Africa Standing Committee
Chair
Yaw Nyarko, Council 2023-2026
New York University
Email: yaw.nyarko@nyu.edu
Secretary and Regional Website Manager
Prosper Dovonon, Second term, ends 2026
Concordia University
Email: Prosper.Dovonon@concordia.ca
Standing Committee Members
Voting Members
Tihitina Andarge
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Elected 2025-2028
Dalia Ghanem
University of California, Davis, Elected 2023-2026
Steven Koch
University of Pretoria, Elected 2022-2025
Rim Lahmandi-Ayed
Carthage University, Tunisia, Elected 2024-2027
Ismael Mourifié
University of Toronto, Elected 2022-2025
Yaw Nyarko, Chair-2021; Council 2023-2026
New York University
Damian Kalu Ude
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Elected 2024-2027
Non-Voting Members
Theophile Azomahou, AFES Program Chair 2023
Prosper Dovonon, Secretary, January 2021 - current
Concordia University
Romuald Meango, AFES Program co-Chair 2024
University of Oxford
Firmin Doko Tchatoka , AFES Program co-Chair 2024
The University of Adelaide
*Note: If a summer program chair's 3-year term falls within a World Congress year, the Program Chair's term will be extended one year.
