African Studies Review

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The African Studies Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering African studies. The journal also publishes book and film reviews.

African Studies Review
DisciplineAfrican studies
LanguageEnglish, French
Edited byCajetan Iheka, Yale University
Publication details
Former name(s)
African Studies Bulletin
History1958-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
1.82 (2021)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Afr. Stud. Rev.
Indexing
ISSN0002-0206 (print)
1555-2462 (web)
LCCN2002-227372
JSTOR00020206
OCLC no.51205622
African Studies Bulletin
ISSN0568-1537
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The journal was established in 1958 as the African Studies Bulletin, obtaining its current name in 1970. The editor-in-chief is Cajetan Iheka (Yale University); the Deputy Editor is Kate Luongo (Northeastern University).[1]

History

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During its history, it published several supplements, which have now all been consolidated in the main journal.[2]

  • Issue: Quarterly Journal of Opinion (1971–1999), later renamed African Issues (2000–2004)
  • ASA Review of Books (1975–1980)
  • Africana Newsletter (1962–1964)

Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is indexed and abstracted in the following bibliographic databases:[3]

Journal Prizes

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The African Studies Review awards prizes to recognize the achievements in scholarship of African studies scholars. In 2001, the board of directors of the African Studies Association established an annual prize, the Graduate Student Paper Prize, for the best graduate student paper presented at the previous year's Annual Meeting. While this is an ASA award, the winning essay is submitted to the African Studies Review for expedited peer review. In 2020, the journal expanded its prizes to include the ASR Best Africa-Based Dissertation Award and the ASR Prize for Best Africa-focused Anthology or Edited Collection.[4]

ASR Distinguished Lectures

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The African Studies Review together with the African Studies Association Board of Directors launched a distinguished lecture in 2011 featuring state of the art research in African Studies.[5] The lectures are then published in the journal. Recent lectures include:

References

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  1. ^ "African Studies Review".
  2. ^ "Information".
  3. ^ "African Studies Review". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ^ "African Studies Review Prizes".
  5. ^ "ASR Distinguished Lectures".
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