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Journals on Africa from Elsewhere
Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute
Africa is the premier journal devoted to the study of African societies and culture. Published as the journal of the International African Institute, editorial policy encourages an interdisciplinary approach involving the social sciences, history, the environment and life sciences.
Africa aims to give increased attention to historical trends, issues of development and links between local and national levels of society. At the same time, it maintains its commitment to the theoretically informed analysis of the realities of Africa's own cultural categories.
http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/newweb/journals/Africa/index.html
http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/newweb/journals/Africa/contents.html
Africa Today
Since 1954, Africa Today has been in the forefront in publishing Africanist, reform-minded research and provides access to the best scholarly work from around the world on a full range of political, economic, and social issues. Multicultural in perspective, it is not only a much-needed alternative forum for serious analysis and discussion but offers positive solutions to the problems facing Africa today. The journal is published by Indiana University Press.
http://iupjournals.org/africatoday/
African Affairs
African Affairs is published by the Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal African Society. Now in its 100th volume, it publishes articles on recent political, social and economic developments in sub-Saharan countries. Also included are historical studies that illuminate current events in the continent.
http://www3.oup.co.uk/afrafj/scope/
African Archaeological Review (USA)
The African Archaeological Review publishes authorative articles on
African archaeology highlighting the outstanding contributions of this region's past
as they relate to global issues. Important topics include the emergence of
modern humans, earliest manifestations of human cultures and the origins of African plant and animal domesticates.
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0263-0338/current
African Book Publishing Record (ABPR)
The African Book Publishing Record is the only bibliographical tool which offers systematic and comprehensive coverage of new and forthcoming African publications in a single source, providing full bibliographic and acquisitions data. In addition to its bibliographic coverage, ABPR also includes an extensive book review section, reviews of new journals, and features a variety of news, reports, and articles about African book trade activities and developments.
http://www.saur.de/Journals/jabpr.htm
African Books in Print/Livres Africains Disponibles
The new 5th edition of African Books in Print (ABIP) is the most authoritative source of reference and selection tool for African book publishing output. It contains full bibliographic and acquisitions data on almost 32,000 titles, published in 41 African countries, by more than 900 publishers and research institutions with publishing programmes. It also includes publications from professional associations, learned societies, NGOs, university departments and many more. Significantly updated since the last edition, ABIP cumulates all titles listed in the quarterly African Book Publishing Record (ABPR) between 1993 and 1999, as well as including a substantial number of new records not previously listed in either ABIP or ABPR.
http://www.saur.de/Titel/hz_07684.htm
African Geoscience Review
African Geoscience Review (AGR) (including current bibliography of Middle East and African geology) presents thematic contributions which constitute the basis of an up-to-date geoscience reference series on the African continent and neighbouring regions. It aims to encourage international, regional or sub-regional cooperation in the transfer of geoscience information and the exchange of interesting data between research institutions, industrial and service sectors.The AGR promotes the publication of special issues and memoires on major themes, and regionally-oriented contributions emphasizing applied aspects of the Earth Sciences. These include review articles or the results of new research in the following fields: Geology, Geomorphology, Environmental Geology, Hydrogeology, Mineral Exploration, Sedimentology, Toxic Waste Management and Remote Sensing. Articles are published in French and English.
http://www.geoscafr.com/
African Issues
African Issues, formerly Issue: A Journal of Opinion, is a multi-disciplinary biannual journal that publishes short articles analyzing and criticizing contemporary policies toward Africa, in Africa and involving the Africanist community. African Issues is co-edited by Jo Ellen Fair of the University of Wisconsin and Cyril Daddieh of Providence College.
http://www.africanstudies.org/asa_publicationslist.htm#Periodicals
African
Journal for Environmental Assessment and Management
Published biannually in English and French by Africa
Future Verlag Aachen / Logos Verlag Berlin,
AJEAM focuses exclusively on environmental issues in Africa. Providing Africa with the
opportunity to report on measures being taken to care for its environment and acting as a
medium to collate and disseminate important information on environmental assessment and
management on the continent, this academic journal also aims to institutionalise formal
environmental assessment and management principles and practices. Its target audiences are
natural and social scientists, policy makers, graduate students, professional practitioners
and others interested in best practice in environmental assessment and management.
http://www.ajeam-ragee.org/
African Journal of Ecology
Published for the East African Wild Life Society, the African Journal of Ecology (formerly East African Wildlife Journal) publishes original scientific research into the ecology of the animals and plants of Africa. It has a wide circulation both within and outside Africa and is the foremost research journal on the ecology of the continent. In addition to original articles, the Journal publishes comprehensive reviews on topical subjects and brief communications of preliminary results. The journal is published by Blackwell Science.
