African Magazines and Journals on the Internet

AAI Online (Africa-American Institute, New York): Quarterly newsletter with short full text articles online (the Bush Administration and Africa, Namibia education, etc.) http://www.aaionline.org/Publications/Newsletters.aspx

Accord: An International Review of Peace Initiatives (London): Published by Conciliation Resources, London. Has the full text of special issues
"Accord 9 – "Paying the price. The Sierra Leone Process" [2000]
"The Mozambican Peace Process in Perspective" [1998]
"The Liberian Peace Process 1990-1996" [1996]
http://www.c-r.org/accord/

ACP-EU Courier: Full text articles in Adobe pdf format from the print journal of the European Commission on relations with Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific countries of the Lomé Convention. "Each issue of The Courier contains two principal features: 'Country Reports' which deal with the current economic and political outlook in specific ACP states, and the 'Dossier' which generally covers a sector or theme of particular interest to developing countries. http://europa.eu.int/comm/development/body/publications/courier/index_201_en.htm

Actualités de la recherche au Mali: In French. Research bulletin of the Institut de recherche pour le développement in Mali. No. 19, mars 2004 has statistics on higher education research in Mali. Issues on the MANSA web site. The web site of the Institut de Recherche pour le Developpment, Bamako, Mali has issues including more recent issues. [KF] http://uweb.txstate.edu/anthropology/mansa/Actualites_de_la_recherche.htm

Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian Studies (Hamburg, Germany): Published by the Institut für Afrikanistik and Äthiopistik, Universität Hamburg. Issue #1 is 1998 and #2 is 1999. Most articles are in English. http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/AETHIOPICA/

Africa (International African Institute and Edinburgh Univ. Press): Their "editorial policy encourages an interdisciplinary approach, involving the social sciences, history, the environment and life sciences." Has the table of contents for the last few years. Libraries pay $295.00 which includes the annual Africa Bibliography. http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/journals/content.aspx?pageId=1&journalId=11659

Africa Analysis (London): Has sample articles. Subscribers can access the full text of the latest issue online. Subscribers also have access to past issues online. Has an academic rate. http://www.africaanalysis.com

Africa-Asia Confidential (London): Brochure page only, short snippets of articles on Africa's relations with China, India, Japan, etc. No full text on-line articles. From the publishers of Africa Confidential. http://www.africa-asia-confidential.com/

Africa Confidential: Short excerpts only from the latest issue and past issues of the well-known London political newsletter established in 1960. Access to articles is by Subscription only. http://www.africa-confidential.com/

África Debate (Lisboa, Portugal): In Portuguese and French. Published by Associação Académica África Debate. Has the table of contents. Its editorial board includes Kunle Amwuo, Carlos Cardoso, Patrick Chabal, João Cravinho, José C. Curto, and others. http://africadebate.iscte.pt/revista.htm

Africa Development / Afrique et Développement (Dakar, Senegal): In English and French. "the quarterly bilingual journal of CODESRIA." The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications site has the table of contents and abstracts for 1999-2000 only. Non-African libraries pay $45 p.a. The CODESRIA site has subscription information. [KF] http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=127&ab=ad&OJSSID=fc9167d6a8a913b0b1ff881893ccf4ab; CODESRIA site: http://www.codesria.org/Links/Publications/Journals/africa_development.htm

Africa Film & TV Magazine (Winchester, Hants, U.K.): "covers TV broadcasting, production of the moving image and cinema in the four broad sections: business, broadcasting, production, and technology." Full text issues are online. http://africafilmtv.com/pages/publications.htm

Africa e Mediterraneo (Roma : Istituto sindacale per la cooperazione allo sviluppo): In Italian. A quarterly magazine about African culture and society. Has the table of contents. Topics covered: literature and theatre, music and dance, visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography), cinema, immigration. Owned by Lai-momo, a non-profit co-operative. Contact: redazione@africaemediterraneo.it [KF] http://www.africaemediterraneo.it

Africa Economic Analysis (Bridgnorth, Shropshire, U.K): E-journal on political, social and economic issues affecting development in
Africa. http://www.afbis.com/analysis/
Contents include: Positioning Africa's Economies in an Era of Opportunity: Jude Uzonwanne,
The Way Forward for Africa, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi,
Africa's Crisis of Governance, Tunde Obadina
Single or Multi-Party System: What Option for Africa?, Sola Akinrinade.

Africa Energy & Mining (Indigo Publications, Paris): Table of contents only. Subscriptions are $720 per year. http://www.indigo-net.com/ai/aem/aem.htm

Africa Film & TV: A magazine and annual directory on the African TV, film, and video industry. Site is mainly to promote the publications but includes information on film news, film festivals, news on satellite TV in Africa and TV production. From Z Promotions Pvt. Ltd., Harare, Zimbabwe. http://www.africafilmtv.com

Africa Focus: "a free independent electronic publication providing reposted commentary and analysis on African issues, with a particular focus on U.S. and international policies. AfricaFocus Bulletin is edited by William Minter. http://www.africafocus.org/

Africa Geoscience Review (Pretoria, South Africa): Published by the Council for Geoscience (Pretoria), "an organization established by Act of Parliament with a responsibilty to acquire and store geoscience information on South Africa..." "the legal successor of the Geological Survey of South Africa." Has the table of contents/abstracts. [KF] http://www.geoscience.org.za/info/library/AGR/AGR.htm

Africa Hoje: Política, Economia e Cultura (Lisboa): In Portuguese. Has older selected articles online.Their Anuario provides basic facts on African countries, in Portuguese. http://africa.sapo.pt/

Africa Insight (Pretoria): Has the table of contents from Vol 27 No 1, 1997 to date plus an index of authors and subjects. Published by the Africa Institute, Pretoria. The journal was formed from a merger of the South African Journal of African Affairs and AI Bulletin. [KF] http://www.ai.org.za/africainsight.html

Africa Intelligence: Publishes a number of expensive newsletters on current politics and economics - The Indian Ocean Newsletter, Africa Energy & Mining, La Lettre du Continent, Maghreb Confidentiel and biographies of African leaders. Published by Indigo Publications, Paris. A one year subscription (47 issues) to the Indian Ocean Newsletter is over $900. Subscriptions to individual Country Channels are $300 each. http://www.africaintelligence.com/

Africa International (Paris): In French. The monthly print magazine on Francophone Africa has a couple of articles from the November 1997 issue. http://www.focusintl.com/pilypily.htm

Africa Journal (Washington, D.C.): Published by the Corporate Council on Africa. Full text issues online on business and investment in Africa. http://www.africacncl.org/AfricaJournal/index.asp

Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology (Machakos, Kenya): Has the table of contents and selected online articles. "published twice a year by the academic staff of Scott Theological College, a chartered private university in Kenya offering quality academic programmes accredited by Kenya's Commission for Higher Education and ACTEA." http://amani.org.au/ajet/

África Lusofona (Lisbon): E-mail: redaccao@africalusofona.pt http://www.africalusofona.pt

Africa Policy E-Journal (Washington, D.C.): Free e-mail newsletter, "an information service provided by AFRICA ACTION (incorporating the Africa Policy Information Center, The Africa Fund, and the American Committee on Africa). The E-Journal continues the Africa Policy Electronic Distribution List, which was started in 1995..." The Editor is William Minter. http://www.africaaction.org/e-journal.htm

Africa Policy Journal (Cambridge, Massachusetts): Published by graduate students at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Launched April 26, 2006. Affiliated with the Kennedy School Africa Caucus, founded by former Kennedy School student Sam Unom. http://www.africapolicyjournal.com/

Articles such as - Reviewing Global Leadership: Overcoming the Scourges of Africa by Robert Rotberg,
Archimedes Entrepreneurs: The Key to Africa’s Prosperity by Eric Kacou, Interview with Wangari Maathai.

Africa Positive (Dortmund, Germany): In German. Site for the print magazine. Articles on Africa and the African diaspora in German-speaking Europe. Table of contents, some full text articles & interviews. Africa events in Europe. [KF] http://www.africa-positive.de.

