Africa (journal)

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Africa (ISSN 00019720) is the name of the quarterly journal of the International African Institute and is published by Edinburgh University Press, in January, April, July and October of each year. It was founded in 1928.

Each issue contains four or five articles, as well as book reviews and review essays.

[edit] Special issues

The journal often also has special themed issues on various topics.

Year Volume Issue Title
1936 9 2 Problems of African Native Diet
1939 12 3 Linguistics in Africa
1979 49 3 Small Towns in African Development
1981 51 2 Rice and Yams in West Africa
1982 52 3 Past and Present in Zimbabwe
1984 54 3 Interventions of the State
1985 55 4 Popular Islam
1986 56 4 Crime and Colonialism in Africa
1987 57 4 Sierra Leone, 1787-1987
1989 59 1 Access, Control and Use of Resources in African Agriculture
1989 59 2 Social Stratification in Swahili Society
1991 61 3 Diviners, Seers and Prophets in Eastern Africa
1992 62 3 Rights over Land: Categories and Controversies
1993 63 3 Understanding Elections in Africa
1996 66 1 The Social Shaping of Biodiversity: Perspectives on the Management of Biological Variety in Africa
1998 68 3 The Politics of Primary Patriotism
2001 72 2 Markets in a New Era
2004 74 1 Grandparents and Grandchildren
2007 77 1 Nature as Local Heritage in Africa
2008 78 1 Perspectives on Vigilantism in Nigeria