The International African Institute (IAI) was founded (as the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures ) in 1926 in London for the study of African languages. Diedrich Hermann Westermann was co-director from 1926 to 1939.
Since 1928, the IAI has published a quarterly journal, Africa.
The IAI's mission is "to promote the education of the public in the study of Africa and its languages and cultures". Its operations includes seminars, journals, monographs, edited volumes and stimulating scholarship withn Africa.
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