The Africa Report (Paris, France): Published by Groupe Jeune Afrique. Sample table of contents online. http://www.theafricareport.com/

Africa Recovery (New York): Has full text articles from the latest issue. Published by the United Nations Department of Public Information, with support from UNDP and UNICEF. http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec

Africa Research Bulletin: Has the table of contents online; http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0001-9844; http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0001-9852

Africa Review of Books (Dakar): Published by CODESRIA, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa. A multidisciplinary journal to be published twice yearly in English and French. Began publication with Vol. 1, No. 1, October 2004. Editorial production by the Forum for Social Studies (FSS), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with the active support of the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle (CRASC), in Oran, Algeria. The Sept. 2005 issue and the Dec. 2005 issue have full text articles online. (ISSN 0851-7592) http://www.codesria.org/Links/Publications/Journals/africa_review_books.htm

Africa Today (Bloomington, IN): Has the theme title of each issue. Articles cover political, economic, social issues and the humanities. Published by Indiana University Press; formerly published in Denver, Colorado. http://www.indiana.edu/~iupress/journals/africatoday/index.shtml

Africa Today (London): Access by subscription only. Online version of the print monthly magazine. http://www.africatoday.co.uk

Africa Update (New Britain, CT): Newsletter of Central Connecticut State's African Studies Program.; Includes articles on female circumcision, on Cameroon on Congo-Kinshasa and many more subjects. http://www.CCSU.EDU/AFSTUDY/archive.html

Africa Week (London): Requires a subscription for access to the on-line articles. Offers a 14 days free trial. Successor to West Africa, the weekly magazine. Published by TransAfrica Publishing Ltd. "We are back with a new and exciting media project for Africa – Africa Week. We have been forced to make this move because the owners of West Africa magazine have managed to achieve what the apartheid regime could not achieve in the 1970s – that is, shut down the operations of the 85-year-old magazine." http://www.africaweekmagazine.com/

African Administrative Studies (Tangier, Morocco): In English and French. Published by African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development, CAFRAD. The web site has a bibliographic database of citations to articles in African Administrative Studies. http://www.cafrad.org/

See also:
CAFRAD Web News Letter (Tangier, Morocco); In English and French. Published by the African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development, CAFRAD. Full text issues online. http://www.cafrad.org/cafrad/news/Web_News/web_news_letter.htm

African Affairs: Journal of the Royal African Society (London). One can search the tables of contents of issues from 1996 and following. Libraries pay US$160 per yr. http://www.oup.co.uk/afrafj/

African and Asian Studies (Leiden, Netherlands): Published by Brill Academic Publishers. Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002 is free online. ISSN 1569-2094. Brill parted company with the editor of the Journal of Asian & African Studies, Shivu Ishwaran. Brill owns the editorial copyright of the issues published through 2001 and has them on their web site.
Issue No. 1, 2002 of African and Asia Studies has two free full text articles:
Modeling Ethnic Protest: The Case of the Middle East and Central Asia by Emile Sahliyeh; Sangeeta Sinha; Vijayan Pillai
Anchoring Democracy in Indigenous African Institutions by Daniel Ayan. http://barbarina.catchword.com/vl=3338318/cl=16/nw=1/rpsv/cw/brill/15692094/contp1.htm

African Anthropology: Journal of the Pan African Anthropological Association (Yaounde, Cameroon): Has the table of contents and abstracts of articles. One can order photocopies of articles; $20 for up to two articles. Pay by cheque or money order in £sterling or US$. Libraries pay $70 per year for subscriptions. [KF] http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/aa/index.html

African Arts Magazine (Los Angeles): The University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA's quarterly on the arts of Africa & its diaspora. Subscription information. Has the tables of contents with photos of the covers. http://www.isop.ucla.edu/africa/africanarts/

An index to the contents of Volumes 1 through 30, (1967/68 through 1997) is on the H-Afrarts web site. Use the Search form for African Arts. The index is over 60 pages long.

African Business (London): A few articles from the latest issue of the monthly print business magazine. http://www.africasia.com/africanbusiness/index.php

African Century: E-magazine with full text articles such as "Unfinished Business: Confronting the Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism in Africa" by Professor J. F. Ade Ajayi. Managing editor of the e-magazine is Dapo Ladimeji. "Dapo Ladimeji was educated at Cambridge University and holds an MBA with distinction from Insead, Fontainebleau. He works as a chartered accountant and is currently International Tax Partner in a major City firm in London)." http://www.african-century.com/

African Crop Science Journal (Kampala, Uganda): Published by the African Crop Science Society, Kampala. Has the tables of contents and abstracts of articles. Photocopies of articles can be ordered. Pay by check or money order. From International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (London). http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/acs/index.html

African Currents: Published by the Centre for African Studies, Mumbai University, Mumbai, India. Has the table of contents. http://www.mu.ac.in/african/publication.html

African Development Review (Oxford: Blackwell): Has the table of contents / abstracts from the latest issue only. Libraries pay $75 per annum. http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=1017-6772

African Diaspora Newsletter (Toronto, Canada): Full text online, published by the Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora, York University. The Centre "focuses on the history of the African diaspora and the movement of Africans to various parts of the world, particularly the Americas and the Islamic lands of North Africa and the Middle East." http://www.yorku.ca/nhp/newsletter/newsletter.htm

African E-Journals Project - African Journals Directory: Directory of over 1900 journals published in or about Africa in all disciplines. "The directory is searchable by journal title and country or language(s) of publication." Browse by subjects. "A project of the Michigan State University African Studies Center, MSU Libraries, and MATRIX." http://africa.msu.edu/AEJP/directory.php

African Economic History (Madison, Wisconsin): Published by the African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Has the table of contents. Libraries pay $38 per year. http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/afrst/publications/aeh/index.htm

African Education Symposium: A Journal of Educational Research on Africa: On-line journal of African educational research published by the African Educational Research Network. Full text articles, including past issues. http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/aern/afrisymp.html

African Environment / Environnement africain (Dakar, Senegal): Environmental Studies and Regional Planning Bulletin. Published by ENDA-Editions. Has the table of contents. Photocopies may be ordered. The ENDA web site has some contact information (page down near the bottom). [KF] http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=129&ab=ae

African Geographical Review: Published by the Africa Specialty Group within the Association of American Geographers. Formerly the East African Geographical Review founded in 1963 at Makerere University. Has the table of contents. Includes a tribute to co-founder the late Prof. Bryan W. Langlands (12 p. in PDF). http://www.macalester.edu/geography/agr/

African Geopolitics (Paris): In English and French (Géopolitique Africaine). Quarterly journal, launched Nov. 2000. Full text articles on-line. Interviews with African Presidents and other foreign policy figures. Articles grouped by issues (conflict prevention, democracy, terrorism, African armies, etc.) Andre Soussan is the publisher and editor-in-chief. [KF] http://www.african-geopolitics.org/

African Health Sciences (Kampala, Uganda): Published by the Makerere University Medical School. Table of contents and abstracts for issues. http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=45&ab=ahs&OJSSID=b1b8f772564175c500a1252ac7e910b4

African Identities: "forum for the examination of African and diasporic expressions, representations and identities." "With an emphasis on gender, class, nation, marginalisation, "otherness" and difference, the journal will explore how African identities, either by force of expediency or contingency, create layered terrains of (ex)change, decentre dominant meanings, paradigms and certainties. Important questions about the meanings of Africanness, "post-coloniality" and syncreticisms, for example, will provide conceptual frameworks within which to situate the critical analysis of African cultural production and axis of engagement with popular culture." Libraries pay $228 p.a. Pub. by Taylor and Francis Group. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14725843.html

African Issues: Published by the African Studies Association, U.S. Formerly Issue: A Journal of Opinion, is "a multi-disciplinary biannual journal that publishes short articles analyzing and criticizing contemporary policies toward Africa, in Africa and involving the Africanist community. African Issues is co-edited by Jo Ellen Fair of the University of Wisconsin and Cyril Daddieh of Providence College." http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/%7Ecallasa/asa_publicationslist.htm#Periodicals

