African Studies Review

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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 / 84 in Area Studies

Authors per paper:
     Average: 1
     Median: 1
References per paper:
     Average: 18
     Median: 3

Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for African Studies Review:

  • 2021 Impact Factor: 1.82
  • 2020 Impact Factor: 1.706
  • 2019 Impact Factor: 1.034
  • 2018 Impact Factor: 0.800

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Latest papers
2
Dec
2022
Writing in Englishes: Taking Control of the Technology of Power through Literary Aesthetics: A Keynote Speech to the African Studies Association Conference, 2021 Gold Open Access
African Studies Review
23
Nov
2022
Communication politique et symbolique vestimentaire au Cameroun : cas de l’élection présidentielle de 2018
African Studies Review
23
Nov
2022
“A Reason Not to Belong”: Political Decentralization, Intercommunal Relations, and Changing Identities in Northeastern Uganda Gold Open Access
African Studies Review
21
Nov
2022
Shortcut English: Pidgin Language, Racialization, and Symbolic Economies at a Chinese-Operated Mine in Zambia Gold Open Access
African Studies Review
21
Nov
2022
Camille Lefebvre. Des pays au crépuscule : Le moment de l’occupation coloniale (Sahara-Sahel). Paris: Fayard, 2021. 341 pp. Index. 24 €. Paper. ISBN: 978-2-213-71810-1.
African Studies Review
9
Nov
2022
Reuben A. Loffman. Church, State and Colonialism in Southeastern Congo, 1890–1962. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland for Palgrave Macmillan Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series, 2019. xxiii + 281 pp. Maps. Illustrations. Glossa
African Studies Review
2
Nov
2022
Renée Larrier and Ousseina D. Alidou, eds. Writing through the Visual and Virtual: Inscribing Language, Literature, and Culture in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2015. 369 pp. Index. $ 54.99. Paper. ISBN: 978-1-4985-2634-0.
African Studies Review
27
Oct
2022
Michelle C. Johnson. Remaking Islam in African Portugal: Lisbon, Mecca, Bissau. Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2020. 212 pp. Note on Transcription. Bibliography. Index. $24.00. Paper. ISBN: 978-0253049773.
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Impactful Papers

Altmetric Attention Score: 275
African Studies Keyword: Autoethnography Gold Open Access
African Studies Review2022-05-14

Altmetric Attention Score: 215
African Studies Keyword: Democracy Gold Open Access
African Studies Review2021-07-03

Altmetric Attention Score: 63
Equality, Non-Interference, and Sovereignty: President Ahmadou Ahidjo and the Making of Cameroon-U.S. Relations
African Studies Review2021-10-29

Altmetric Attention Score: 57
Decolonizing Diplomacy: Senghor, Kennedy, and the Practice of Ideological Resistance
African Studies Review2021-01-06

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

Altmetric Attention Score: 51
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: 33
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


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Hélène Dumas. Sans ciel ni terre: Paroles orphelines du génocide des Tutsis (1994–2006). Paris: Editions la Découverte, 2020. 200 pp. Glossary. Bibliography. Notes. Photos. $30.65. Paper. ISBN: 978-2348057892.
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Cited median publication year:
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Scholars
Authors who recently published in African Studies Review:
Scholar Affiliation
Yolaine Frossard de Saugy N/A
João Ferreira Dias N/A
Damiano Matasci N/A
Joanna Tague N/A
Dawne Y. Curry N/A
Athambile Masola N/A
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