http://www.blackwell-science.com/aje
African Studies
Rooted in long tradition of scholarship, African Studies has been under new editorship and the direction of a new editorial board since 1994. With the transformations underway in southern African society and universities,
African Studies provides a forum for writing in which metropolitan concerns are transformed and recast in the light of indigenously generated ideas about debates. It also encourages dialogue between scholars writing in an about, different countries in the South.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/00020184.html
African Studies Abstracts Online
African Studies Abstracts Online is the new electronic journal of the African Studies Centre in Leiden. Like its printed predecessor (African Studies Abstracts), African Studies Abstracts Online provides an overview of articles from periodicals and edited works on Africa in the field of the social sciences and the humanities available in the library of the African Studies Centre in Leiden. Each issue contains up to 450 titles with abstracts of collective volumes, journal articles and chapters from edited works, arranged geographically. Each issue also contains a geographical index, a subject index, an author index, and a list of journals and edited works abstracted in that issue.
Almost 240 journals are scanned on a regular and systematic basis. This includes all the leading journals in the field of African studies, as well as a number of journals dealing with third world countries and development studies in general. Just under the half are published in Africa. A selection of edited works is also accessed and abstracted on a chapter-by-chapter basis. All publications covered are available at the African Studies Centre library in Leiden.
http://asc.leidenuniv.nl/library/abstracts/asa-online/about.htm
African Studies Quarterly
The African Studies Quarterly is peer-reviewed online interdisciplinary journal of contemporary Africa. Authors are encouraged to submit articles online, the journal's preferred medium for editorial work and correspondence. The journal gives equal emphasis to the social sciences, the humanities, and the arts. Submission from Africa-based scholars is particularly encouraged. Regular issues feature articles on varied topics but the journal also produces special editions devoted to specific subjects, such as conservation policy, new frontiers in African philosophy, etc. The journal also carries extended book reviews, and an opinion "At Issue" section. It is published by the Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville.
http://www.africa.ufl.edu/asq/
African Studies Review
African Studies Review: The Journal of the African Studies
Association, a multi-disciplinary scholarly journal, publishes original research and analyses of Africa and book reviews three times annually. It encourages scholarly debates across disciplines. The editing of the African Studies Review is supported by Five Colleges, Inc., a consortium representing Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts. African Studies Review is co-edited by Ralph Faulkingham of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Mitzi Goheen of Amherst College. Eugenia Herbert of Mount Holyoke College serves as book review editor.
http://www.umass.edu/anthro/asr/
http://www.africanstudies.org/asa_publicationslist.htm#Periodicals
African Symposium: A Journal of Educational Research on Africa
African Symposium is the most recent effort of the African Educational Research Network (AERN) to bring the research works of African scholars to a global readership on a timely basis through an on-line journal. The African Educational Research Network (AERN) promotes research capacity building through collaborative actions aimed at increasing the access of research professors to essential data bases, to strengthen the community of scholars concerned with African development studies and to utilize the emerging informational technologies to close the gap between the educators in the information poor and the information advantaged universities of sub-Saharan Africa and the "north."
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/aern/afrisymp.html
Africana Studia
The Journal Africana Studia is an international publication from CEAUP (Centre of African Studies of the University of Porto), that has, since 1999, been promoting the divulgation, debate and critics of the research on African social problems.As implied by its object, its editorial project is open to all fields of research on the building of African societies. Thus, methodologically, it is characterised by an inter-disciplinarity highly centred on historicity and has as a privileged focus the societies of nowadays, but framed in their modern and early modern backgrounds.Integrated in a long tradition of African studies in Portuguese language, Africana Studia aims also to contribute to the integration of young African researchers, mainly from the PALOP's.Africana Studia publishes thematic numbers on a regular basis as is the case of number 4 on literature and society and number 5 on slavery/forced labour.
http://www.letras.up.pt/ceaup
Africultures
Africultures est une revue mensuelle de culture africaine diffusée en librairies et sur abonnement par les Editions l'Harmattan, Paris, comportant un dossier thématique et un cahier critique des événements culturels. On peut également entièrement la consulter sur internet. Chaque jour, l'équipe d'Africultures actualise l'agenda et les informations diverses sur toutes les disciplines artistiques. Une lettre d'information informe gratuitement chaque vendredi sur l'agenda culturel de la semaine.
http://www.africultures.com
Africultures is a monthly African cultural journal available in bookstores and on subscription from the Paris-based publishers L'Harmattan. Africultures can also be entirely consulted on-line on the Web. Each day its detailed diary keeps readers up-to-date with African and diaspora cultural events around the world. The site hosts art exhibitions and a weekly Newsletter in French or a condensed monthly version in English is available free of charge via email.
http://www.africultures.com
Australasian Review of African Studies
The Australasian Review of African Studies (ARAS) is an
inter-disciplinary published twice a year, in June and December by the African Studies
Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP). Members of AFSAAP receive the journal as part of their subscription. Each issue includes a
number of substantial scholarly articles; a book review section;research reports; and short notes on Africa-related events. Articles are
peer-reviewed. Present readership is wide-ranging and intersects academic, professional, voluntary agency and public audiences in Australia and
increasingly overseas, including in Africa.
http://www.ssn.flinders.edu.au/Global/afsaap
Bulletin of SOAS
The Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies is the leading
interdisciplinary journal of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East.
