African Affairs

African Affairs is the leading journal of African Studies. In continuous publication since 1901, it is probably also the world's oldest journal concerning current events in Africa.  Published quarterly by Oxford University Press, the journal is widely read by academics, diplomats, policy-makers, and others with a serious interest in the continent.

African Affairs publishes articles on a wide variety of subjects- in politics and international relations, as well as economic, literature, art, music, more.  African Affairs also includes book reviews and review articles, as well as an invaluable list of recently published books, and a listing of articles on Africa that have appeared in non-Africanist journals.

Members of the Royal African Society and the African Studies Association of the UK receive print copies of the journal, and can also access the full electronic archive of the journal, which extends back to the first issue in 1901.

The journal is jointly edited by Rita Abrahamsen and Sara Rich Dorman, and is supported by an international editorial advisory board consisting of academics and practioners. 

African Affairs' African Author Prize

The editors of African Affairs are pleased to announce the establishment of the African Author Prize. The prize will be awarded for the best article published in African Affairs by an author based in an African institution, or an African Ph.D student based in an overseas university.  The prize is in recognition of excellent African scholarship, which often does not reach audiences outside the African continent. To the extent possible, the prize committee will prioritize scholars at the beginning of their career.

The prize will be awarded every second year, for the best article published in the previous two year period.  Thus, the first prize will be awarded for articles published in the calendar years 2008-2009, and will be conferred at the ASAUK conference in 2010. The awarding committee includes Richard Dowden (Director of RAS), William Beinart (President of ASAUK), Rufus Akinyele (Member of the Editorial Board), and the editors of African Affairs.