''The Journal of African History'' (JAH) is a triannual 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. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

. It was established in 1960 and is published by

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. It was among the first specialist journals to be devoted to African history and

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and was founded by

John Fage John Donnelly Fage (3 June 1921–6 August 2002) was a British historian who was among the earliest academic historians specialising in African history, especially of the pre-colonial period, in the United Kingdom and West Africa. He p ...

and

Roland Oliver Roland Anthony Oliver FBA (30 March 1923 – 9 February 2014) was an Indian-born English academic and Emeritus Professor of African history at the University of London. Throughout a long career he was an eminent researcher, writer, teacher, ...

. As stated on the journal's website: The current editors are Professor Shane Doyle
University of Leeds, UK
', Professor Dan Magaziner
Yale University, USA
', Professor Marissa Moorman
Indiana University Bloomington, USA
', and Professor Moses Ochonu
Vanderbilt University, USA
'.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the official website, the journal has a 2015

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of 0.857.

References

External links

* African history journals Cambridge University Press academic journals English-language journals Triannual journals Publications established in 1960 {{hist-journal-stub