The Africa-America Institute (AAI) is an American non-profit organization based in New York City.
History
AAI was founded in 1953. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was centrally involved in its affairs for nearly a decade, providing "the largest proportion of the more than $1 million which AAI spent in the 1950s."[1] The CIA's funding of the Institute was revealed in 1967.[2]
Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Maurice Tempelsman | Chairman (former)[3] | Lazare Kaplan International (LKI), National Democratic Institute (NDI) |
| Harold K. Hochschild | Honorary Chairman and Trustee Emeritus[4] | Father of Adam Hochschild, co-founder of Mother Jones |
External links
Further reading
- February 27, 2024: "Diamond Magnate With Deep Ties to U.S. Intelligence, Who Was Behind Imperial Machinations in Central Africa, is Left Out of the History Books" by Jeremy Kuzmarov
Berman, E. H. (1983). The Influence of the Carnegie, Ford, and Rockefeller Foundations on American Foreign Policy (p. 131). State University of New York Press. https://books.google.ca/books?id=OhV9RmNSmHYC&lpg=PA156&vq=1953&pg=PA131#v=snippet&q=1953&f=false ↩︎
Crewdson, J. M. (1977, December 26). Worldwide Propaganda Network Built by the C.I.A. The New York Times, 1. http://archive.today/2023.04.26-232835/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/26/archives/worldwide-propaganda-network-built-by-the-cia-a-worldwide-network.html ↩︎
Kuzmarov, J. (2024, February 27). Diamond Magnate With Deep Ties to U.S. Intelligence, Who Was Behind Imperial Machinations in Central Africa, is Left Out of the History Books. CovertAction Magazine. http://archive.today/2024.03.02-212429/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/02/27/diamond-magnate-with-deep-ties-to-u-s-intelligence-who-was-behind-imperial-machinations-in-central-africa-is-left-out-of-the-history-books/ ↩︎
Cotter, W. R. 1976 Annual Report. Africa-America Institute. Retrieved January 12, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240112030844/https://www.aaionline.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1976_AAI_Annual_Report.pdf ↩︎
