云南大学的非洲研究有着悠久的历史。早在1950年代，在著名的云南籍阿拉伯语学者纳忠教授主持下，云南大学开始非洲与中东问题的教学和研究，纳忠教授还曾担任1980年成立的中国非洲史研究会的首任会长。1980年代，云南大学赵瑞芳教授、吴继德教授参与中国非洲史研究会的筹建和3卷本《非洲通史》的编写。

1991年，刘鸿武教授从尼日利亚留学归国，在云南大学正式组建非洲研究学科，并于1996年开始招收非洲研究硕士研究生，2000年开始招收非洲研究博士研究生。经学校正式批准，1998年成立云南大学亚非研究中心，2007年成立云南大学非洲研究中心，刘鸿武教授任中心创始主任。

以云南大学非洲研究中心为学术支撑，2010年云南大学成为教育部教育援外基地之一，2011年成为外交部“中非联合研究交流计划”项目单位，2013年成为外交部“中非智库10+10合作伙伴计划”中方智库，2017年成为教育部区域与国别研究基地。2017年3月教育部云南大学中国-南非人文交流研究中心在云南大学挂牌。目前，中心有正式编制研究人员11人，兼职研究人员15人。

经过几十年的积累发展，云南大学非洲研究在国内非洲研究领域逐渐形成自己的特色。第一，是国内重要的非洲研究高层次人才培养单位，迄今已向高校、科研机构、政府部门等培养输送近百名非洲研究博士、硕士。他们中有些人已成长为学术骨干和有影响的学者；第二，从文化的角度研究非洲，重点关注非洲新兴国家构建进程中的文化认同问题；第三，长期坚持非洲国别史、专门史研究，结合当代中非关系发展实践，探讨世界文明对话背景下中非交往的特殊意义；第四，结合云南大学文化多样性、生物多样性研究优势，展开对非洲本土知识、民族问题、发展问题、环境问题、减贫问题、恐怖主义等的研究；第五，作为教育部教育援外基地的学术支撑机构、教育部区域与国别研究中心、教育部云南大学中国—南非人文交流研究中心、外交部中非智库10+10合作计划中方智库和教育部区域与国别研究基地，中心依托云南大学深厚的人文底蕴和国际问题研究的人才优势，在学术研究、科研合作、文化交流等方面广泛开展国际合作。

近年来，云南大学非洲研究中心承担多项国家级和省部级课题，出版非洲研究专著多部，发表论文100余篇，在国内外学术界具有越来越突出的影响力。

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The African studies of Yunnan University have a long history. As early as the 1950s, under the auspices of the famous Yunnan Arabic language speaking scholar, professor Na Zhong, Yunnan University has begun teaching and researching on Africa and the Middle East. Professor Na Zhong also served as the first President of the China African History Association, founded in 1980. In the 1980’s, Professor Zhao Ruifang and professor Wu Jide from Yunnan University participated in the preparation of the China African history research institute and the compilation of three volumes of the history of Africa.

In 1991, Professor Liu Hongwu returned from studying in Nigeria and formally established a new field of African studies in Yunnan University. He began to recruit graduate students in African studies in 1996 and began to recruit doctoral students in 2000. To improve the development of African studies of Yunnan University, the Center for Asian and African Studies was established in 1998. Based on the previous work, the Center for African Studies of Yunnan University (CASYNU) was formally established in 2007, and Professor Liu Hongwu was the founding director of the center.

CASYNU has been selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of PRC (MFA) for the “China-Africa Joint Research and Exchange Plan” and “China-Africa Think Tanks 10+10 Partnership Plan” in 2011 and 2013 respectively, and selected by Ministry of Education (MOE) as the Key Base for Regional and Country-Specific Studies and the Research Center for China-South Africa People-to-people Exchanges in 2017. Currently, There are 11 full-time researchers and 15 part-time researchers in the center.

After decades of accumulation and development, the CASYNU has gradually formed its own characteristics in the field of African studies. Firstly, Yunnan University has become an important organization to train high-level talents for China’s African studies. Up to now, there have been more than 100 PhD students and MA students graduated from the center and some of them have become influential scholars in China. Secondly, it carries out the research from the perspective of culture, especially focuses on the cultural identity in the state building of Africa. Thirdly, it has long adhered to the studies of African national history and special subject history, and to explore the special significance of China-Africa relations in the context of dialogue among world civilizations. Fourthly, combining with Yunnan University’s cultural diversity and biodiversity research advantages, it has expanded its research on indigenous knowledge, ethnic issues, development issues, environmental issues, poverty reduction and terrorism in Africa. Fifthly, as an academic support institution for “China-Africa Joint Research and Exchange Plan”, “China-Africa Think Tanks 10+10 Partnership Plan”, “China-South Africa High Level People-to-people Exchange Mechanism” and as the Key Base for Regional and Country-Specific Studies, based on the profound humanistic heritage of Yunnan University and the talent advantages of international studies, CASYNU has established extensive cooperation and exchanges with many foreign research institutions.

In recent years, CASYNU has undertaken a number of national and provincial research projects, and published several monographs and more than 100 papers on African studies. The center has become an influential African Studies organization in China.

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