It
carries unparalleled studies of the languages, cultures and civilisations
of these regions from ancient times to the present. Publishing articles,
review articles, notes and communications of the highest academic
standard,
it also features an extensive and influential reviews section and an
annual
index. The Journal is published for SOAS by Cambridge University Press.
http://www.journals.cambridge.org/journal_Bulletinoftheschooloforientalandaf
ricanstudies
Development Southern Africa
This journal offers a platform for expressing views and encouraging debate among development specialist, policy decision-makers, scholars and students in the wider professional fraternity and especially in southern Africa. The journal publishes articles which reflect innovative thinking on key development challenges and policy issues facing South Africa and other countries in the southern African
region. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/0376835x.html
History In Africa
History In Africa: A Journal of Method focuses on historiographical and methodological concerns and publishes textual analysis and criticism, historiographical essays, bibliographical essays, archival reports and articles on the role of theory and non-historical data in historical investigation.
http://www.africanstudies.org/asa_publicationslist.htm#Periodicals
International African Bibliography
The International African Bibliography is an essential resource for all those working in the African studies field, providing a current awareness service of the latest books, articles and papers published internationally on Africa. IAB lists details of more than 4,000 publications each year, with articles from some 1,150 periodicals
http://www.saur.de/
International Journal of African Historical Studies
(USA)
The International Journal of African Historical Studies publishes
articles and book reviews covering all aspects of African history, from archaeology
to contemporary issues, including the interaction between Africa and African people in the Diaspora. Each issue features five to six full-length articles
based on original research and includes a comprehensive book review section. The journal is published by Boston University's African Studies Center.
http://www.bu.edu/africa/publications/ijahs/
The Journal of African Business (USA)
The Journal of African Business is a tri-annual peer-reviewed journal that focus on issues in reference to doing business in and with African nations. This journal - unique in its exclusive focus on African business, its quality, and its emphasis on current issues - will feature high-quality, cross-functional articles from and for academics, practitioners, and policymakers interested in African business. The Journal of African Business provides valuable insights into successful business techniques and strategies for the African business arena, theoretical perspectives, cutting-edge research, and actionable solutions to identified problems of particular interest to policymakers in government and international agencies.
http://www.utoledo.edu/~JAB/
Journal of African Cultural Studies
The Journal of African Cultural Studies focuses on dimensions of African Culture. Contents include literature (particularly African Language, language literatures), performance, art, music and the role of the media, the relationship between culture and power etc. as well as issues within fields such as popular culture in Africa, sociolinguistic topics of cultural interest and culture and gender. It will no longer carry articles which deal with the technical linguistic descriptions of African languages.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/13696815.html
Journal of African Economies
The Journal of African Economies is published by Oxford University Press. Focused entirely on Africa for Africans and anyone interested in the continent - be they consultants, policymakers, academics, traders, financiers, development agents or aid workers, it is a vehicle to carry rigorous economic analysis.
http://www3.oup.co.uk/jafeco/scope/
Journal of African History
The Journal of African History publishes articles and book reviews ranging widely over the African past from the late Stone Age to the 1970s. Each issue features around six to seven full-length original research articles and a substantial book review section. The journal is published by Cambridge University Press.
http://www.journals.cambridge.org/journal_TheJournalofAfricanHistory
Journal of African Law
During the past 45 years, the Journal of African Law has established
itself
as the leading journal in its field. Its wide coverage encompasses the
laws
of sub-Saharan African countries. Its authoritative and thought-provoking
articles address contemporary legal issues and highlight issues of
international and comparative significance. The Journal is published for
SOAS by Cambridge University Press.
http://www.journals.cambridge.org/journal_JournalofAfricanLaw
Journal of Contemporary African Studies
The Journal of Contemporary African Studies is an interdisciplinary biannual journal of research and writing in the human sciences - economics, political science, international affairs, military strategy, modern history, law, sociology, education, industrial relations, urban studies, demography, social anthropology, literature, development studies and related fields. The journal seeks to promote a scholarly understanding of developments and change in Africa. All articles are independently refereed, but the editors are responsible for the final selection on contents of the
journal. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/02589001.html
Journal of Modern African Studies
Published by Cambridge University Press, The Journal of Modern African Studies offers a quarterly survey of developments in modern African politics and society. It is intended not only for students and academic specialists, but also for general readers and practitioners with a concern for modern Africa, living and working both inside and outside the continent.
