Africa Review is an interdisciplinary academic journal of the African Studies Association of India (ASA India) and focuses on theoretical, historical, literary and developmental enquiries related to African affairs. The central aim of the journal is to promote a scholarly understanding of developments and change in Africa, publishing both original scholarship on developments in individual countries as well as comparative analyses examining the wider region.
The journal serves the full spectrum of social science disciplinary communities, including anthropology, archaeology, history, law, sociology, demography, development studies, economics, education, gender studies, industrial relations, literature, politics and urban studies.
Africa Review welcomes submissions for special issues and the journal’s four annual issues publish:
• Original research articles (6,000–8,000 words)
• Review articles (6,000–8,000 words)
• Book reviews (1,500–2,500 words)
For editorial queries and proposals, please contact editorial office of Africa Review: africareview@gmail.com
Editor-in-Chief:
Ajay Dubey - Professor, Centre for African Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Editors:
Olutayo C Adesina - Professor of History, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Aparajita Biswas - Former Professor and Former Director, Centre for African Studies, University of Mumbai
Atul Kumar - Professor, Energy Studies Programme, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Book Reviews Editor:
Jamal M. Moosa - Associate Professor, Centre for African Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Associate Editors:
De-Valera NYM Botchway - Professor of History (Africa and African Diaspora), Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Fouad Mami - - Professor of African History and Literature, Department of English, University of Adrar, Algeria
Sushmita Rajwar - Faculty member, Department of Political Science, Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, India
Assistant Editor:
Aarshi Dua - Formerly a Researcher at Centre for African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Editorial Committee:
Ruchita Beri - Senior Research Associate, Africa, Latin America, Caribbean and United Nations Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), India
Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim - Professor of Islamic Studies, International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan
Srikanth Kondapalli - Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
N Surjit Kumar - Faculty member, Department of Political Science, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Regional Campus, Manipur, India
Abdel-Fattah Mady - Professor of Political Science, Alexandria University, Egypt
K Mathews - Professor, Department of Political science, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Debjani Naskar - Former Researcher, Centre for African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Sanjay Lodha - Professor, Department of Political Science, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India
Santishree Pandit - Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Neil Roos - Professor & Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Shaji S - Faculty member, Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, India
Neha Sinha - Faculty member, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi
Karin Costa Vazquez - Associate Professor of Diplomatic Practice, Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University, India
Ruchi Verma - Faculty member, Hindu College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India
Siphamandla Zondi - Former Director, Institute for Global Dialogue, University of South Africa
International Advisory Board:
Chris Alden - Professor, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Isaac Bazié - Professor, Department of Literary Studies, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Dmitri Bondarenko - Professor and Deputy Director, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Michael Bollig - Professor, Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne, Germany
Inge Brinkman - Professor, Department of African Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Belgium
Alicia Girón - Coordinator of the University Program for Asian and African Studies, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Leo de Haan - Professor of Development Studies and former Rector of the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Liu Haifang -Associate Professor, Centre for African Studies, School of International Studies, Peking University, China
Misa Hirano (Nomoto) - Professor, Division of African Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
Alcinda Honwana - Professor, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Prof Goran Hyden - Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Political Science, and former Director, Centre for African Studies, University of Florida at Gainesville, USA
Takuo Iwata - Professor, College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Edmond Keller - Research Professor of political science, and former Director and of the James S Coleman African Studies Centre, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Mahmood Mamdani - Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, New York, USA
Jamie Monson - Professor and Director of African Studies, Michigan State University, USA
Paul Nugent - Professor, Department of Comparative African History, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Ricardo Soares de Oliveira - Professor of the International Politics of Africa, Department of Politics and International Relations, St Peters College, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Jacob K. Olupona - Professor of African Religious Traditions, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, USA
Professor Jeong Kyung Park - Director, Institute of African Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea
Shiskha Prabawaningtyas - Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Paramadina University, Indonesia
Gwyn Prins - Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom
Mohamed Salih - Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
Maxi Schoeman - Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Timothy Shaw - Faculty Fellow, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance; Mc Cormack Graduate School. University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Prof Yash Tandon - Former Executive Director, South Centre, Geneva, Switzerland
Alex Vines - Managing Director, Ethics, Risk & Resilience; Director, Africa Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK
International Bibliography of Social Sciences
OCLC
Scopus
Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Sociological Abstracts
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
International Index to Black Periodicals
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
Africa Review publishes:
- Original research articles (6,000–8,000 words)
- Review articles (6,000–8,000 words)
- Book reviews (1,500–2,500 words)
Online submission: Articles for publication in Africa Review can be submitted online through Editorial Manager. To submit an article, click here.
For more details on online submission, please visit our EM Support page.
Call for Papers and Special Issues:
Africa Review is published four times in a year. The Call for Papers for this journal is open all through the year. All peer reviewed and accepted articles are immediately published online first. In the last years, our articles were viewed and downloaded more than 15,000 times annually and the journal ranked in the highest top quartile (Q1) of journals with the highest impact factors. With the new partnerships, and outreach, we expect the visibility and impact of articles to increase further. We look forward to reading and featuring your cutting-edge research.
