African Studies Review

The statistics shown below contain data since 1 November 2018.
Basic Information
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Founded in: 1958
Homepage: https://www.cambridge.org/core...
Twitter: @ASRJournal
Association: African Studies Association (@ASANewsOnline)
Category: Area Studies
Rank:
• 20 / 80 in Area Studies

Authors per paper:
     Average: 1
     Median: 1
References per paper:
     Average: 19
     Median: 3

Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for African Studies Review:

  • 2020 Impact Factor: 1.706
  • 2019 Impact Factor: 1.034
  • 2018 Impact Factor: 0.800

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Latest papers
27
Aug
2021
Frederic Wehrey and Anouar Boukhars. Salafism in the Maghreb: Politics, Piety, and Militancy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 240 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Paper. ISBN: 978-0-19-094241-0.
African Studies Review
25
Aug
2021
Terje Østebø. Islam, Ethnicity and Conflict in Ethiopia: The Bale Insurgency, 1963–1970. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. xii + 363 pp. List of Maps. List of Figures. List of Tables. Glossary. References. Index. $120.00. Cloth. ISBN: 978-1-108
African Studies Review
25
Aug
2021
Ken Ochieng’ Opalo. Legislative Development in Africa: Politics and Postcolonial Legacies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. xviii + 276 pp. Bibliography. Index. $31.99. Paper. ISBN: 978-1108710350.
African Studies Review
25
Aug
2021
Neil Parsons. Black and White Bioscope: Making Movies in Africa 1899 to 1925.  Bristol, UK: Intellect, 2018. ix + 246 pp. Photographs. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. $80.00. Cloth. ISBN: 978-1783209439.
African Studies Review
25
Aug
2021
Benjamin Talton. In This Land of Plenty: Mickey Leland and Africa in American Politics. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. 212 pp. Bibliography. Index. $45.00. Cloth. ISBN: 9780812251470.
African Studies Review
25
Aug
2021
Jacob Dlamini. The Terrorist Album: Apartheid’s Insurgents, Collaborators, and the Security Police. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2020. 375 pp. List of Abbreviations. Notes. Index. $29.95. Cloth. ISBN: 9780674916555.
African Studies Review
25
Aug
2021
Steven Press. Blood and Diamonds: Germany’s Imperial Ambitions in Africa. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2021. 352 pp. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Index. $35.00. Cloth. ISBN: 9780674916494.
African Studies Review
28
Jul
2021
Mamadou Dia, director. Nafi’s Father. 2019. Original title: Baamum Naafi. 107 minutes. Fula (with English subtitles). Senegal. Joyedidi. No price reported.
African Studies Review

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Impactful Papers

Altmetric Attention Score: 130
African Studies Keyword: Democracy Gold Open Access
African Studies Review2021-07-03

Altmetric Attention Score: 55
Ghana’s Bui Dam and the Contestation over Hydro Power in Africa
African Studies Review2020-09-22

Altmetric Attention Score: 48
Sudanese Women’s Groups on Facebook and #Civil_Disobedience: Nairat or Thairat? (Radiant or Revolutionary?)
African Studies Review2019-05-29

Altmetric Attention Score: 43
Deconstructing Characterizations of Rape, Marriage, and Custom in South Africa: Revisiting The Multi-Sectoral Campaign Against Ukuthwala
African Studies Review2020-03-20

Altmetric Attention Score: 32
The Role of Islam, Ajami writings, and educational reform in Sulemaana Kantè’s N’ko
African Studies Review2020-01-28

Altmetric Attention Score: 32
Issa G. Shivji, Saida Yahya-Othman, and Ng’wanza Kamata. Development as Rebellion: Julius Nyerere—A Biography. Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota, 2020. Distributed by African Books Collective. 3 volumes. xxii + 1,054 pp. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Inde
African Studies Review2021-01-06

Altmetric Attention Score: 31
The Vulnerability and Resilience of African Food Systems, Food Security, and Nutrition in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
African Studies Review2020-08-21

Altmetric Attention Score: 23
Xenophobia’s Contours During an Ebola Epidemic: Proximity and the Targeting of Peul Migrants in Senegal
African Studies Review2019-08-16


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Scholars
Authors who recently published in African Studies Review:
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