http://www.journals.cambridge.org/journal_TheJournalofModernAfricanStudies
Journal of Psychology in Africa (Germany/South Africa)
Published biannually for the Working Group for African Psychology, the Journal of Psychology in Africa provides a forum for findings from psychological research in African and related regions to be better disseminated and utilized in the context of development. Special emphasis is placed on the consideration of African, Caribbean and Afro-Latin American realities and problems. Articles are practical, based on local experience, and applicable to crucial development efforts in key areas of psychology.
http://www.unorth.ac.za/faculty/Humanities/Social-Sciences/journal-psychology.htm
Journal of Southern African Studies
The Journal of Southern African Studies is an international publication for work of high academic quality. It aims to generate fresh scholarly inquiry and exposition in the fields of history, economics, sociology, demography, social anthropology, geography, administration, law, political science, international relations, literature and the natural sciences, in so far as they relate to the human condition. It represents a deliberate effort to draw together the various disciplines in social science and its allied fields. Southern Africa represents a unique opportunity for the study of a wide variety of social problems.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/03057070.html
Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa
The Journal of Sustainable Development In Africa is an interdisciplinary on-line (electronic) journal which is published bi-annually from the Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Articles by Africans and Africanists which add to the debate on sustainable development and sustainability are published in JSDA. Book reviews on development matters are also published in JSDA. The articles which appear in JSDA cover a wide range of sustainability issues such as: environment, economics, governance/socio-political matters, philosophical and cultural concerns.
http://www.jsd-africa.com.
Politikon
Politikon, published since 1974, is the official journal of the South African Political Studies Association.
Politikon focuses primarily on South African politics, but not exclusively so. Over the years the journal has published articles by some of the world's leading political scientists, including: Arend Lijphart, Samual Huntingdon, and Philippe Schmitter. It has also featured important contributions from South Africa's leading political philosophers, political scientist and international relations experts. It has proved an influential journal, particularly in debates over the merits of South Africa's constitutional reforms (in 1983 and 1994).
Politikon has established itself as the leading journal in its field both within South Africa and internationally. The journal is published twice a year.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/02589346.html
Research in African Literatures
Research in African Literatures is published four times a year and is the premier journal of African literary studies worldwide. It serves as a stimulating vehicle in English for research on the oral and written literatures of Africa. Reviews of current scholarly books are included in every number, often presented as review essays, and a forum offers readers the opportunity to respond to issues raised in articles and book reviews. The journal also provides information on African publishing as well as announcements of importance to Africanists, and frequently prints notes and queries of literary interest. Special issues and clusters of articles reveal the broad interests of the readership. The journal is published by Indiana University Press.
http://iupjournals.org/ral
Review of African Political Economy
The Review of African Political Economy has provided radical analysis and commentary on trends and issues in Africa since 1974. It has paid particular attention to class and gender analysis, and to Marxist interpretations of change in Africa. The Review of African Political Economy remains especially concerned with the following: the problems of Africa's economic, political and intellectual marginalisation; the rationale for and imposition of 'free market' development strategies, notably structural adjustment programmes and with their social an political impact; the continuing existence of, and external support for, repressive and violent regimes and movements; the economic and political role of the African bourgeoisie and questions of regional, national and community conflict. Of equal concern is the nature of popular response to these problems and the examination of the actions needed to overcome them. Thus the journal promotes and publishes analysis and debate on democratic struggles and grassroots movements; on the organisation and actions of women and other subordinate groups; and on popular resistance to repression and exploitation, including religious and cultural movements.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/03056244.html
Sankofa: A Journal of African Children's and Young Adult Literature
Sankofa: A Journal of African Children's and Young Adult Literature is a peer-reviewed journal aimed at a diverse audience of teachers, students, librarians, researchers, writers, illustrators, editors, and publishers. Taking its name name from an Akan word meaning "looking back",
Sankofa's primary objective is to disseminate information on African children's and young adult literature; recognize common inaccuracies, stereotypes, and biases in books set in Africa; provide readers with in-depth book reviews and scholarly articles on emerging trends in African and African diaspora literatures; and stimulate a global conversation on the comparative patterns in the representation of children in literature.
http://jewel.morgan.edu/~english/sankofa/
Sudanic Africa
Sudanic Africa is an international academic journal devoted to the presentation and discussion of historical sources on the Sudanic belt, the area between the Sahara and the Bay of Niger, the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans. The journal typically presents such sources in the original language and in translation, with comments. The Table of Contents for each volume as well as select articles, notes and communications and book reviews are available on the journal's website.
http://www.hf.uib.no/smi/sa/
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