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Africa Spectrum

Africa Spectrum

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eISSN: 18686869 | ISSN: 00020397 | Current volume: 59 | Current issue: 1 Frequency: 3 Times/Year

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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. 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).

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Visit the Journal’s submission site https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/africaspectrum to upload your manuscript.

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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.

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Please direct any queries to africa-spectrum@giga-hamburg.de.

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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 Please note that we do not publish primarily econometric papers; however, we welcome papers using quantitative methods that are accessible to a broad audience and make original theoretical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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