African Journal in Conflict Resolution (Mount Edgecombe, South Africa): Published by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes, ACCORD. Has full text articles. http://www.accord.org.za/web.nsf/Pub\Journal!OpenPage

African Journal of AIDS Research (Grahamstown, South Africa): Published by the Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE), Rhodes University. Journal on the social dimensions of HIV/AIDS in African contexts. Abstracts are online. Purchase articles thru African Journals Online. NISC provides full text articles through subscribers using Ingenta. [KF] http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=46&tran=0&ab=ajar and http://www.nisc.co.za/journals?id=1

African Journal of Biomedical Research (Ibadan): Full text abstract and articles on-line. Published three times a year for the Ibadan Biomedical Communications Group. Hosted by Bioline International. Based at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. [KF] http://www.bioline.org.br/md

African Journal of Biotechnology (Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria): Full text and abstracts available online. In html and Adobe pdf. Peer-reviewed journal on all areas of applied biochemistry, industrial microbiology, molecular biology, genomics and proteomics, food and agricultural technologies, and metabolic engineering. [KF] http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB/index.htm

African Journal of Business and Law: Published by the Makerere University Business School, Faculty of Commerce. Vol. 1, No. 1, November 2007 is on-line (108 p. in PDF) - articles on African business schools, Uganda's oil and gas revenues, intellectual property rights, diasporas and remittances, BRICs and Africa's fragile states. http://www.mubs.ac.ug/docs/Ajobal%20Vol%201%20No1.pdf

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

Official organ of the African Criminology and Justice Association. Includes Book Reviews. Published by the Department of Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland. Full text articles. Also Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 2005. http://www.umes.EDU/AJCJS

Criminology as Lovemaking: An African-Centered Theory of Justice
By Biko Agozino - in PDF
Obstacles to Effective Policing in Nigeria
By Emmanuel C. Onyeozili - in PDF
Pre-colonial Criminal Justice in Africa
By David Dagleish - in PDF

African Journal of Environmental Assessment and Management: "focuses exclusively on environmental issues in Africa." Has abstracts of articles. From Volume 5 Number 1, articles will be available free online in Word format to readers who provide their email address. The editors are based in Accra, Baltimore, and Montreal. http://www.ajeam-ragee.org/

African Journal of Finance and Management (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania): Published by the The Institute of Finance Management, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Has the table of contents and abstracts. http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=148&ab=ajfm&OJSSID=3d989b0da57b243e01f9ae4324fba9ea

African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (Nairobi): Published by the Published by Rural Outreach Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
http://www.ajfand.net/

African Journal of International Affairs (Dakar, Senegal): A bi-annual publication of CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal. Has the tables of contents and abstracts of article. Photocopies of articles can be ordered. Pay by check or money order. From International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (London). http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/ajia/index.html

African Journal of International Affairs and Development (Ile-Ife, Nigeria): Published by College Press Ltd. Has the table of contents and abstracts of articles. One can order photocopies of articles; $20 for up to two articles. Pay by cheque or money order in £sterling or US$. Libraries pay $40 per year for subscriptions. [KF] http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/ajiad/vol5no1.html

African Journal of Legal Studies (Ottawa, Canada): Published by the Africa Law Institute, "a legal and social science think tank that harnesses the expertise of the African legal, academic and policy communities on the continent and in the diaspora to engage in policy-oriented research that promotes good governance, democracy and the rule of law." Web site in Washington, D.C. Institute based in Ottawa, Canada. [KF] http://www.africalawinstitute.org/

African Journal of Library, Archives & Information Science: Has the table of contents and abstracts. Editorial offices in Gaborone, Botswana and Ibadan, Nigeria. http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/ajlais/index.html

African Journal of Neurological Sciences: In French or English. Full text articles. (Some full text articles from 1995-2002 from Bioline.) Published by the Pan African Association of Neurological Sciences. http://ajns.paans.org/

African Journal of Oral Health (Ile Ife, Nigeria): Official organ of the International Association for Dental Research (Nigerian Division). Published at the Faculty of Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria. Oral and dental health research. Full text abstracts online. Full text articles for members only or pay £7.50 (approximately $14) per article from African Journals Online. http://www.ajoh.org

African Journal of Political Science (Pretoria, South Africa): Published by the African Association of Political Science. Has table of contents and abstracts. Articles can be purchased and received by fax or postal mail. [KF] http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=174&ab=ajps&OJSSID=3463c8897c79fbc4ef1d7226b649f096

African Journal of Reproductive Health (Benin City, Nigeria): Published by the Women's Health and Action Research Centre, Benin City, Nigeria. Full text free online from Bioline International. Older issues also in JSTOR for subscribers. [KF] http://www.bioline.org.br/rh

African Journal for Transformational Scholarship (Potchefstroom): Official publication of the Centre for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education in Africa (CPCHEA). Articles by Christian scholars and scientists that provide insights grounded in the Gospel that address issues relevant to contemporary African life and development. "The online version is free, but you are required to register as an online user." The Centre has a directory of people involved in Christian higher education in Africa. Based in Potchefstroom, South Africa. http://amani.org.au/ajts/

African Journals On-Line: Tables of contents and abstracts of articles from up to 314 journals from 24 African countries. Many full text articles are on-line. Topics cover arts, culture, language, literature, agricultural sciences, science and technology, health and social sciences. A keyword Search covers all journals. Sign up to receive an automatic email every time a new issue is published in any selected title. Began as a pilot project of the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (London), now an independent non profit, based in South Africa. [KF] http://www.ajol.info/

African Mining (Roosevelt Park, South Africa): Bimonthly begun Jan. 1996 by Resource Publications. Covers the continent, has the recent tables of contents. http://www.mining.co.za/

African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety: Has the full text of articles published from 1995 to date. Published by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (Helsinki). http://www.ttl.fi/Internet/English/Information/Electronic+journals/African+Newsletter/

African Perspective: An electronic-only news magazine. Reprints a few articles [from The Militant (New York) and the Economist, etc.] Publishers and co-founders are Simba Kamunono and John Munoru. Based in Canada. http://www.africanperspective.com/

African Philosophy: E-journal sponsored by the International Society for African Philosophy and Studies (ISAPS) and published by Africa Resource Center, Inc. Articles include: Language, Culture, Science, Technology and Philosophy - Art and 'Art' in Africa: Conceptual Clarification, Confusion or Colonization? - Race and Racism in the Works of David Hume. http://www.africanphilosophy.com/index.htm

African Population Studies (Dakar, Senegal): Also in French. Abstracts of articles from the journal of the Union of African Population Studies, Dakar, Senegal. Topics include breastfeeding in Kenya, family planning in Kenya, contraception in Lesotho, factors predisposing Accra youth to HIV/AIDS infection, etc. http://www.uaps.org/english/journal.htm

African Publishing Review (Harare, Zimbabwe): Published by the African Publishers Network, APNET, a Panafrican non-profit association "formed in 1992 to promote indigenous publishing in Africa." http://www.africanpublishers.org/

African Research and Documentation: Journal of SCOLMA, Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa. SCOLMA is a forum for librarians and others interested in "the provision of materials for African studies in libraries in the United Kingdom. Has the table of contents of recent issues. http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/scolma/ard1.htm

African Review of Books: Reviews of African books, publishing and book news, book fairs, information relating to Africa's publishing industry and African scholarship. Will cover all books (fiction, children's, non-fiction, coffee-table books), has a free e-newsletter. Details of Africa's 100 best books with excerpts from the books. Founded by Raks Seakhoa and Richard Bartlett. Based in Salisbury, U.K. with a Johannesburg office. http://www.africanreviewofbooks.com/

African Security Review (Pretoria): Quarterly journal of the Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, South Africa. Has the table of contents for recent issues and some full text articles from older issues. http://www.iss.co.za/

African Soccer (London, England): Soccer magazine, has selected full text articles from the latest issue. On the Sportscheduler web site. . http://www.sportscheduler.co.sz/index.htm

