Critical African Studies seeks to advance critical approaches and theoretical innovation within African Studies. We aim to champion representation and inclusion, and seek to support and advance the decolonization of knowledge. We publish theoretically informed scholarship of importance for Africa and the diaspora, from diverse disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. We encourage pieces of critical enquiry that subvert colonial framings and question long-held or widely assumed truths, and that transcend disciplinary boundaries.
We offer authors a more flexible publishing platform than other journals, allowing them greater space to develop empirical discussions alongside theoretical and conceptual engagements. Our aim is to publish scholarly articles that generate and engage with theory from the African continent and its disaporas. We aspire to publish articles based on original empirical research that has been undertaken with the highest ethical research standards.
We invite contributions, including special issue proposals, that meet the aims of the journal, that offer original and critical empirical and theoretical insights into African Studies debates.
Peer Review Statement
All submissions are evaluated by an editor before being sent out for anonymous peer review. Reviewers are selected according to their expertise in the area of the submitted paper and we seek to have at least one reviewer from the country or region that is the focus of the article. We aim to provide authors with a decision on their manuscript within three months. This decision, along with any recommendations and comments from the referees, will be sent to the author by the handling editor, who makes the final decision on accepting or rejecting papers.
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.
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