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African Studies African studies is the study of Africa, especially the continent's cultures and societies (as opposed to its geology, geography, zoology, etc.). The field includes the study of Africa's history (pre-colonial, colonial, post-colonial), demography ...


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* '' Abasebenzi'' * '' ACBF Newsletter'' * ''
Acta Germanica ''Acta Germanica'' is a scholarly yearbook A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a type of a book published annually. One use is to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school. The term also refers to a book of statistics o ...
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Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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Africa Bibliography ''Africa Bibliography'' is an annual guide to works in African studies published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the International African Institute (IAI). It was established in 1984 and is published as an annual print volume and simult ...
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Africa Confidential ''Africa Confidential'' is a fortnightly newsletter covering politics and economics in Africa. It was established in 1960 and is owned by the British company Asempa Limited. Founded by a group of six individuals under the banner of Miramoor Publ ...
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Africa Development ''Africa Development'' (''Afrique et développement'') is the quarterly bilingual journal of CODESRIA The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is Pan-African research organisation headquartered in Dakar, Se ...
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Africa Education Review ''Africa Education Review'' (, ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering current educational issues. It has been in existence since 1972 under the name ''Educare''. Indexing and abstracting The journal is abstracted and indexed in the follow ...
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Africa Media Review ''Africa Media Review'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering communication theory, practice, and policy in Africa. It is a collaborative publication between the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) ...
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Africa Renewal ''Africa Renewal'' is a magazine published by the United Nations. The magazine was established in 1987. It was formerly published as ''Africa Recovery/Afrique Relance''. The magazine is published on a quarterly basis. It focuses on the critical ...
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Africa Report Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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Africa Review of Books Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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Africa Spectrum ''Africa Spectrum'' is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed academic journal concentrating on the analysis of current issues of development in Africa south of the Sahara. It is the only German academic journal exclusively devoted to Africa. ''Afri ...
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Africa Today ''Africa Today'' is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary academic journal with articles about contemporary Africa. It was founded in 1954 and is published quarterly by the Indiana University Press. The editors accept submissions based on original res ...
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Africa Yearbook The ''Africa Yearbook'' is an annual publication devoted to politics, economy and society south of the Sahara. It is the successor to the German-language ''Afrika Jahrbuch'' published by the Institut für Afrika-Kunde in Hamburg, which issued its ...
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Africa-Asia Confidential ''Africa-Asia Confidential'' was first published in November 2007 by the same group that owns ''Africa Confidential'', Asempa Limited of Cambridge. The newsletter was founded in response to the growing political and economic relations between Afric ...
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African Affairs ''African Affairs'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published quarterly by Oxford University Press on behalf of the London-based Royal African Society. The journal covers any Africa-related topic: political, social, economic, environmental an ...
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African and Asian Studies ''African and Asian Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on Africa and Asia. It covers aspects of anthropology, sociology, history, political science and related social sciences about African and Asian societies and cul ...
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African and Black Diaspora ''African and Black Diaspora'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering African and Black studies, as well as research on the African diaspora. It was established in 2008 and is published by Routledge. The editors-in-chief are Fass ...
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African Anthropologist ''African Anthropologist'' is the journal of the Pan African Anthropological Association (PAAA). General information on online edition Restricted access Fulltext online: vol. 6, no. 1 (1999) - vol. 2, no. 2 (2005) Former title (until volume 6): ...
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African Archaeological Review The ''African Archaeological Review'' is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on current African archaeology Africa has the longest record of human habitation in the world. The first hominins emerged 6-7 million years ago, and among the earliest ana ...
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African Arts African art describes the modern and historical paintings, sculptures, installations, and other visual culture from native or indigenous Africans and the African continent. The definition may also include the art of the African diasporas, su ...
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African Book Publishing Record The ''African Book Publishing Record'' is an academic journal covering new and forthcoming African publications, providing full bibliographic and acquisitions data. It covers works of all levels in the African languages, as well as English, French ...
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African Communist ''African Communist'' is the magazine of the South African Communist Party, published quarterly. The magazine was started by a group of Marxist-Leninists in 1959. It has its headquarters in Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language ...
