{"id":26,"date":"2019-10-30T08:04:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T08:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.casethemes.net\/consultio-immigration\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:27:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:27:47","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"26\" class=\"elementor elementor-26\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1dd77a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b1dd77a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-438f252 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"438f252\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0d3a64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0d3a64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT US<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e20d92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e20d92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>Centre for African Studies at Uganda Martyrs University<\/strong> (CAS@UMU) falls under the UMU Directorate of Graduate Studies, Research and Enterprise (DiGSRE), whose offices and resource facilities are located at the university\u2019s main campus, bestridden by the Equator. It holds the status of a semi-autonomous academic research unit headed by an appointed Chair of CAS and staffed by CAS Research Fellows as well as CAS Associates\/Affiliates both from within other academic units of the university and outside UMU.<\/p><p>The Centre was established in 2015 to address the need to promote and deepen the study and generation\/documentation of knowledge about Africa\u2019s multifaceted realities. Whereas we acknowledge the significance of pursuing universal knowledge through the best standards of academic excellence, we emphasize that it would be odd and irresponsible for an African university to pursue such knowledge without a rigorous integration of its African environment and context into the universal. At the heart of the Centre\u2019s raison d\u2019\u00eatre, therefore, is a carefully calibrated balance between \u2018universal excellence\u2019 and \u2018particular relevance.\u2019<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2a6d48 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b2a6d48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfdc7d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cfdc7d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hyyt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6089\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hyyt.jpg 700w, https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hyyt-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hyyt-600x640.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b2f513 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b2f513\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04c989d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"04c989d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df0ed5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"df0ed5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/aENwPWC_uLU?si=OQtWm9V5QkCwlOk5&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-video .elementor-widget-container{overflow:hidden;transform:translateZ(0)}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper{aspect-ratio:var(--video-aspect-ratio)}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper iframe,.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper video{height:100%;width:100%;display:flex;border:none;background-color:#000}@supports not (aspect-ratio:1\/1){.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper{position:relative;overflow:hidden;height:0;padding-bottom:calc(100% \/ var(--video-aspect-ratio))}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper iframe,.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper video{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0}}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-open-inline .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;background-size:cover;background-position:50%}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{cursor:pointer;text-align:center}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay:hover .elementor-custom-embed-play i{opacity:1}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay img{display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:var(--video-aspect-ratio);-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;-o-object-position:center center;object-position:center center}@supports not (aspect-ratio:1\/1){.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{position:relative;overflow:hidden;height:0;padding-bottom:calc(100% \/ var(--video-aspect-ratio))}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay img{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0}}.elementor-widget-video .e-hosted-video .elementor-video{-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-video,.e-con>.elementor-widget-video{width:var(--container-widget-width);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f772f06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f772f06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Uganda-matryrs-1024x512.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6091\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Uganda-matryrs-1024x512.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Uganda-matryrs-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Uganda-matryrs-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Uganda-matryrs-600x300.webp 600w, https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Uganda-matryrs.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f241f5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f241f5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fofana-1024x686-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6092\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fofana-1024x686-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fofana-1024x686-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fofana-1024x686-1-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fofana-1024x686-1-600x402.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6414e8f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6414e8f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b543d78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b543d78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As observed by Professor Molefi Kete Asante, \u201cour African universities are the repositories and dispensers not of our ancestral knowledge and philosophy but of Europe\u2019s. The fact that European knowledge is in the system is not the problem, but that such knowledge is at the center of most African curricula is an immediate danger that privileges white [Western] scholars in those institutions and marginalises Africans and African knowledge\u201d. Through various historical and contemporary local and international machinations, both the politics and political economy of knowledge have underprivileged Africa\u2019s contributions in almost all fields of inquiry. As such, the task of studying African knowledge and practices and repositioning them from the periphery is both a grand and urgent one. Our Centre thus seeks to pursue inter-disciplinary, un-disciplinary and even anti-disciplinary critical research and exchange of insights\/findings on African peoples and places (past and present) as well as their standing in and relation with the world.