African Unification Front
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AUF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Caroline Kamau
AUF President
 Dr. Caroline Kamau is fiercely committed to the Pan African cause, and 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.
Dr. Caroline Kamau is the Chair of the AUF National Committee, and President of the AUF.
Heinrich Volmink
AUF Vice President
 South African medical doctor who was trained and served in an environment strongly influenced by the principles of community health. Completed internship in specialised units in Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Subsequently held a post as a Community Service Medical Officer in a rural hospital in South Africa, serving a community beset with dire socio-economic circumstances (most notably poverty and the effects of HIV/AIDS). Has done locum work as a Senior House Officer within the National Health Service (NHS-Scotland). Also has been involved with faith-based/ Church work both in South Africa and in Scotland.
Currently working as the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) men’s health officer with REACH Community Health Project in Glasgow, Scotland. This involves building networks with an ethnically diverse range of BME men, working with mainstream representatives (e.g. NHS, Glasgow City Council) to raise awareness of BME men’s health issues within the current public policy framework, and ensuring that BME men have meaningful opportunities to participate in policy discussions about services relating to their health needs. The post also involves leading in a BME Men’s Health Research Project, as well as participating in the development of a framework for an accessible community based BME Men’s Health Clinic Service
Dan Kashagama
AUF General Secretary
 Kashagama has worked with Kenya Television Network (KTN) and with British Columbia Television (BCTV) on news assignments covering a wide variety of international and cross-boundary issues, including chronic instability and the recurrent refugee crises in the Horn of Africa and in the Great Lakes Region of Africa.
In addition to command training, Kashagama has experience with military management and policy implementation, and is knowledgeable about the adverse social and economic conditions generated by the internal and external dynamics of statutory and non-statutory military organization in Africa. He has written on and continues to advocate for peace building, weapons bans, and military reform and integration in Africa.
Kashagama has served as executive administrator of the Canadian Network for International Surgery; as Chair and CEO of the African Canadian Association of British Columbia; and as editor of several publications, including the Operative Report, covering Essential Surgical Skills programs and Injury Control and Prevention developments in Africa.
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