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African Crop Science Journal The ''African Crop Science Journal'', a quarterly publication, publishes original research papers dealing with all aspects of Agronomy, crop agronomy, production, Genetic modification of food, genetics and breeding, germplasm, crop protection, pos ...
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African Development Review The ''African Development Review'' is devoted to the study and analysis of development policy in Africa. Published four times a year for the African Development Bank, the Review emphasizes policy relevance of research findings, rather than purely ...
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African Economic History ''African Economic History'' is an annual academic journal covering research on all aspects of the economics of the African past, including its historiography, with an emphasis on sub-Saharan, colonial and post-colonial themes. It was established i ...
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African Economic History Review ''African Economic History'' is an annual academic journal covering research on all aspects of the economics of the African past, including its historiography, with an emphasis on sub-Saharan, colonial and post-colonial themes. It was established i ...
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African Economic Outlook ''African Economic Outlook'' is an annual reference book-academic journal, journal which focuses on the Economy of Africa, economics of most African countries. It reviews the recent economy, economic situation and predicts the short-term interrela ...
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African Finance Journal The ''African Finance Journal'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering finance, accounting, and economics in an African context. The African Finance Journal (AFJ) is published twice a year and edited at Africagrowth Institute. The jour ...
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African Human Rights Law Journal The ''African Human Rights Law Journal'' publishes peer-reviewed contributions dealing with human rights related topics of relevance to Africa, Africans, and scholars of Africa. The journal appears twice a year, in March and October. Indexing T ...
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African Human Rights Law Reports The ''African Human Rights Law Reports'' is an annual law journal published by JUTA Law on behalf of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria. It contains legal decisions of relevance to human rights law in Africa. These include se ...
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African Identities ''African Identities'' is an academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transp ...
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African Issues African or Africans may refer to: * Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa: ** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa *** Ethn ...
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African Journal of AIDS Research The ''African Journal of AIDS Research'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal published in 2002 by the National Inquiry Services Centre (Grahamstown, South Africa) on topics related related to understanding the social dimensions to AIDS in Afri ...
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African Journal of Aquatic Science The ''African Journal of Aquatic Science'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in the aquatic sciences in Africa. It was established in 1975 as ''Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa'' and renamed in 1989 as ...
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African Journal of Ecology The ''African Journal of Ecology'' (formerly ''East African Wildlife Journal'') is a quarterly scientific journal focused on the ecology and conservation of the animals and plants of Africa. It is published by Blackwell Publishing in association w ...
'' * '' African Journal of International Affairs and Development'' * '' African Journal of International and Comparative Law'' * '' African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science'' * ''
African Journal of Marine Science The ''African Journal of Marine Science'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all disciplines of marine science. It was established in 1983 as the ''South African Journal of Marine Science'' and obtained its current name in 2003. It is ...
'' * '' African Journal of Political Economy'' * '' African Journal of Political Science'' * '' African Journal on Conflict Resolution'' * '' African Journals OnLine'' * '' African Languages and Cultures'' * ''
African Markets Overview ''African Markets Overview'' was a magazine that reported on the monthly performance of stock market A stock market, equity market, or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers of stocks (also called shares), which represent ...
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African Music (journal) ''African Music'' is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the International Library of African Music. It covers contextualized studies of African music and related arts. Articles are made freely accessible after a two-year embargo ...
'' * '' African Natural History'' * '' African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety'' * ''
African Population Studies ''Etude de la Population Africaine/African Population Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering original research on African populations, development, and related fields. It was established in 1986 and is published by the Union for A ...
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African Renaissance The African Renaissance is the concept that the African people shall overcome the current challenges confronting the continent and achieve cultural, scientific, and economic renewal. This concept was first articulated by Cheikh Anta Diop in a serie ...
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African Safety Promotion ''African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention'' is a forum for discussion and debate among scholars, policy-makers and practitioners active in the field of injury prevention and safety promotion. External links * {{Off ...
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African Studies African studies is the study of Africa, especially the continent's cultures and societies (as opposed to its geology, geography, zoology, etc.). The field includes the study of Africa's history (pre-colonial, colonial, post-colonial), demography ...
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African Studies Abstracts Online African Studies Abstracts Online (ASAO) was a quarterly abstracting service covering academic journal articles and edited works on Africa in the field of the social sciences and the humanities. It was published by the Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden T ...