African Societies (Rome, Italy): In English, French and Italian. "Monthly e-magazine on the invisible Africa." Edited by CERFE - Standing Commettee for Africa of Gruppo CERFE, Rome, Italy. Full text articles online. Issue no. 2 features the second African diaspora, brain drain, etc. http://www.africansocieties.org

African Sociological Review (Dakar, Senegal / Grahamstown, South Africa): In English and French. A bi-annual publication of CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal. Has the table of contents. http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/asr/index.html

African Studies: Originally from Witwatersrand University Press, covers history, sociology, politics. Began in 1921 as Bantu Studies. Has the tables of contents. Now published by Taylor and Francis in the UK. Cost is $307.00 for libraries. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/00020184.html

African Studies Abstracts Online (Leiden, Netherlands)s: Excellent annotated index of articles from periodicals, chapters from edited works and collective volumes on Africa in the field of the social sciences and the humanities. To be published four times a year. "Each issue also contains a geographical index, a subject index, an author index, and a list of journals and edited works abstracted in that issue." The first issue is No. 1, 2003, 115 pages, in Adobe pdf. Online version of African Studies Abstracts, compiled by the Afrika-Studiecentrum in Leiden, Netherlands. http://asc.leidenuniv.nl/library/abstracts/asa-online/index.html

African Studies Quarterly: An interdisciplinary, refereed e-journal from the Center for African Studies, University of Florida (Gainesville). Includes Book Reviews. The journal is indexed by PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) and by the Gale Group. http://www.africa.ufl.edu/asq/

African Studies Review (African Studies Association, USA): Official journal of the ASA U.S. Editorial offices are at the Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts. http://www.umass.edu/anthro/asr/

African Study Monographs, Kyoto University, Center for African Area Studies: Has the table of contents. http://jambo.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kiroku/contents_e.htm http://jambo.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

African Voices: A Newsletter on Democracy and Governance in Africa: Has the full text of articles in Adobe Acrobat PDF format from 1995 to date. Topics include civil/political rights, promoting civic awareness, civic education, human rights in Nigeria, Liberia's democratic transition, local government in South Africa, constitution making in Eritrea, etc. Published by USAID Bureau for Africa (Washington, D.C.) http://www.info.usaid.gov/regions/afr/abic/avindex.htm

Africana Libraries Newsletter (Bloomington, Indiana): This newsletter "supports the work of the Africana Librarians Council of the African Studies Association (U.S.)." Has the full text of recent issues online. Editor: Dr. Marion Frank-Wilson. Published by the Office of the Librarian for African Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Older issues are at Michigan State's web site. http://www.indiana.edu/~libsalc/african/aln/alnindex.html

Africana Studia, Revista Internacional de Estudos Africanos (Porto): In Portuguese. Published by the Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto, Portugal. http://www.letras.up.pt/ceaup

Africentr@lemedias: In French. "l'Institut Panos Paris publie Africentr@lemedias, une lettre d'information mensuelle sur l'actualité du pluralisme des médias en Afrique centrale. Elle est réalisée par des journalistes de 9 pays de la région (Burundi, Cameroun, Centrafrique, Congo, Gabon, Guinée équatoriale, République démocratique du Congo, Rwanda et Tchad) avec l'appui de la Communauté européenne et de Cordaid." Announces new magazines and newspapers. [KF] http://www.panosparis.org/fr/newsletter.php

Afriche (Societa delle Missioni Africane, SMA): In Italian. Has the table of contents. Based in Italy, has an office in New Jersey. http://www.missioni-africane.org/index/index-cult.htm

Afriche e Orienti (Bologna): In Italian and English. Quarterly journal published by AIEP Editore for the Associazione Afriche e Orienti, an academic association. Has the table of contents. http://www.comune.bologna.it/iperbole/africheorienti/
Africultures, le mensuel des cultures africaines (Les Pilles, Nyons, France): Mainly in French. Site for the print journal. Covers, arts, literature, cinema, music, theater, etc. All articles, except those from the most recent four issues, are free online. "...offers a French-language listings diary and information service updated every day, and a condensed monthly version in English." http://www.africultures.com

Afrika Spectrum (Hamburg, Germany): Published by the Institut für Afrika-Kunde, Hamburg, Germany. Has the table of contents and article summaries. http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/IAK/d_publikationen.html#spectrum

Afrika Zamani (Dakar): In French. Published by CODESRIA for the Association of African Historians. Annual. Full text articles in English, Arabic, French and Portuguese. http://www.codesria.org/Links/Publications/Journals/afrika_zamani.htm

Afrilex: In French. "...une revue electronique consacree e l'analyse des droits et des institutions d'Afrique." Full text articles are in Adobe PDF. Has annotated bibliographies, legal links. Topics include labor law, administrative law, etc.; "Elle est produite en partenariat par : le Centre d'etudes et de recherches sur le droit africain et le developpement institutionnel (CERDRADI) de l'Universite Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV (France) -le Centre d'etude d'Afrique Noire (CEAN), IEP de Bordeaux (Universite Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV) - la Faculte des sciences juridiques et politiques de Dakar - l'UFR de sciences juridiques, administratives et politiques d'Abidjan." http://www.afrilex.u-bordeaux4.fr/menu.htm

Afrique & Histoire: In French. Published by Editions Verdier. Has the table of contents, selectons from some articles. Founded by Pierre BOILLEY, Jean-Pierre CHRETIEN, François-Xavier FAUVELLE-AYMAR, Bertrand HIRSCH. See also: http://mald.univ-paris1.fr/revues/afrihist.htm http://www.editions-verdier.fr/afrique/

Afrique Contemporaine (Paris): In French. Published by La Documentation française, Paris. Has the table of contents. Covers "événements les plus importants dans l'évolution politique, économique, sociale et culturelle de l'Afrique au sud du Sahara, de Madagascar et des îles de l'océan Indien." http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/revues/ac/index.shtml

Afrique & Histoire: In French. Has the table of contents. Founded by Pierre BOILLEY, Jean-Pierre CHRETIEN, François-Xavier FAUVELLE-AYMAR, Bertrand HIRSCH. http://mald.univ-paris1.fr/revues/afrihist.htm

Afrique Express (Paris): In French. "bimensuel édité à Paris par la société d'édition LB Presse." Table of contents. Many older articles online, arranged by country and topic. http://www.afrique-express.com/

Afrique Horizon Magazine: "a bi-monthly printed magazine covering all aspects of African music, politics, culture and society - in French." Maintained by Nick Beddow. http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~danky/diaspora/afddatabase.html

Afro-Asia (Salvador, Brazil): In Portuguese. Published by the Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais, Universidade Federal da Bahia (Salvador, Brasil). On African-Brazilian issues and Africa-related issues. Full text articles on-line. Created in 1965. http://www.afroasia.ufba.br/

Afronet (Lusaka, Zambia) and The Monitor: Afronet is the Inter-African Network for Human Rights and Development. Has full text of their 1998 Zambia Human Rights Report, The Dilemma of Local Courts in Zambia, The Zambia Human Rights Report 1997, Inter-Party Dialogue in Zambia (May/June 1996 Report), reports on Malawi and Swaziland. They publish a weekly Monitor, and host the Southern African Human Rights NGO Network. They have an excellent directory of Southern African human rights organizations. http://www.oneworld.org/afronet/afrohome.htm

Afrotech E-Magazine: Subscription only monthly e-newsletter on the internet and computing. Per year - £35 in Britain and $60 in the United States. "Subscriptions to the E-mail light cost $45 - with this, links are followed to where the files reside on our site." http://www.africaservice.com/afrotech/afrotech.html

Agenda (Glenwood, South Africa): Quarterly South African feminist journal established in 1987. Has the table of contents of recent issues. Subscription required for on-line access. One can receive, by email, a fact sheet on workshops, conferences, web sites, print publications, etc. http://www.agenda.org.za/

Ahfad Journal (Omdurman, Sudan): Published by the Ahfad University for Women. No longer at http://www.ahfad.org/journal/ The latest issue is from 2001. http://www.mun.ca/fkn/Journals/ahfad/ahfad1.htm

AIDS Analysis Africa Online: Free full text articles from 2004 April-May to date."bi-monthly electronic newsletter focusing on the wide-ranging impact of HIV and AIDS on Africa." You can subscribe for free. Published by Metropolitan Holdings. Based in South Africa. http://www.redribbon.co.za/aaao/

See also some issues for 1999-2001.

