We are pleased to announce that Africa Today, a scholarly journal previously published by Indiana University Press and edited in the African Studies Program at Indiana University, Bloomington, has moved to Ashesi University. The acquisition forms part of Ashesi’s broader efforts to strengthen its research environment as it works toward achieving the R2 University designation.

While it will continue to be published by Indiana University Press, Africa Today will now be housed within the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Department at Ashesi, increasing the University’s engagement in scholarly research and interdisciplinary dialogue.

Africa Today publishes peer-reviewed scholarly articles, book reviews, and short features on topics related to contemporary Africa and its diasporas. The journal welcomes submissions of individual manuscripts for open issues and for special issues focused on topical themes.

We approach this transition with a deep sense of stewardship,” Dr. Wahab, Head of the HSS Department, shared. “Sustaining that tradition of rigorous scholarship remains central, while creating greater opportunities for our faculty and other scholars, particularly those based on the continent, to engage more directly in research and academic publishing,” he added.