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The Afro-Asian Philosophy Association (AAPA) was formed
under
the leadership of Professors M. Whaba (Egypt), M.
Abousenna (Egypt),
J P Atreya (India), I. Kucuradi (Turkey), P. Hountondji
(Benin),
O. Oruka (Kenya) and A. Mercier (Switzerland) The
objective of the AAPA
is to foster mutual
cooperation between philosophers of the African
and Asian continents, and also to promote Afro-Asian
philosophy to a
better recognition within the general philosophical
community. The aim of
the AAPA is not that of constituting a
"geographical" association, but
rather that of constituting an association of
philosophers interested in the
philosophy of Asia and Africa and in its interchange with
the rest of the
philosophical community. The
AAPA was admitted into FISP (International
Federation of Philosophical Societies) on 25 March 1984.
The first AAPA
conference was held in Cairo in 1978 and it came to India
for the first time
in the Fourth Session held in New Delhi in 1992.