AIDS Weekly Plus: Full text online of over a million articles published from 1981 to date. Published by The AIDS Education Global information System (AEGiS.org) AEGIS, a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, educational corporation. Founded by Sister Mary Elizabeth, of the Sisters of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. http://www.aegis.org/ or http://www.aegis.com/

Alem Mar (Lisbon, Portugal): In Portuguese. Monthly magazine of the Catholic Missionários Combonianos do Coração de Jesus (Comboni Missionaries) and their work in Africa and elsewhere. Recent articles require a subscription to read on-line. Some older articles free on-line. Based in Lisbon, Portugal. http://www.alem-mar.org/

American Historical Review: Journal of the American Historical Association, the main scholarly association for U.S. historians (including Africanists). Has tables of contents of the latest issue and past issues.

Has the full text of articles and book reviews for those at institutions which subscribe to JSTOR. http://www.indiana.edu/~ahr/

Amina, le magazine de la femme (Paris): In French. Popular magazine, has the table of contents. http://www.blackvisions.com/amina/

Amuchma: Newsletter of the African Mathematical Union's Comission on the History of Mathematics in Africa. The newsletter includes bibliographies, book reviews, web sites, meetings, research reports, addresses of scholars. Part of Mathematicians of the African Diaspora. Both sites are maintained by Professor Scott W. Williams, Mathematics Dept., State Univ. of New York at Buffalo. [KF] http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/AMU/amuchma_online.html

Anansi: fiction of the African diaspora (New York, NY): A literary journal for original short fiction & poetry by writers of African
descent. Began publication Feb. 1999. Brief information only on the web site of the African American Literature Book Club. http://writers.aalbc.com/anansi.htm

Angola Peace Monitor (London): Monthly newsletter produced by Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA), successor to the British Anti-Apartheid Movement. The back issues from Vol. 1, No. 1, April 3, 1995 and issues following are online. http://www.actsa.org/Angola/apm/

Ankh, Revue d'égyptologie et des civilisations africaines: In French and English. Has the table of contents. "Elle est dirigée par le professeur Théophile Obenga, égyptologue et linguiste réputé, et ses collaborateurs sont des universitaires de divers pays." Published by the Association KHEPERA, France. On the Ankh web site. http://www.ankhonline.com/revue.htm

Annales Aequatoria (Mbandaka): In French and English. Published by the Centre Æquatoria, Centre de Recherches Culturelles Africanistes, near Mbandaka, Dem. Rep. of the Congo (Kinshasa). There is an index (by subjects and dates) covering 1937-1962 and an index (subjects, authors, book reviews, maps, illustrations, dates) covering 1980 and following issues. [KF] http://www.aequatoria.be/HomeEnglishFrameSet.html

Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine (Ibadan): Biannual journal of the Association of Resident Doctors, University College Hospital Chapter. Some full text articles. Other full text articles on-line at African Index Medicus site. http://www.aipm.org.ng/

Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology: Journal of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Access by subscription only. Covers medical parasitology, veterinary parasitology, entomology. Often has Africa-related articles. Tables of contents of recent issues. Libraries pay $ 734.00. http://www.maney.co.uk/search?fwaction=show&fwid=142

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics (London): Quarterly published for the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Access by subscription. On the "problems and achievements in child health and paediatrics in the tropics and subtropics." Table of contents of recent issues. Libraries pay $ 615.00. http://www.maney.co.uk/search?fwaction=show&fwid=143

Arab World Geographer (Toronto): Has the table of contents and abstracts of articles. Includes articles on the Sudan, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa. The Editor-in-Chief is Professor Ghazi Falah, Centre for Urban & Community Studies, University of Toronto (Canada). http://www.frw.uva.nl/ggct/awg/welcome.html

Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions (Paris): In French. Has full text articles on Afro-Latin American religions. Journal "fondée en 1956 sous l’égide du CNRS." Published by Éditions de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales / Éditions de l’EHESS. Its purpose is "promouvoir une perspective comparative, élargie à toutes les religions, et à toutes les aires culturelles." http://assr.revues.org/

ARHNE Newsletter (Oslo, Norway: Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo): Full text articles in Adobe PDF format. Newsletter of the Adolescent Reproductive Health Network (ARHNe): Health System and Health Promotion Research in Eastern and Southern Africa. The program targets adolescent reproductive health and risk behaviors. http://www.nutrition.uio.no/ARHNe/

Arid Lands Newsletter: Published by the Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona (Tucson). The 1994-1996 issues are online. No. 40 (Fall 1996) features "The Convention to Combat Desertification, Part 1: Africa and the Mediterranean." It includes articles on Kenya and Mali and linkes to web resources on desertification. http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/ALNHome.html

Asien Afrika Latinamerika: Ceased publication. Website says "On Wednesday, January 01, 2003 this publication was discontinued." The last volume was Vol. 30, No. 6, 2002. Was on the societies and history of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The journal took a multi-disciplinary approach with contributions from political science, sociology, economics, philosophy, religion, law, linguistics and literature. Was published by Carfax, part of the Taylor & Francis Group. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/online/0323-3790.html

Association of African Universities / Association des Universités Africaines Newsletter: The AAU is "an international non-governmental organisation set up by the universities in Africa..." The Secretariat is in Accra. http://www.aau.org/english/newsletter.htm

Association of American University Presses: Has ordering information for univ. press journals such as the Journal of African Economies, Journal of Democracy. Titles can be found by title, subject, individual press. http://aaup.uchicago.edu/aaup_home.html

Australasian Review of African Studies, ARAS (Perth, Australia): Published by the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) twice a year in June and December. Refereed inter-disciplinary journal. Has the table of contents for some issues. Formerly the African Studies Review & Newsletter. http://www.ssn.flinders.edu.au/global/afsaap/publications/review.htm

Autrepart (Bondy, France): In French. Published by l’Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) et les Éditions de l’Aube. Has the table of contents, frequent articles on African topics. Theme issues were published on Afrique noire et monde arabe, Afrique : les identités contre la démocratie, Echanges transfrontaliers et intégration régionale en Afrique Subsaharienne. http://www.autrepart.ird.fr/

Awaaz (Nairobi, Kenya): Kenyan journal devoted to South Asians and East Africans in history, arts and politics. "...record the history, and establish linkages with the Indian subcontinent and the South Asian Diaspora in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom." Full text articles - on Pio Gama Pinto, Asian-African relations, The role of minorities in business E.Asia and E.Africa compared, by Prof. Michael Chege, Wangari Maathai Africa’s wonder woman, by Jonathan Kariara, book reviews, etc. Based in Nairobi, Kenya. http://www.awaazmag.com

AWEPA Bulletin: Published by European Parliamentarians for Africa, AWEPA International, Amsterdam The Netherlands Has full text of issues in Adobe PDF format; see the Publications section. Articles include topics on HIV/AIDS, health, Mozambique floods, Zimbabwe elections 2000. http://www.awepa.org

Azania: Journal of the British Institute in Eastern Africa (Nairobi, Kenya): "The Institute promotes research into the archaeology, pre-colonial history and related studies of eastern Africa, broadly defined (roughly between the Zambezi and the Nile basins)." Has the table of contents. http://britac3.britac.ac.uk/institutes/eafrica

Balancing Act. News Update: A free e-newsletter covering African telecoms, internet and computing. The Editor is Russell Southwood. The latest issue and all previous issues are on the web site providing a historical record of the internet and telecom in Africa. To subscribe to the e-newsletter write: info@balancingact-africa.com. Also publishes reports on the African internet market and ICT entrepreneurship. Edited by Russell Southwood. http://www.balancingact-africa.com/

