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Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and
Southern Africa
(OSSREA)
(OSSREA)
OSSREA was established in April 1980, held its First Congress in June 1983, and celebrated its Tenth Anniversary, in conjunction with its Third Congress, in Kampala, Uganda, in May 1990. OSSREA's headquarters is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the premises of the main campus of Addis Ababa University.
Its current membership is drawn from 11 countries, but its constitution opens membership to social scientists in 18 countries of Eastern and Southern Africa: Botswana, Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and institutional membership is open to all institutions, within or outside the region, engaged in the promotion of research in the social sciences in Africa.