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Electronic Journals for African Studies

Selected titles and collections of key journals for African Studies which are available online.

Collections of electronic journals
African Studies Internet Resources: Electronic Journals

directory of electronic journals and newspapers relating to Africa.

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/ejournals.html

Individual Journals (selected)
Africa Confidential

News on significant political, economic and security developments across the continent. Access via IP authentication.

http://www.africa-confidential.com/news

Africa Update:

quarterly newsletter of the Central Connecticut State University, African Studies Program (1993 onwards).

http://www.ccsu.edu/Afstudy/archive.html

AfricaFocus Bulletin.

Free online bulletin. Subscribe to receive the bulletin by email.

http://www.africafocus.org/

African Affairs.

Available via ingentaJournals; 2000 onwards.

http://www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/oup/afrafj

African Journal Archive

The African Journal Archive is a project of Sabinet Gateway, and is a retrospective digitisation project of full-text journal articles published in Africa.

http://www.sabinet.co.za/?page=african-journal-archive

African Studies Centre, Leiden - Africa related e-journals

Listing of numerous freely accessible Africa related online journals.

http://www.ascleiden.nl/Library/FreeOnlinePeriodicals.aspx

African studies journals

Compiled by several European libraries this is an alphabetical list of e-journals on African studies with links to the journals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_studies_journals

African Studies Quarterly

Free online journal from the Center for African Studies, University of Florida. Volume 1(1997) onwards

http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/

Archives of Popular Swahili

Published by Language and Popular Culture in Africa, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam; 1998 onwards

http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/lpca/aps/index.html

Arid Lands Newsletter (1994-).

http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/ALNHome.html

Callaloo

Available via JSTOR; 1976 to 1994. Available via EBSCOhost

http://uk.jstor.org/journals/01612492.html

Development Southern Africa.

Available via ingentaJournals.

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/cdsa

Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography

Volume 1(1997) onwards.

http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/ejab/index.html

Fast Facts

(South African Institute of Race Relations); Username & password available from Enquiry Desk for SOAS students & staff; 1997 onwards.

http://www.sairr.org.za/services/publications/fast-facts

Feminist Africa

Published by the African Gender Institute and the Feminist Studies Network; 2002 onwards.

http://www.feministafrica.org/

Focus on Africa Magazine

Quarterly publication by the BBC World Service. Each edition covers the latest political, economic, social, cultural and sporting developments in Africa.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/focus_magazine/index.shtml

Ijele: Art ejournal of the African World (2000-).

Published by the Africa Resource Center

http://www.ijele.com/

International Journal of African Historical Studies.

Available via EBSCOhost; 1997 onwards.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&jid=IAF&site=ehost-live

Ìrìnkèrindò: a journal of African migration

2002 onwards. Twice yearly. Free subscription.

http://www.africamigration.com/

Journal of African Economies.

Available via IngentaJournals.

http://www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/oup/jafeco

Journal of African History

(1997 onwards). Available via Cambridge Journals Online.

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=AFH

Journal of African Law.

Available via Cambridge Journals Online; 2001 onwards.

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JAL

Journal of Commonwealth Literature

Available via ingentaJournals.

http://jcl.sagepub.com/

Journal of Modern African Studies

Available via Cambridge Journals Online; 1997 onwards.

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=MOA

Journal of language and popular culture in Africa;

2001 onwards

http://www.pscw.uva.nl/lpca/jlpca/index.html

Monthly regional bulletin: Southern Africa.

Print monthly on policy issues in SADC (Southern African Development Community) since 1992. Last three years available online.

http://southscan.gn.apc.org/mrb_home.html

Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies.

Available via ingentaJournals

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/cpsa

Review of African Political Economy

Available via Informaworld.

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713443496

Safundi: the journal of South African and American comparative studies

Issue 2 (July 2000) onwards.

http://www.safundi.com/

Saharan Studies Newsletter

1993-2006.

http://saharanstudies.org/en/newsletter_archive

SouthScan: bulletin of southern African affairs.

Political analysis print weekly since 1986. Last four years available online. Offers personal free weekly briefings on Southern and Central Africa on request.

http://southscan.gn.apc.org/

West Africa Review;

1999 onwards. Published by the Africa Resource Center.

http://www.westafricareview.com/