Bamako Culture: In French. E-magazine. News of cultural events, theatre, dance, film, art, music, literature, photography, new books, directory of links to Mali cultural web sites. Part of the Afribone Mali company. Based in Bamako, Mali. [KF] http://www.bamako-culture.org/

Batik, Bulletin d'Analyse sur les Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (Dakar): In French. Full text. Monthly e-newsletter published by OSIRIS (Observatoire sur les Systemes d'Information, les Reseaux et les Inforoutes au Senegal (Dakar) on information technology in Senegal. One can receive the newsletter by email. http://www.osiris.sn/rubrique2.html

Belgian Association of Africanists (BVA-ABA). e-Forum: In Dutch and French. Electronic newsletter of the Association. http://home.tiscali.be/ababva/www/

Bioline International: "Access to the full text and graphics of all material on the Bioline International website is now free of charge." Titles include African Crop Science Journal (Uganda), African Journal of Biotechnology, African Journal of Food and Nutritional Security, the African Journal of Neurological Sicences (Kenya), African Population Studies, Journal of Food Technology in Africa, Ichthyological Bulletin, and others. Search across all journals for articles. http://www.bioline.org.br/

Black Arts Quarterly (Stanford, CA): Published by the Stanford University Committee on Black Performing Arts. Short stories, poetry, art from the Diaspora and Africa. http://www.stanford.edu/group/CBPA/#baq

Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noire (New York City): Published by Africana Studies Program, New York University. http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/africana/blackrenaissance/

See also information about the journal from the African-American Literature Book Club. [KF] http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/africana/journal-set.html

BMC International Health and Human Rights (London): Peer-reviewed online journal. Original research articles on health care in developing and transitional countries, and on health and human rights.

Free articles include - Policy mapping for establishing a national emergency health policy for Nigeria, Paediatric referrals in rural Tanzania: the Kilombero District Study – a case series, High-tech and low-tech orthopaedic surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa, Evaluating Niger's experience in strengthening supervision, improving availability of child survival drugs..., Cross-sectional study of morbidity, morbidity-associated factors and cost of treatment in Ngaoundere, Cameroon..., A step too far? Making health equity interventions in Namibia more sufficient, Health and economic impact of HIV/AIDS on South African households: a cohort study, Survey of the knowledge, attitude and practice of Nigerian surgery trainees to HIV-infected persons and AIDS patients, Research that influences policy and practice – characteristics of operational research to improve malaria control in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

Published by BioMed Central Ltd., London. (ISSN 1472-698X) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed. http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinthealthhumrights/

Boletin Africanista (Évora): In Portuguese. Editado pelo Núcleo de Estudos Sobre África, Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades (CIDEHUS), Universidade de Évora (UE), Évora, Portugal. African studies news from the university. http://www.cidehus.uevora.pt/nesa/boletsa.htm

Botswana Notes and Records (Gaborone, Botswana): Published by the Botswana Society (Gaborone). Has the table of contents. http://www.botswanasociety.com/bspub.htm

Le Bulletin d'AMADES [Anthropologie médicale appliquée au développement et à la santé] (Aix-en-Provence, France): In French. Includes descriptions of Africa-related research. Published by l'Association AMADES, Anthropologie médicale appliquée au développement et à la santé. "L'association AMADES a été créée en 1988 par des médecins et des anthropologues soucieux d'une meilleure prise en compte des faits de société et de culture dans les actions de santé." http://www.amades.net/publications/amades.htm#bulletin

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): Biannual journal. The Chemical Society of Ethiopia was founded in 1983. Full text only available through payment for an article or annual subscription. http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/cse/

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Univ. of London: Has the table of contents. Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford. http://www3.oup.co.uk/blsoas/contents/

Business in Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa): Has the table of contents of the latest issue and selected full text articles online. Began publication in 1993 as SAFARA Magazine, became Business in Africa in 1996. Based in Rivonia, Johannesburg, South Africa. http://www.businessinafrica.net/

Cadernos de Estudos Africanos (Lisboa): Published by Centro de Estudos Africanos, Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, ISCTE, Lisboa, Portugal. E-mail: cea@iscte.pt http://www.cea.iscte.pt/

CAF News (Cairo, Egypt): Published by the African Football Confederation - Confederation africain de football. "The African Football Confederation....consists of all African National Football Associations which are members of FIFA...." Full text issues online in Adobe PDF. E-mail: info@cafonline.com http://www.cafonline.com/

CAFRAD Web News Letter (Tangier, Morocco): In English and French. Published by the African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development, CAFRAD. Full text issues online. http://www.cafrad.org/cafrad/news/Web_News/web_news_letter.htm

Cahiers d'etudes africaines (Paris): Has the tables of contents of issues and subscription information. The entire contents of recent issues are indexed by Revues.org (Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Marseille, France) http://etudesafricaines.revues.org/

Cahiers d'outre-mer (Université de Bordeaux 3, France): In French. Academic journal published at Université de Bordeaux 3, France. "une revue trimestrielle de géographie orientée vers la diffusion de l'approche géographique française et francophone des connaissances sur le domaine tropical." Tables of contents and abstracts are on-line. http://com.revues.org/

Examples of articles - Coopération internationale et exploitation des ressources halieutiques au Gabon; La dynamique urbaine à Mayotte : l’étalement de Mamoudzou et la « périphérisation » des centres petits-terriens; Nuages, vents et pluies : scruter le « visage du firmament » en Imerina; Tourisme et réserves d’espaces pour les pratiques locales sur les littoraux de l’île Maurice; Les variations spatiales du financement des politiques publiques sportives des communes de la Réunion

Cahiers Secheresse (Romainville, France): In French. Academic journal with full text articles on Agroforesterie, Climatologie, Désertification, Drainage, Eau, Énergie, Foresterie, Gestion de l'eau, Homme et climat, Hydrologie, Hydrogéologie, Hydraulique, Irrigation, Météorologie, Production végétale, Télédétection and other topics. Covers North, West, Central Africa. Pub. by l'Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and John Libbey - Eurotext. http://www.aupelf-uref.org/revues/sech/sommfm.htm

Callaloo: a Journal of African-American and Africans Arts and Letters: Table of contents only unless your institution is a subscriber. In the latter case, one can get the full text of articles. Publishes original works by and critical studies of black writers worldwide. The Summer 1995 issue was a Special on Maryse Condé.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/callaloo/index.html

Cameroon Academy of Sciences. Journal (Buea, Cameroon): "a multi-disciplinary publication devoted to all aspects of fundamental and applied research.... publishes topical reviews on science and technology in development, arts, humanities and culture." Abstracts on-line. Full text articles are $16.00 (for high income countries); pay by credit card. http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=93&ab=jcas

Cass [Frank] Journals: Tables of contents only. http://www.frankcass.com/jnls/index.htm

Centre d'étude d'Afrique noire, Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux: Please see: Lettre de CEAN (Centre d'étude d'afrique noire, Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux) and Travaux et documents (Centre d'étude d'Afrique noire, Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux)

Chieftain: the Journal for Traditional Governance (Calgary, Canada): Online journal of TAARN (Traditional Authority Applied Research Network). Full text articles such as "Queen Mothers and Social Workers: A Potential collaboration between traditional authority and social work in Ghana." [KF] https://dspace.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/300

Chimera (Tallahassee, Florida): Quarterly print and e-journal published by the USA / Africa Institute, based in Tallahassee, Florida. Full text articles in Adobe pdf are online. Articles include "Americanizing Africa and Democratizing the World? By Dr. Ali A. Mazrui. "We invite authors to contribute thought provoking discussion on various issues dealing with United States and African initiatives." http://www.usaafrica.org/chimera.org

Chimurenga Library: Includes the history and background of selected African magazines http://www.chimurengalibrary.co.za/

China Monitor (Stellenbosch, South Africa): Monthly publication of the Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Full text articles on-line in PDF. No. 21, August 2007 is on The Chinese Community in South Africa (27 p. in PDF). No. 17, April 2007 is on China's involvement in African Infrastructure (20 p. in PDF). http://www.ccs.org.za/publications.html