Editor-in-Chief:
Ajay Dubey - Professor, Centre for African Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Editors:
Olutayo C Adesina - Professor of History, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Aparajita Biswas - Former Professor and Former Director, Centre for African Studies, University of Mumbai
Atul Kumar - Professor, Energy Studies Programme, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Book Reviews Editor:
Jamal M. Moosa - Associate Professor, Centre for African Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Associate Editors:
De-Valera NYM Botchway - Professor of History (Africa and African Diaspora), Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Fouad Mami - - Professor of African History and Literature, Department of English, University of Adrar, Algeria
Sushmita Rajwar - Faculty member, Department of Political Science, Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, India
Assistant Editor:
Aarshi Dua - Formerly a Researcher at Centre for African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Editorial Committee:
Ruchita Beri - Senior Research Associate, Africa, Latin America, Caribbean and United Nations Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), India
Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim - Professor of Islamic Studies, International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan
Srikanth Kondapalli - Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
N Surjit Kumar - Faculty member, Department of Political Science, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Regional Campus, Manipur, India
Abdel-Fattah Mady - Professor of Political Science, Alexandria University, Egypt
K Mathews - Professor, Department of Political science, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Debjani Naskar - Former Researcher, Centre for African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Sanjay Lodha - Professor, Department of Political Science, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India
Santishree Pandit - Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Neil Roos - Professor & Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Shaji S - Faculty member, Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, India
Neha Sinha - Faculty member, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi
Karin Costa Vazquez - Associate Professor of Diplomatic Practice, Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University, India
Ruchi Verma - Faculty member, Hindu College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India
Siphamandla Zondi - Former Director, Institute for Global Dialogue, University of South Africa
International Advisory Board:
Chris Alden - Professor, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Isaac Bazié - Professor, Department of Literary Studies, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Dmitri Bondarenko - Professor and Deputy Director, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Michael Bollig - Professor, Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne, Germany
Inge Brinkman - Professor, Department of African Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Belgium
Alicia Girón - Coordinator of the University Program for Asian and African Studies, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Leo de Haan - Professor of Development Studies and former Rector of the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Liu Haifang -Associate Professor, Centre for African Studies, School of International Studies, Peking University, China
Misa Hirano (Nomoto) - Professor, Division of African Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
Alcinda Honwana - Professor, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Prof Goran Hyden - Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Political Science, and former Director, Centre for African Studies, University of Florida at Gainesville, USA
Takuo Iwata - Professor, College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Edmond Keller - Research Professor of political science, and former Director and of the James S Coleman African Studies Centre, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Mahmood Mamdani - Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, New York, USA
Jamie Monson - Professor and Director of African Studies, Michigan State University, USA
Paul Nugent - Professor, Department of Comparative African History, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Ricardo Soares de Oliveira - Professor of the International Politics of Africa, Department of Politics and International Relations, St Peters College, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Jacob K. Olupona - Professor of African Religious Traditions, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, USA
Professor Jeong Kyung Park - Director, Institute of African Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea
Shiskha Prabawaningtyas - Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Paramadina University, Indonesia
Gwyn Prins - Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom
Mohamed Salih - Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
Maxi Schoeman - Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Timothy Shaw - Faculty Fellow, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance; Mc Cormack Graduate School. University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Prof Yash Tandon - Former Executive Director, South Centre, Geneva, Switzerland
Alex Vines - Managing Director, Ethics, Risk & Resilience; Director, Africa Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK
Call for Papers and Special Issues:
Africa Review is published four times in a year. The Call for Papers for this journal is open all through the year. All peer reviewed and accepted articles are immediately published online first. In the last years, our articles were viewed and downloaded more than 15,000 times annually and the journal ranked in the highest top quartile (Q1) of journals with the highest impact factors. With the new partnerships, and outreach, we expect the visibility and impact of articles to increase further. We look forward to reading and featuring your cutting-edge research.
International Bibliography of Social Sciences
OCLC
Scopus
Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Sociological Abstracts
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
International Index to Black Periodicals
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
Africa Review is an interdisciplinary academic journal of the African Studies Association of India (ASA India) and focuses on theoretical, historical, literary and developmental enquiries related to African affairs. The central aim of the journal is to promote a scholarly understanding of developments and change in Africa, publishing both original scholarship on developments in individual countries as well as comparative analyses examining the wider region.
The journal serves the full spectrum of social science disciplinary communities, including anthropology, archaeology, history, law, sociology, demography, development studies, economics, education, gender studies, industrial relations, literature, politics and urban studies.
Africa Review welcomes submissions for special issues and the journal’s four annual issues publish:
• Original research articles (6,000–8,000 words)
• Review articles (6,000–8,000 words)
• Book reviews (1,500–2,500 words)
For editorial queries and proposals, please contact editorial office of Africa Review: africareview@gmail.com
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