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African American Studies: Recommended Journals
Journals: Africa
- Africa (Cambridge Core)PEER-REVIEWED.
Africa is the premier journal devoted to the study of African societies and culture. Editorial policy encourages an interdisciplinary approach, involving humanities, social sciences, and environmental sciences. Africa aims to give increased attention to African production of knowledge, highlighting the work of local African thinkers and writers, emerging social and cultural trends 'on the ground', 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. Each issue contains six or seven major articles, arranged thematically, extensive review essays and substantial book reviews. Special issues are published annually. - Africa Today (Indiana Univ. Press)PEER-REVIEWED
Africa Today publishes peer-reviewed, scholarly articles and book reviews in a broad range of academic disciplines on topics related to contemporary Africa. We seek to be a venue for interdisciplinary approaches, diverse perspectives, and original research in the humanities and social sciences. This includes work on social, cultural, political, historical, and economic subjects. Past special issues have been on topics such as the future of African artistic practices, the socio-cultural life of bus stations in Africa, and family-based health care in Ghana. - New African (Africa)NOT peer-reviewed// MAGAZINE
Gives a balanced mix of reporting and comment, economic and financial analysis, plus features on cultural and social affairs. - CallalooPEER-REVIEWED
Callaloo is a journal of and on the literature, art, culture, and criticism of Africa and the African diaspora. For scholars, the journal offers a host of ways to publish, from journal articles to book reviews and annotated bibliographies.
Every article, regardless of their chosen format, engaged with the larger figures in Black Studies, namely figures like DuBois (literally just about every article engages with DuBois, even if only to obliquely reference him), Fanon, and Césaire. Fewer found it necessary to engage with just as important figures like Sylvia Wynter and Hortense Spillers.
Geographically, there is a heavy focus on North America, Africa, and the Caribbean, but less so on the African diaspora of South America and Cuba, and even less on the African diaspora of the Pacific (including East Asia, Australia, etc.).
General subjects covered include: gender, sexuality, mourning, death, postcolonial theory, theories of the Black Atlantic, “blackness”, literature and media, etc.
Journals: African-American
- Journal of Black StudiesPEER-REVIEWED
Journal of Black Studies is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the fields of social sciences and ethnic studies concerning African and African diaspora culture, with particular interest in African-American culture. - African American ReviewPEER-REVIEWED
African American Review is a scholarly aggregation of essays on African-American literature, theatre, film, the visual arts, and culture; interviews; poetry; fiction; and book reviews. - Journal of African American StudiesPEER-REVIEWED
The Journal of African American Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of African American studies. - Du Bois ReviewPEER-REVIEWED
The Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering multidisciplinary and multicultural social science research and criticism about race.
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