Afrikainstituttet () was a Norwegian organisation founded in 1983. The organisation's mission statement was to inform the public about the political, economic and cultural conditions of African countries. The chairman of the organisation was

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, while lawyer Erik Magnus Høyer, was its secretary and, professor Carl Borgin, vice chairman. The organisation was initially headquartered at Høyer's lawyer's firm in

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. In 1983 it had plans of seminars about

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and study trips to Africa. The organisation published the books ''Dagbok fra Tanzania: U-hjelp uten mening'' (1984), ''Dagbok fra Israel: Reiser og tanker'' (1984) and ''Syd-Afrika i dag: Boikott eller samarbeid'' (1985), as well as the periodical ''Nytt og kommentarer''.

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