Africa Today
Journal
Advancing interdisciplinary research on contemporary Africa since 1954
Africa Today has been at the forefront of African Studies research since 1954. It 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.
The journal accepts individual manuscripts for open issues and special issue submissions focused on particular topics.
Volume 72, no. 1, 2025
Guest Editor: Jonathan O. Chimakonam
Special Issue on Belonging and Returning to the African Community: Critical Perspectives
Volume 71, no. 3-4, 2025
Guest Editors: Erdmute Alber, Gretchen Bauer, and Akosua Darkwah
Special Issue on Rethinking Women’s Political Power in West Africa
Volume 70, no. 1, 2023
Guest Editors: Dorothea E. Schulz and Souleymane Diallo
Special Issue on Rifle, Pen, and Prayer Beads: Constructing Political Legitimacy in Mali
Volume 69, no. 1-2, 2022
Guest Editors: Marcia C. Schenck and George N. Njung
Special Issue on Rethinking Refuge: Processes of Refuge Seeking in Africa
Volume 68, no. 4, 2022
Guest Editors: Maarten Bedert and Rijk van Dijk
Special Issue on Ethnographies of Postcrisis Situation in Africa
