives to integrate and educate the University of Missouri community about African culture, politics and economics.

Each year, we strive to create an atmosphere conducive to the success of the students within the club. We create that atmosphere through careful attention to the needs of the students—whether scholastic or personal. In addition to meeting the needs of our members, we plan events.

Our events are geared towards increasing the understanding of African issues that are not immediately visible to the campus community. Some of our past recent events include the World Cup, several lecture series as well as Africa Week. One of the new event series we are planning, starting 2007  is the Taste of Africa. This event focuses on a particular African country and those in attendace learn about the various aspects of that nation—culture, tradition, politics, food, art and music.