Africa Spectrum
Published in Association with GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Published in Association with Funding Institutions
eISSN:
18686869 | ISSN:
00020397 | Current volume: 59 | Current issue: 3
Frequency: 3 Times/Year
- High impact factor
- Rigorous double-blind peer review
- Prompt publishing
- Multidisciplinary audience
- Platinum Open Access journal with no article processing charges (APCs)
Africa Spectrum is published by the Institute for African Affairs of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg. It is a double-blind, peer-reviewed Open Access journal dedicated to promoting scientific knowledge on politics, societies, and development in Africa, as well as Africa's role in the international system. As a multidisciplinary journal, Africa Spectrum welcomes submissions employing a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. Africa Spectrum prioritises the publication of manuscripts with significant new empirical material and/or significant new theoretical contributions. In addition to original research articles, Africa Spectrum also publishes analytical reports, debate articles, review articles, and book reviews. Please see the Aims and Scope tab for further information. The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Submission information
Visit the Journal’s submission site https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/africaspectrum to upload your manuscript.
Open access article processing charge (APC) information
This journal is financially supported by the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and therefore does not charge an article processing charge for open access publication.
Contact
Please direct any queries to africa-spectrum@giga-hamburg.de.
Standard license
The standard license for the journal is Creative Commons (CC BY), and it is recommended this is the license which is selected. This allows others to re-use the work without permission as long as the work is properly referenced.
The Institute for African Affairs of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg has published Africa Spectrum since 1966. It is a double-blind, peer-reviewed Open Access journal dedicated to promoting scientific knowledge on politics, societies, and development in Africa, as well as Africa's role in the international system. Africa Spectrum aims to promote inter-disciplinary, inclusive, Africanist scholarship about and from the continent. It aims to publish in-depth analyses that inform theoretical, empirical, and policy debates in the study of Africa, both from a contemporary and historical perspective. The journal is committed to intellectual pluralism, and it accepts submissions using varied theoretical and empirical approaches from across the social sciences and humanities. Please note that we do not publish primarily econometric papers; however, we welcome papers using quantitative methods that are accessible to a broad audience and make original theoretical contributions.
Africa Spectrum accepts original research articles, debate pieces, review articles, analytical reports, and book reviews. Africa Spectrum also publishes special issues and special sections. There are no article processing charges to publish in the journal, and every publication is open access. The journal accepts submissions in French as well as in other languages upon request and at the editors’ discretion. While the peer review process will be in the submission language, accepted articles must be translated into English for publication. Africa Spectrum can provide this service for a limited number of articles per year where authors are unable to access this service through their host institutions.
Africa Spectrum is among the leading African Studies journals globally. The independence of the journal and its editorial policy is guaranteed as part of the GIGA Journal Family. Since 2003, the journal has collaborated closely with the African Studies Association in Germany (Vereinigung für Afrikawissenschaften in Deutschland, VAD). Members of the VAD contribute to the journal’s success by serving as authors and referees in the peer review process.
Editors-in-Chief
| Martha Johnson | Mills College at Northeastern University, USA |
| Maxine Rubin | German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Germany |
Editorial Manager
| Petra Brandt | German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Germany |
Editorial Assistant
| Jigneshkumar Patel | German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Germany |
Book Review Editor
| Seulgie Lim | Bates College, USA |
Associate Editors
| Yousra Abourabi | International University of Rabat, Morocco |
| Martin Acheampong | German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Germany |
| Edlyne E. Anugwom | University of Nigeria, Nigeria |
| Amanda Coffie | University of Ghana, Ghana |
| Diana Felix da Costa | SOAS University of London, UK |
| Antje Daniel | University of Vienna, Austria |
| Lamine Doumbia | Institute for Asia and African Studies - HU Berlin, Germany |
| Kendra Dupuy | Western Washington University, USA |
| Hye-Sung Kim | Appalachian State University, USA |
| Henrietta Nyamnjoh | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Symphorien Ongolo | French national Research Institute for sustainable Development, France |
| Ken Opalo | Georgetown University, USA |
| Elias Phaahla | University of Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Alena Thiel | IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
Editorial Advisory Board
| Erdmute Alber | Universität Bayreuth, Germany |
| Gehard Anders | University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Kwesi Aning | Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Accra, Ghana |
| Daniel Bach | Centre Emile Durkheim, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France |
| Susann Baller | German Historical Institute in Paris, France |
| Catherine Boone | London School of Economics and Political Science, UK |
| Gordon Crawford | Coventry University, United Kingdom |
| Mamadou Diawara | Universität Frankfurt, Germany |
| Kim Dionne | University of California, Riverside, USA |
| Till Förster | Universität Basel, Switzerland |
| Julia Gallagher | SOAS University of London, UK |
| Mamoudou Gazibo | University of Montreal, Canada |
| Peter Geschiere | University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Toni Haastrup | University of Stirling, Scotland |
| Goran Hyden | University of Florida, USA |
| Rita Kesselring | University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Nauja Kleist | Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark |
| Evan Lieberman | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA |
| Elísio Macamo | Universität Basel, Switzerland |
| Roland Marchal | Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Paris, France |
| Francis Nyamnjoh | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Ian Phimister | University of the Free State, South Africa |
| H. Kwasi Prempeh | Ghana Center for Democratic Development, Ghana |
| Lise Rakner | University of Bergen, Norway |
| Rachel Riedl | Cornell University, USA |
| Walter Schicho | Universität Wien, Austria |
| Roger Southall | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Leonard Wantchekon | Princeton University, USA |
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