Caroline Kamau

Dr. Caroline Kamau is the president of the African Unification Front, also called the African Front, or AUF. The AUF is one of the largest and most influential Pan African organizations in the world. Dr. Caroline Kamau also chairs the AUF National Committee, the policy-making body of the African Unification Front.

Background

Dr. Caroline Kamau is an academic, writer and a feminist. She was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and is currently a Lecturer in Psychology at Southampton Solent University, Britain. She has lectured Psychology at Florida State University's London Centre, and was previously a research associate at the University of Kent in Britain. Her research is in the social psychological field of Group Processes, examining ethnic identity strategies, compunction emotions between groups, and cross-cultural explorations of group phenomena.

She served as AUF vice president and as a member of the AUF Executive Committee before becoming president. Other past AUF vice presidents have been Dejene Fasseha, and Mongezi Sefika wa Nkomo. The current AUF vice president is Dr. Heinrich Volmink, a medical doctor who shares his time between Scotland and South Africa.

Kirimi Kaberia was the first president of the AUF. Mouhamed Taofic Youssouf served briefly as AUF president, after Kirimi Kaberia accepted a posting as deputy ambassador for Kenya in Washington DC, USA.

External links

*African Unification Front http://www.africanfront.com

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