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| African Studies Review | |
|---|---|
| Title | African Studies Review |
| Discipline | African studies |
| Editor | Editorial Board |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press for the African Studies Association |
| Country | United States |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| History | 1958–present |
| Issn | 0001-9720 |
African Studies Review
African Studies Review is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published quarterly by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the African Studies Association. It publishes interdisciplinary research and reviews concerning African history, politics, culture, and society, and convenes contributions from scholars associated with universities, research institutes, and international organizations. The journal serves as a venue for debates linked to Africanists working across continents and engages with major conferences and scholarly prizes in the field.
The journal traces institutional roots to the formation of the African Studies Association in 1957 and the postwar expansion of area studies that included scholars from Harvard University, University of Chicago, School of Oriental and African Studies, Oxford University, and University of Cape Town. Early editorial leadership featured figures connected to projects at Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, British Council, US Information Agency, and the African Studies Association itself. Over decades the journal reflected intellectual shifts including debates tied to the Pan-African Congress, the end of colonialism in Africa signaled by independence processes in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Algeria, as well as methodological turns associated with scholars from University of Nairobi, Makerere University, Cheikh Anta Diop University, and University of Dar es Salaam. Institutional changes in the 1990s and 2000s saw collaborations with publishers such as Cambridge University Press and editorial boards that included academics from Yale University, Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley, and University of London.
The journal publishes interdisciplinary articles, review essays, bibliographies, and book reviews engaging historical studies related to Scramble for Africa, social analyses connected to movements like Mau Mau Uprising and African National Congress, cultural studies addressing productions from figures such as Chinua Achebe, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, and Wole Soyinka, as well as political economy studies referencing events like Rwandan Genocide, Ethiopian Revolution, and policy debates around Structural Adjustment Programmes. The scope embraces work on regional topics including the Sahel, Horn of Africa, Great Lakes Region, Maghreb, Southern Africa, and island contexts such as Madagascar, with comparative pieces linking Africa to the African Diaspora, Caribbean, Brazil, and India.
Editorial leadership typically includes an editor-in-chief, associate editors, and an advisory board populated by scholars affiliated with institutions such as University of Ibadan, Stellenbosch University, University of the Witwatersrand, Columbia University, University of Michigan, and University of Toronto. The journal operates a double-blind peer review process drawing reviewers from networks spanning associations like the International African Institute, African Studies Association of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and research centers including the Institute of Development Studies and Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa. Special-issue guest editors have been drawn from research programs funded by agencies such as the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Published quarterly, the journal issues regular sections for articles, review essays, and book reviews; indexing and abstracting services include databases and platforms connected to JSTOR, Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest, and library catalogues at institutions such as the Library of Congress and British Library. The publisher assigns ISSN metadata and works with bibliographic aggregators used by academic libraries at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Cornell University, and the University of Johannesburg. Citation metrics and impact data are tracked in citation indexes that inform institutional assessments conducted by entities like national research councils.
Noteworthy contributions have included archival studies referencing figures such as Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah, Patrice Lumumba, and Haile Selassie, theoretical interventions engaging scholarship by Achille Mbembe, Paulin Hountondji, Said Nursî (contextualized in comparative work), and literary criticism on writers like Ayi Kwei Armah and Ama Ata Aidoo. Special issues have addressed themes including postcolonial governance, gender and sexuality with work by scholars affiliated with University of Ghana and Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, environmental politics in the Niger Delta and Lake Chad Basin, and transnational migration linking case studies of Libya, Morocco, Senegal, and South Africa.
The journal is widely cited in scholarship produced at research centers such as Brookings Institution, Chatham House, Overseas Development Institute, and in tenure dossiers across departments at Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, and Maison des Sciences de l'Homme. Its reviews section is routinely used by librarians and faculty at area studies programs such as those at Duke University, Indiana University Bloomington, and SOAS University of London to inform acquisitions and curricula. Debates launched within its pages have intersected public policy discussions in parliaments and ministries in countries including South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya.
Print and electronic subscriptions are available through Cambridge University Press arrangements with universities, consortia, and membership of the African Studies Association. Back issues are preserved in digital archives maintained by repositories like JSTOR and institutional repositories at Makerere University and University of Pretoria. Open access options and embargo policies are administered in line with funder mandates from organizations such as the Wellcome Trust and national research funders.
Category:African studies journals