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African Academy of Languages

The African Academy of Languages is a Pan-African organization founded in 2001 by Mali's then-president Alpha Oumar Konaré for the development and promotion of African languages. First established as the Mission for the African Academy of Languages (MACALAN). The first head of ACALAN was Mali's former minister of Basic Education Adama Samassekou. In 2006 saw the African Union declare the Year of African Languages along with the official establishment of the African Academy of Languages, June 21 saw the inauguration of the interim Governing Board of ACALAN in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Organization
The ACALAN is divided into five main organs at the multinational level, they are: • The AU Conference of Ministers of Culture - supreme organ • The Governing Board - highest policy organ • The Scientific and Technical Committee - consultative organ • The Assembly of Academicians - advisory organ • The Executive Secretariat - administrative organ. The ACALAN also exists with a nationally based National Language Structures (NLS) in each of the member states along with a Vehicular Cross-border Language Commission for each of its target languages. ==See also==
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