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African Studies Quarterly ''African Studies Quarterly'' is a peer-reviewed electronic academic journal published quarterly by the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, USA. The journal is indexed by the Public Affairs Information ...
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African Studies Review The ''African Studies Review'' is a Peer review, peer-reviewed academic journal covering African studies. The journal also publishes book and film reviews. The journal was established in 1958 as the ''African Studies Bulletin'', obtaining its curr ...
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African Study Monographs ''African Study Monographs'' is a peer-reviewed open access academic journal that covers African studies African studies is the study of Africa, especially the continent's cultures and societies (as opposed to its geology, geography, zoology, ...
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African Zoology ''African Zoology'' is a biannual peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers any aspect of zoology relevant to Africa and its surrounding oceans, seas, and islands. It is published by the Zoological Society of Southern Africa. It publishes topic ...
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Africana Libraries Newsletter The ''Africana Libraries Newsletter'' is published in October and March of each year. The newsletter is produced to support the work of the Africana Librarians Council (ALC) of the African Studies Association The African Studies Association (A ...
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Africanus Africanus is Latin for "African". It may refer to: People Ancient Roman cognomen * Africanus Fabius Maximus, the younger son of Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45 BC) and an unknown wife * Cresconius Africanus, a Latin canon lawyer of uncertain dat ...
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Afrique & Histoire ''Afrique & Histoire'' was a French peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to the study of African history The history of Africa begins with the emergence of hominids, archaic humans and — around 300–250,000 years ago—anatomically ...
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Afrique contemporaine ''Afrique contemporaine'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by De Boeck Brussels, Belgium Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show t ...
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Annales Aequatoria ''Annales Aequatoria'' was an annual peer-reviewed academic journal that covered studies on the languages, societies, and history of Central Africa in general and the Congo in particular. The journal was established in 1937 under the title ''Aequ ...
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Canadian Journal of African Studies The ''Canadian Journal of African Studies'' is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering African studies that was established in 1967. It is published by the Canadian Association of African Studies. Articles are published in English or ...
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Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa The ''Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa'' is a peer-reviewed law journal published by the Institute of Foreign and Comparative Law, University of South Africa The University of South Africa (UNISA), known colloquial ...
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Development Southern Africa ''Development Southern Africa'', the journal of the Development Bank of Southern Africa The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is a development finance institution wholly owned by the Government of South Africa. The bank intends to "acc ...
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Die Burger ''Die Burger'' (English: The Citizen) is a daily Afrikaans-language newspaper, published by Naspers. By 2008, it had a circulation of 91,665 in the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa. Along with ''Beeld'' and ''Volksblad'', it is ...
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International Journal of African Historical Studies The ''International Journal of African Historical Studies'' publishes peer reviewed articles on all aspects of African history The history of Africa begins with the emergence of hominids, archaic humans and — around 300–250,000 years a ...
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Journal of African Archaeology The ''Journal of African Archaeology'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering archaeological studies on Africa. It was established by Sonja Magnavita in 2003. From 2003 to 2016, the Centre for Interdisciplinary African Studies and t ...
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Journal of African Cultural Studies The ''Journal of African Cultural Studies'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on African culture, including African literatures, both written and oral, performance arts, visual arts, music Music is generally ...
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Journal of African Earth Sciences The ''Journal of African Earth Sciences'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. It covers the earth sciences, primarily on issues that are relevant to Africa and the Middle East. The journal was established in 1983 and the ed ...
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Journal of African Economies The ''Journal of African Economies'' is published five times a year by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford. The journal publishes economic analyses, focused entirely on Africa. E ...
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Journal of African History ''The Journal of African History'' (JAH) is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal. It was established in 1960 and is published by Cambridge University Press. It was among the first specialist journals to be devoted to African history and arch ...
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Journal of African Law The ''Journal of African Law'' is published biannually by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London, United Kingdom). It is a peer-reviewed law review A law review or law journa ...
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Journal of Eastern African Studies The ''Journal of Eastern African Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on the Eastern African region. It was established in 2007 and is published by Routledge on behalf of the British Institute in Eastern Afric ...
