The Journal of West African History (JWAH) is a new interdisciplinary peer-reviewed
research journal that will publish the highest quality articles on West African
history. Located at the cutting edge of new scholarship on the social,
cultural, economic, and political history of West Africa, JWAH will fill a representational gap by providing
a forum for serious scholarship and debate on women and gender, sexuality,
slavery, oral history, popular and public culture, and religion. The editorial
board encourages authors to explore a wide range of topical, theoretical,
methodological, and empirical perspectives in new and exciting ways. The
journal is committed to rigorous thinking and analysis; is international in
scope; and offers a critical intervention about knowledge production. Scholarly
reviews of current books in the field will appear in every issue. And the
publication will be in both English and French; an abstract in both languages
will be provided. Michigan State University Press publishes JWAH in collaboration with the MSU African Studies
Center and the History Department.
The debut
issue of JWAH appeared in March 2015. To this end, the
editorial board invites scholars to submit original article-length manuscripts
(not exceeding 10,000 words including endnotes, 35 pages in length) accompanied
by an abstract that summarizes the argument and significance of the work (not
exceeding 150 words). These articles will be considered alongside submissions
from senior scholars such as Trevor Getz, David Robinson, Jan Jansen, Jonathan
Reynolds, Michel Doortmont, Simon Ottenberg, Elisha Renne, Ralph Austen,
Douglas Chambers, Merrick Posnansky, Moses Ochonu and Sabine Jell-Bahlsen, to
name but a few. Review essays (not exceeding 1,000 words) should engage
the interpretation, meaning, or importance of an author’s argument for a wider
scholarly audience. Please contact our book review editor a thodamtten@scu.edu for
more information.
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