Journal introduction:

Aims and scope
The  Journal of African Cultural Studies publishes leading scholarship on African culture from inside and outside Africa, with a special commitment to Africa-based authors and to African languages. The journal focuses on dimensions of African culture, performance arts, visual arts, music, cinema, the role of the media, the relationship between culture and power, as well as issues within such fields as popular culture in Africa, sociolinguistic topics of cultural interest, and culture and gender. We welcome in particular articles that show evidence of understanding life on the ground, and that demonstrate local knowledge and linguistic competence. We do not publish articles that offer mostly textual analyses of cultural products such as novels, films and cultural festivals, nor articles that are mostly historical or those based primarily on secondary (such as digital and library) sources. As a leading journal in African humanities scholarship, we favour single-authored submissions. For further details, please contact the editor.
The journal has evolved from the journal African Languages and Cultures, founded in 1988 in the Department of the Languages and Cultures of Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Since 2019 it has been published in association with the International African Institute, London.
Journal of African Cultural Studies publishes original research articles. The journal also publishes an occasional Contemporary Conversations section, in which authors respond to current issues. The section can include discussions and invited response or position papers. We welcome proposals for future Contemporary Conversations themes. The journal does not generally publish interviews.

Frequency: Quarterly

Editorial Board: 
Editors:
Abimbola Adelakun
University of Chicago, USA
Kanika Batra
Texas Tech University, USA
Rebecca Jones
Independent scholar, UK
Solomon Waliaula
Maasai Mara University, Kenya
Editorial Board:
Moradewun Adejunmobi
UC Davis, USA
Añulika Agina
Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria
Semeneh Ayalew
Adis Abbaba University, Ethiopia
Karin Barber
University of Birmingham, UK
Matthew H. Brown
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Ruth Bush
University of Bristol, UK
Carli Coetzee
Independent Scholar, UK
Ying Cheng
PKU, Beijing, China
Msia Kibona Clark
Howard University, USA
Serawit Debele
University of Bayreuth, Germany
Naminata Diabate
Cornell University, USA
Dominic Dipio
Makerere University, Uganda
Louisa Egbunike
Durham University, UK
Rotimi Fasan
Osun State University, Nigeria
Tosin Gbogi
University of Minnesota, USA
Chege Githiora
Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
Musa Ibrahim
KNUST, Ghana
Angela Impey
SOAS, University of London, UK
Alessandro Jedlowski
FNRS, Belgium
David Kerr
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Stephanie Kitchen
Managing Editor, IAI, UK
Nomusa Makhubu
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Sandra Manuel
Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
Carmen McCain
SOAS, University of London, UK
Gibson Ncube
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Stephanie Newell
Yale, USA
Joseph Oduro-Frimpong
Ashesi University, Ghana
Elizabeth Olayiwola
University of Abuja 
Katrien Pype
KU Leuven University, Belgium
Connor Ryan
Bristol University, UK
Imani Sanga
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Surafel Wondimu
The Africa Institute, Sharjah, UAE
James Yeku
University of Kansas, USA
Helen Yitah
University of Ghana, Ghana

Abstracting and indexing
Journal of African Cultural Studies is currently noted in:
Abstracts in Anthropology
African Studies Abstracts Online
CAB Abstracts
MLA Directory of Periodicals
MLA International Bibliography
Thomson Reuters Arts & Humanities Citation Index® (A&HCI)
Thomson Reuters Social Sciences Citation Index® (SSCI)
 


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