Chinafrique: In French and Chinese. Site for the magazine on China's relations with Africa. From the publishers of the Beijing Review, a Chinese government magazine. [KF] http://www.chinafrique.com/

Christian Science Monitor: Has the full text of the latest issue. One can search all previous articles published from Jan. 1980 to the present but access to past issues is by payment. http://www.csmonitor.com

CIIR News (London): Newsletter of the Catholic Institute for International Relations, London. Has full text articles on development work / human rights work, events in Zimbabwe, Somaliland, Burundi and other African countries. http://www.ciir.org/news.html

Clio en Afrique

In French. No. 1, printemps 1997, of an electronic journal from the Groupe de recherche (GDR) 1118 du CNRS, "Histoire de l'Afrique: Mémoires et Identités (XVIIème-XXème siècles)". Based at the Université de Provence. http://www.up.univ-mrs.fr/~wclio-af/ The first issue includes:

"L'Afrique du sud a la recherche de son passe. Une enquete historiographique".
a selective list of French doctoral theses from 1995-janv.1997
African history titles, in French, published 1995-1997
the table of contents of Islam et sociétés au sud du sahara, no. 10, déc. 1996
summaries of two theses
conferences held

Club du Sahel. Bulletin (Paris): In English and French. Has some full text issues in Adobe .pdf format. Select the Publications section. The Club du Sahel is an informal network of some OECD and West African countries, based in Paris. http://www.oecd.org/sah/

CODESRIA Bulletin (Dakar, Senegal): "The aim of CODESRIA quarterly Bulletin is to stimulate discussion, exchange information and encourage research cooperation among African researchers." The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa / Conseil pour le Developpement de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales en Afrique is a Pan-African NGO estab. in 1973. Has the table of contents. http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/codesria/index.html

Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (CSSAAME): The tables of contents. Full text for Vol. XXII | Nos. 1& 2 (2002). Index for Vols. 1-19, 1981-1999. Libraries pay $45. Editorial office: Department of History, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. Publisher: Duke University Press Journals Division, Durham, NC. [KF] http://www.cssaame.ilstu.edu/

Computing and Communications Africa: Published by African IT Exhibitions & Conferences (AITEC). Offers free subscriptions to computer professionals. Based in the U.K. http://new.aitecafrica.com/CC_Africa_Magazine

Conflict Trends (Durban, South Africa): Full text articles online. Published by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD). Issues have focused on democracy, Nigeria, water issues, mercenaries in Africa, Southern Africa, conflict resolution. [KF] http://www.accord.org.za/publications/magazine.htm


Congo Debout (Brussels): In French. Published by the Independent Media Center, "a collective of independent media ogranizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage of major protests." Commentary on DRC political events. Has, in Adobe PDF format, Congo Debout, No. 1, juillet 2000, pub. in Brussels. http://congo.indymedia.org/

Congo-Meuse (Bruxelles, Belgium): In French. Annual "publication du Centre d'Études des Littératures belge et congolaise de Langue française (CELIBECO), réalisée en coopération avec les Archives et Musée de la Littérature (AML),..." Has the table of contents. http://www.aml.cfwb.be/congo.htm

Corporate Africa (London): Online edition of the print quarterly, has the table of contents and selected full text articles such as a profile of Tito Mboweni, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, West Africa Oil and Gas, AIDS in Africa, Worldspace's satellite radio, etc. Published by Times Publications Ltd. The Times Publs. Ltd. web site also has a political risk section. http://www.times-publications.com/

Covert Action Quarterly (Washington, D.C.): Has the tables of contents and a few full-text articles. http://caq.com/CAQ_Contents.html

Critical Arts (Durban, South Africa): Published by Culture, Communication and Media Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. Table of contents. Full text of 1981-1992 issues is online, from Michigan State University. http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccms/publications/criticalarts/criticalarts_default.asp

Current Bibliography on African Affairs (Amityville, New York): A quarterly bibliography forAfrican Studies and related subjects. Published by Baywood Publishing Co. http://www.baywood.com/cb.htm

Dans les Media Demain (Antananarivo): In French. "L'hebdomadaire économique malgache d'information et d'analyse." Weekly news magazine. http://www.dmd.mg/

Democracy Review: Bulletin of the Civil Liberties Organisation (Lagos). Has the full text of recent issues. http://www.ned.org/page_3/CLO/demrev.html

Democracy Watch: A bulletin of the Transition Monitoring Group (Lagos): Published by Media Rights Agenda ".an independent, non-governmental organisation established for the purpose of promoting and protecting press freedom and freedom of expression in Nigeria." Site hosted by Internews Network. [KF] http://www.internews.org/mra/

Démocratie et Développement (Cotonou, Benin): In French and English. Journal of GERDDES- Afrique, Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherches sur la Démocratie et le Développement Economique et Social,; an independent Pan-african NGO created in 1990 by African intellectuals. Has the table of contents. http://www.gerddes.org/

Development Issues (The Hague, Netherlands): Has the full text, in Adobe PDF, of the magazine. Published by the Institute of Social Studies (The Hague, Netherlands). http://www.iss.nl/alumni.htm

Development Southern Africa (Development Bank of Southern Africa, Sandton, South Africa): Has the table of contents. Libraries pay US$380 per year. Published by Routledge, part of Taylor & Francis. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/0376835x.html http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/boards/c-boards/dsa-edb.html

La Diaspora: In Spanish. "Información Bimensual para la Comunidad Guineo-Ecuatoriana en el extranjero." This is the web presence of the print journal for Eq. Guineans in exile. http://www.terra.es/personal5/la.diaspora/

Directory of Open Access Journals: Find full text articles by keyword. Some Africa-related titles listed are African Journal of Biotechnology, African Journal of Environmental Assessment and Management, African Journal of Neurological Sciences, African Population Studies. "We define open access journals as journals that use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access." Based at Lund University Libraries, Lund, Sweden. Hosted by Lund University Libraries (Lund, Sweden) and supported by the Open Society Institute (Budapest, Hungary) and SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, Washington, DC). http://www.doaj.org

Discovery and Innovation (Nairobi): "journal of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)." Has tables of contents. Libraries outside Africa pay $90. http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/dai/about.html
See also: http://www.oneworld.org/aas/publicat.htm

Drillbits & Tailings: Electronic newsletter of Project Underground, which supports communities threatened by the mining & oil industries. Carries news on protests against oil companies in Nigeria. Based in Berkeley, California. http://www.moles.org/ProjectUnderground/index1.html

Droit et Lois (Cotonou, Benin): In French. Legal journal. Table of contents and some full text articles on-line. Published from 2004. "a pour objectif principal de faire connaître le droit positif béninois, à savoir les textes législatifs et réglementaires, mais également l’état de la doctrine et de la jurisprudence." http://www.droitetlois.com/

Drum Online (London): U.K. quarterly urban lifestyle magazine. Mainly on the African diaspora in the U.K. and U.S. http://www.drumonline.net/

eAfrica. Electronic Journal of Governance and Innovation (Johannesburg): Published by the South African Institute of International Affairs, Nepad and Governance project. Full text issues are online. Vol. 1, May 2003 in Adobe pdf. Receive issues by email. http://www.wits.ac.za/saiia/online.htm

East African Journal of Human Rights and Democracy (Nairobi): Published by the East African Human Rights Institute, an independent Non Governmental Organization. http://www.eahumanrights.org/

Eastern Africa Journal of Humanities & Sciences (Nairobi, Kenya): Full text articles. Published by the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Department of Research, Nairobi, Kenya. [KF] http://www.fiuc.org/iaup/esap/publications/cuea/cueapub.php

Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): Published by the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern Africa. An interdisciplinary journal on the economy, politics, society of Eastern and Southern Africa. Free sample issue and abstracts. Full text access to Project Muse members. Edited by Bahru Zewde and M.A. Mohamed Salih. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eas/ and http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/

Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): Has the table of contents and abstracts. Bi-annual journal published by the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern Africa (OSSREA). http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/eassrr/index.html

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Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): Has the table of contents / abstracts. Published by the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, OSSREA. OSSREA also publishes the OSSREA News Letter. http://www.ossrea.net/publications/eassrr/index.htm

L'Echo des Frontieres. Bulletin Régional de suivi des échanges transfrontaliers: Academic bulletin, in French, on trade, economic relations between Benin, Cameroun, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. Has the full text. "...rédigé à Cotonou par le LARES. "Ce site fait partie du réseau Refer mis en place par l'AUPELF-UREF." http://www.bj.refer.org/benin_ct/eco/lares/accueil.htm

Echos du SITRASS: In French. Bulletin on "les analyses et nouvelles du secteur des transports en Afrique sub-saharienne." Some full text issues. Published by SITRASS, Solidarite Internationale sur les Transports et la Recherche en Afrique Sub-Saharienne of the Laboratoire d'economie des transports (Lyon, France).

Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies (Stellenbosch and Madison, WI): African media studies and journalism. Published by the University of Wisconsin Press in cooperation with the Institute for Media Analysis in South Africa (iMasa) and the Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University. Subscription through SAePublications provides full test online. http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/journals/journals/ajs.html and http://academic.sun.ac.za/ecquidnovi/

ELDIS Joint Serials Database - Development/Environment: Retrieve lists of journals in the areas of development and the environment. Information is provided on which European library has the journal, subscription information, and specific features of the journals. The Electronic Development and Environment Information System (ELDIS) is sponsored by DANIDA and the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/journals.htm

Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography: Refereed online journal from the University of Iowa Libraries. Issue No. 1 (Nov. 1996) is "Guides, Collections, & Ancillary Materials to African Archival Resources in the United States" by John Bruce Howell and Yvette Scheven. This Guide includes lists of inventories, finding lists, annual reports, etc. [KF] http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/ejab/index.html

Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries (Sarawak, Malaysia): Has full text papers in Adobe PDF format. "A Champion in Our Midst: Lessons Learned from the Impacts of NGO's Use of the Internet" by Scott McConnell (in Vol. 2) cites examples from Uganda. A joint publication of the Universiti Malaysia, Sarawak City; University of Hong Kong, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands; Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. http://www.ejisdc.org/

Electronic Journals by Subscription: Many universities pay for access to electronic journals which are therefore available only to members of the university community. Please check with your librarian about electronic journals at your institution. For example, Stanford users may find e-journals at: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/collect/ejourns.html

Emotion. Magazine du Showbiz et de la Femme (Cotonou, Benin): In French. Online site for the print magazine. Has information on Director and Editor, Éric Huannou. http://www.multimania.com/savane99/

ENAS - Electronic Technology Group, African Studies Association (U.S.): ENAS is a newsletter for the exchange of information on the uses, developments and critiques of new electronic media. The 1996-1997 issues are online. Edited by Brian M. Murphy. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/ASA/enas.html

English in Africa: "founded in 1974 to provide a forum for the study of African literature in English.... published twice a year (in May and October) by the Institute for the Study of English in Africa at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa." Index of authors and subjects, table of contents of recent issues. Libraries pay $22 per year for subscriptions. [KF] http://www.ru.ac.za/institutes/isea/eia/

Eritrea Profile: E-journal from the Eritrean Network Information Center (ENIC). Maintained by Abubaker Beshir. http://www.eritrea.org/EIB/Eritrea_Profile/NFepmain.html

Eritrea Profile: Published by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice, PFDJ. On the Shaebia web site. http://www.shaebia.org/artman/publish/cat_index_12.html

Ethiopian Journal of Health Development (Addis Ababa): Official journal of the Ethiopian Public Health Association. Full text articles. Published by the Department of Community Health, Addis Ababa University. http://www.cih.uib.no/journals/EJHD/

Fafunwa Foundation Internet Journal of Education (Lagos, Nigeria): "The main objectives of this journal is to make the works of Nigerian scholars in the field of Education more visible to the rest of the world." "The criteria for selection will be the quality of the articles and the depth of their contribution to educational research or educational policy and practice not only in Nigeria but in other parts of the world." Full text articles [see links at the top] include "Languages And The National Policy On Education." [KF] http://fafunwafoundation.tripod.com/fafunwafoundation/id1.html

Le Fait Missionnaire (Lausanne, Switzerland): In English and French. Has the table of contents for this print journal on missionary history in Africa. A selection of articles are online in Adobe pdf. Includes conference announcements, a directory of sites on Religion in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Angola, and Namibia, and links to related sites. [KF]. http://www2.unil.ch/lefaitmissionnaire/

Full text online:
N° 3/september 1996. Of God and Caesar...The Relation between Christian Churches and the State in post-colonial Mozambique, 1974 81

N° 2/décembre 1995. Stratégie missionnaire et tactiques d'appropriation indigènes. La Mission Romande au Mozambique

N° 4/march 1997. Mothers and Daughters. The Training of African Nurses by Missionary Nurses of the Swiss Mission in South Africa

N° 1/mai 1995. Ethos Missionnaire et esprit du capitalisme. La Mission Philafricaine en Angola, 1897-1907

The Farmer (Harare, Zimbabwe): Weekly "African Farming News Magazine" for farmers anywhere in Africa. Mainly Zimbabwe news. Has an e-mail subscription to the magazine for U.S.$32.00. http://www.thefarmer.co.zw/

Feminist Africa: An e-journal "forum for progressive, cutting-edge gender research and feminist dialogue focused on the continent." Full text articles online. Produced by the African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town and its Strengthening Gender & Women's Studies for Africa's Transformation (GWS Africa) Project. http://www.feministafrica.org/

FESPACO Newsletter: In French and English. Published by ESPACO, Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou. Has some full text articles and photographs online. http://www.fespaco.bf/publiang.htm

Findings and Best Practices Infobriefs: The articles in Findings (No. 1, 1992 to date) describe work by the World Bank and member governments in Africa on environmental issues, education, agricultural research, food security, health, urban services, women's issues, transport, finance for development, etc. Published by the World Bank. http://www.worldbank.org/afr/findings/default.htm

The Fool's Cap, (Foolscap), the African Court of Humour Rights: E-magazine "dedicated to monitoring humorous activities throughout Africa, with particular attention to Nigeria." Published by Foolscap Media. "Our weapons are loads of cartoons, humour, satire, parody, witty short paragraphs and common sense." The editor is Bisi Ogunbadejo, "one-time editorial cartoonist/group art editor of the respected Guardian Newspapers (Nigeria), and editor of its Lagos Life weekly." Features the work of other African cartoonists (Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria). One can subscribe to the "Sychophant Noiseletter." Based in London. [KF] http://www.foolscap-media.com/

Footsteps (Peterborough, NH): Print magazine on African & African American history for middle school children (ages 10-14). Has a full text article on Africans in the United States, by Harvard Prof. J. Lorand Matory. Each issue of the magazine focuses on a different theme. Has teachers' guides for its Liberia issue by Jo Sullivan, for the Mansa Musa: King of Mali issue. Published by Cobblestone Publishing, Peterborough, NH. http://www.footstepsmagazine.com

Forced Migration Review: Has full text articles. Published by the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. http://www.fmreview.org/

Foreign Affairs: Has a list of Africa-related articles published in the well-known journal of the Council on Foreign Relations and from related journals. There is an author index. http://www.foreignaffairs.org/

Foreign Affairs Bulletin - Kenya. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Nairobi): Has the full text in Adobe PDF format of recent issues. http://www.africaonline.co.ke/foreignaffairs/bulletin/index.html

Gazette du MALD: In French. Monthly e-newsletter of the Laboratoire Mutations Africaines dans la Longue Durée (unité mixte de recherche CNRS-Université Paris-I). Le MALD (directeur Pierre Boilley) réunit trois centres : le Centre d'Études Juridiques et Politiques du Monde Africain (CEJPMA), le Centre de Recherches Africaines (CRA) et le Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Juridique de Paris (LAJP). Older issues are online. Includ