AAPS, African Political Science and Globalisation: Which Way Forward?

Revisiting the AAPS Vision: The Question of Relevance The Biennial Congress of AAPS has become, to put it figuratively, an impor tant "rites of passage", whose celebration is always and necessarily an opportunity to pay tribute to the founding members of AAPS, particularly for their vision and for the solid foundation they laid for constitutional suc cession and accommodation, through the deliberate design of a regionally based organization and structure. This has not been without its weaknesses and imperfections but it has provided the constructive and progressive dura bility in which is captured the essential Pan-Africanist and Afrocentric mis sion and activist engagement which is called for by the inherent logic of their vision of AAPS.