Critical African Studies Journal

With our journal continuing to grow, we are seeking to expand our Editorial Board! 🫶 Head here for more information on the journal, the application process, and what it's like being an Editor at CrAS: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recruit… @TandF_Africa @tandfhss

'the power struggles between protagonists and the impact of those struggles on the relocation process...ultimately exacerbated the victims’ distress.' New paper on the Tokwe-Mukorsi flood in Zimbabwe from Mudefi, Kwizera, and Akpan is available now: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 🇿🇼

'Shades of party activism: understanding ZANU-PF youth activists' from Marjoke Oosterom and Simbarashe Gukurume is out online 🇿🇼 Great to see these exciting papers from our forthcoming 2025 Special Issues coming out now: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We are extremely pleased to announce the winners of our inaugural 'CrAS Prize for Critical Scholarship in African Studies'! 1st place - Patrick Otim Runners up - Lucia Candelise & Antoine Kernen, and Ute Röschenthaler Full details can be found here: tandfonline.com/journals/rcaf2…

We're recruiting new Associate Editors! In this call, we are especially seeking candidates with expertise in Political Science, History, Sociology and/or Anthropology, and with regional expertise in Southern, West or East/NE Africa. Details in this link: caas-acea.org/job-opportunit…

Our final issue of the year is out now, and aren't we delighted 🥳 Featuring a fascinating mini Special Issue 'On the limits and prospects of African humour', edited by Izuu Nwankwo, as well as three brilliant individual papers, that's a wrap for 2024! tandfonline.com/toc/rcaf20/16/…

'In the context of South Africa, while several authors are using the term "colour blindness", very few studies offer a systematic analysis of colour-blind racism (CBR).' 🇿🇦 Read Ibrahim Steyn's contribution to our latest issue here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

‘Am I nobody?’ In our latest issue, Rehana Capurchande and Cecilia Almlöv delve into the power relations of doctoral co-supervision in Mozambique 🇲🇿 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

'To what ethical extent [...] does commitment to socio-political change legitimise an African writer to pass value-judgements on his or her society?' 🇳🇬 Ngulube's postcolonial reading of Elnathan John's 'Be(com)ing Nigerian: A Guide' is available here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

With articles exploring topics from Morocco, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Botswana, and Mozambique, we are delighted to be releasing our Individual Paper Issue of 2024:🇲🇦🇿🇦🇺🇬🇿🇼🇷🇼🇧🇼🇲🇿 tandfonline.com/toc/rcaf20/cur…

'Drawing on literary onomastics and insights from Rights and Feminist theories, the article examines Parkes’ strategic use of names to articulate ethicality in Tail of the Blue Bird.' Eye-opening analysis in our latest paper from Bonsu, Asempasah, and Sam 🇬🇭

Looking for where to publish the paper you presented at #ASAUK24? Browse the African Studies journals published by @TandF_Africa to find a home for your research, and you could soon be speaking with one of these expert Editors. 📝bit.ly/TFAfricaJourna… @ASAUK_News @CJAS_RCEA

For those at the ASAUK Conference at Oxford Brookes this weekend, be sure to catch our very own Gerald Mazarire at the Meet the Editors sessions 💙

Attending @ASAUK_News this week in Oxford? Stop by our informal drop-in sessions to meet Editors from leading @TandF_Africa journals, and other peer journals, to discuss your articles and find a home for your research. #ASAUK24 @CJAS_RCEA

Our latest paper is an important contribution to migration scholarship from Kudakwashe Vanyoro @KudaVan 👏 Open Access, available here at @tandfonline: #d1e253" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

'POV as a political cartoonist goes beyond familiarising local audiences about foreign affairs, by provoking them to think critically about the subject.' 🇲🇺 New paper from Adeelah Kodabux available now: #d1e676" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Starting soon: Writing Platformization from Africa. #africa #platform @EdinburghUni @UrbanAfricaACC @andretwp @LizaCirolia @CrASJournal @pandsociety @stsucl

"...we would like to question the assumption that NGO reports are 'neutral' and 'unbiased'." Thought-provoking new paper from Andreeva et al is now available: 'Atrocity reports as strategic narratives: discourses of genocide in Rwanda' tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

'Hopefully we're not only benefitting ourselves from getting more sales' In this new paper, Dinah Rajak and Catherine Dolan underline how corporate discourse chalks up economic and emotional loss as the cost of the much-feted, long-awaited ripple effect. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Hello, first issue of 2024 🥳 We are over the moon to bring out 'Moral Economies of Capitalism in Africa', edited by Jörg Wiegratz, Tijo Salverda & Cristiano Lanzano. Six papers exploring capitalism in various settings across contemporary Africa. tandfonline.com/toc/rcaf20/cur…