"This event will definitely be our priority next year," Quarcoo said.
The new board also plans to hold more events in conjunction with other ethnic groups and hopes to increase the number of African applicants to Harvard.
This year HASA sponsored several events including the two-part "Footsteps through Africa" Series.
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"I'm thrilled of the outcome of the elections and reassured that HASA's past achievements will not only continue but be surpassed next year," Leyla Marrouk '99, who was director of the Footsteps series, wrote in an e-mail message.