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Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law The ''Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law'' (formerly ''African Law Studies'') is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on all aspects of legal pluralism and unofficial law. It was established in 1969 and is the official pu ...
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Journal of Modern African Studies The ''Journal of Modern African Studies'' is a quarterly academic journal of African studies covering developments in modern African politics and society. Its main emphasis is on current issues in African politics, economies, societies, and inter ...
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Journal of Religion in Africa The ''Journal of Religion in Africa'' is a quarterly academic journal established in 1967 by Andrew Walls. It focuses on all religious traditions in Africa. Notable people * David Maxwell, editor from 1998 to 2005 * Andrew Walls Andrew Finl ...
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Journal of Social Development in Africa The ''Journal of Social Development in Africa'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. ...
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Journal of Southern African Studies The ''Journal of Southern African Studies'' is an international publication which covers research on the Southern African region, focussing on Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and ...
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Journal of West African Languages The ''Journal of West African Languages'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the study of West African languages. It is the official publication of the West African Linguistic Society. History The journal was established in 1964 a ...
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Koedoe ''Koedoe'', subtitled ''African Protected Area Conservation and Science'', is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering biology, ecology, and biodiversity conservation in Africa. It was established in 1958. Koedoe is Afrikaans ...
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Leeds African Studies Bulletin Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS) is an interdisciplinary centre at the University of Leeds that was established in 1964, and has members from a variety of faculties who share an interest in African Studies. The English, Geography ...
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Philosophia Africana ''Philosophia Africana'' was a peer-reviewed academic journal of Africana philosophy established in 1998. It was published at DePaul University under the editorship of Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze until his death in 2007, and was subsequently edited by ...
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Politeia ''Politeia'' (πολιτεία) is an ancient Greek word used in Greek political thought, especially that of Plato and Aristotle. Derived from the word ''polis'' ("city-state"), it has a range of meanings from " the rights of citizens" to a "form ...
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Politique africaine ''Politique africaine'' is a quarterly francophone academic journal that publishes articles and book reviews on current issues in African politics. It was established in 1981 and is published by Éditions Karthala in Paris Paris () is th ...
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Review of African Political Economy The ''Review of African Political Economy'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering African political economy. It was founded with the help of Lionel Cliffe and is published quarterly by Taylor & Francis since 1974. It focuses in particular ...
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SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics ''SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics'' are an outlet for research in progress conducted by staff, research students and research associates in the Department of Linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London ...
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South African Geographical Journal The ''South African Geographical Journal'' is the official journal of the Society of South African Geographers. The journal was established in 1917. The South African Geographical Journal was founded in 1917 and is the flagship journal of the Soc ...
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South African Journal of Geology The ''South African Journal of Geology'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Geological Society of South Africa that was established in March 1896 as the ''Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa'', obta ...
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South African Historical Journal The ''South African Historical Journal'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on the Southern African region. It was established in 1969 and is published on behalf of the South African Historical Society by the Universit ...
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South African Journal of Science The ''South African Journal of Science'' is an open access, Multidisciplinarity, multidisciplinary academic journal published bimonthly by the Academy of Science of South Africa. The journal has a 2021 impact factor of 2.134. History The journal w ...
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Sudan Tribune The ''Sudan Tribune'' is an electronic news portal on Sudan and South Sudan and neighbouring countries including news coverage, analyses and commentary, official reports and press releases from various organizations, and maps. It is based in P ...
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Transition Magazine ''Transition Magazine'' was established in 1961 by Rajat Neogy as ''Transition Magazine: An International Review''. It was published from 1961 to 1976 in various countries on the African continent, and since 1991 in the United States. In recent y ...
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Water SA ''Water SA'' publishes refereed, original work in all branches of water science, technology and engineering. This includes water resources development; the hydrological cycle; surface hydrology; geohydrology and hydrometeorology; limnology; salin ...
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World Development ''World Development'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering development studies. It was established in 1973 and is published by Elsevier. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020 impact factor The im ...
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* African Journals OnLine {{DEFAULTSORT:African Studies Journals
African studies African studies is the study of Africa, especially the continent's cultures and societies (as opposed to its geology, geography, zoology, etc.). The field includes the study of Africa's history (pre-colonial, colonial, post-colonial), demography ...