<\/p><p>One would ask what difference it makes whether to study Africa from Africa as viewed by Africans or from the various centres for African studies in Europe and America. There is certainly knowledge to be acquired either way, but it may not be the same. But place indeed matters in knowledge production. Although researchers often underline their objectivity, research and politics of knowledge are often informed by interests and positionality. Our study of Africa is rooted in the interest of achieving self-understanding and decolonisation through a pursuit of knowledge mainly driven from within Africa and guided by endogenous imperatives and lenses. This does not rule out working with other people from outside Africa, but we are keen on holding the concerns of the African world as our priority. Put differently, ours is not just another knowledge-scrutinising and knowledge-producing Centre for African Studies only different by location. Nor does it simply afford a research gaze at Africa(ns) as an object of indifferent study. As a centre <em>for<\/em> and not simply a centre <em>of<\/em>, we are instead embedded and purposeful at finding ways of taking Africa(ns) forward epistemologically first and foremost, and then in material and pragmatic senses as well. On the admission of the above ideal, we are open to working with a healthy synergy of African continent-based and non-continent-based scholars to animate scientific life in initiating and furthering enriching research on Africa and generating insights that could as well inform social policy and practice in Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3328b5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ct-header-fixed-none ct-row-max-none\" data-id=\"3328b5d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n            \n                        <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended \">\n                    <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2933d62\" data-id=\"2933d62\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n    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<\/section>\n        <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fbabc9d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3fbabc9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-204eb2c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"204eb2c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12aaa16e animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12aaa16e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Don\u2019t just take our word for it<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e103d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e103d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2728046b animated-slow e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2728046b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:150,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45314d3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"45314d3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 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color=\"#f8f812\" face=\"Archivo, sans-serif\"><b>MISSION<\/b><\/font><center><font color=\"#f8f812\" face=\"Archivo, sans-serif\"><b><\/b><\/font><\/center><\/center><center><br><\/center><\/span><\/div>\nTo promote quality research, documentation, and exchange of ideas on Africa and her relations with the outside world\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2d963c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e2d963c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Uganda-matryrs-1024x512.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6091\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Uganda-matryrs-1024x512.webp 1024w, 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data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\"><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 24px; text-transform: uppercase;\"><center><font color=\"#f8f812\" face=\"Archivo, sans-serif\"><b>OBJECTIVEs<\/b><\/font><\/center><\/span><\/div><br> \n<p>To facilitate research on and collection of elements of Africa\u2019s cultural heritage and their relevance in contemporary times. <\/p>\n<p>Facilitate respectful dialogue\/conversations among African and non-African researchers on African issues with a view to enhance knowledge pluralism.<\/p>\n<p>To address misrepresentations and underrepresentation of Africa through rigorous research, public debates, and publication.<\/p>\n\nTo promote the appreciation and utilization of relevant African cultural precepts and knowledge, including through amendments and reviews of teaching curricula at UMU. \n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ca87194 animated-slow e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ca87194\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:150,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b238721 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"3b238721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\"><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 24px; text-transform: uppercase;\"><center><font color=\"#f8f812\" face=\"Archivo, sans-serif\"><b>Activities<\/b><\/font><\/center><center><font color=\"#f8f812\" face=\"Archivo, sans-serif\"><b><br><\/b><\/font><\/center><\/span><\/div> \nResearch and Publications\nCollection and Archiving\nAssociate\/Affiliate Fellowships\n\nCAS Public Lecture, Debate and Panel Series\nCAS Exhibition Series\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ec31f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52ec31f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fofana-1024x686-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6092\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fofana-1024x686-1.jpg 1024w, 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Nakabo<\/h4><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">PhD (CAS Research Fellow)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a68117 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"56a68117\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cas.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/82dc15241ace7534b3c47925a186791f.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-grow attachment-full size-full wp-image-6124\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">David N. 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