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''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 years it has been published between twice and four times per year by
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, since 2013 on behalf of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at
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.


History

Upon his 1961 return to
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, Uganda, from studies in
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, 22-year-old Rajat Neogy established ''Transition Magazine: An International Review''.Julius Sigei and Ciugu Mwagiru
"Humble magazine that nurtured Africa's thinkers"
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'', 1 December 2012. The magazine was partially funded by the
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, an
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advocacy group whose ties to the
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were then unknown. ''Transition'' served as a major literary platform of
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n writers and intellectuals during the
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.Origins of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, 1949–50
/ref> In 1962, Christopher Okigbo was appointed as editor of a West African edition. In 1968, the Ugandan government jailed Neogy for
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; the magazine had criticized President
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's proposed constitutional reforms. After Neogy's release, the magazine began publication in
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from 1971. Nigerian writer
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became editor in 1973, but in 1976 the magazine was forced to cease publication for financial reasons.
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, previously a frequent contributor to ''Transition'' when published in Ghana, revived the magazine in 1991. Under his leadership, ''Transition'' evolved into "an international magazine about race and culture, with an emphasis on the
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". It is not clear when the journal was first published in the US, but since the Hutchins Center was established in 2013, it has supported publication of the journal. the editor is Alejandro de la Fuente. Soyinka is chair of the editorial board, and Gates and
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are named as the publishers.


Former editors

Former editors include: * Rajat Neogy *
Wole Soyinka Wole Soyinka , (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian author, best known as a playwright and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty five plays and five memoirs. He also wrote two transla ...
* Henry Finder * Michael C. Vazquez * F. Abiola Irele * Laurie Calhoun * Tommie Shelby * Glenda Carpio * Vincent Brown


See also

*
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– CIA program to fund anti-communist advocacy


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External links

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