Africa Today

Aims & Scope

Africa Today publishes peer-reviewed, scholarly articles and book reviews in a broad range of academic disciplines on topics related to contemporary Africa.

We seek to be a venue for interdisciplinary approaches, diverse perspectives, and original research in the humanities and social sciences.

This includes work on social, cultural, political, historical, and economic subjects.

Recent special issues have been on topics such as the future of African artistic practices, the socio-cultural life of bus stations in Africa, and family-based health care in Ghana.

Africa Today has been on the forefront of African Studies research since 1954.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.208

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20706

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	71

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The Lies We Have Been Told: On (Homo) Sexuality in Africa

  Citation: 131

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• Locating Xenophobia: Debate, Discourse, and Everyday Experience in Cape Town, South Africa

  Citation: 90

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• Between Maitatsine and Boko Haram: Islamic Fundamentalism and the Response of the Nigerian State

  Citation: 83

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• The Political Economy of the Media in Kenya: From Kenyatta's Nation-Building Press to Kibaki's Local-Language FM Radio

  Citation: 75

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• Digging for Survival and/or Justice? The Drivers of Illegal Mining Activities in Western Ghana

  Citation: 62

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• The Global Transformation of Materials and the Emergence of Informal Urban Mining in Accra, Ghana

  Citation: 53

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• Nollywood in Lagos, Lagos in Nollywood Films

  Citation: 48

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• Informal Networks and Access to Power to Obtain Housing in Urban Slums in Ghana

  Citation: 48

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• “Policing Is Not Work: It Is Stealing by Force”: Corrupt Policing and Related Abuses in Everyday Nigeria

  Citation: 45

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• Ebola as African: American Media Discourses of Panic and Otherization

  Citation: 43

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