About the Journal

International Journal of African Studies (IJAFRS) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal published biannually by AveronOpen. It is committed to producing and using knowledge to empower and strengthen Africa, its people, and its Diaspora. The journal covers multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary approaches in examining the African Renaissance and the repositioning of Africa within the world system.

Its fundamental purpose is to create a forum for the exchange of ideas between African intellectuals of different convictions and disciplines. It is also open to other researchers working on Africa and those engaged in comparative studies on the Third World.

IJAFRS operates a double-blind reviewing policy in which the anonymity of authors to reviewers and reviewers to authors will be ensured so as to make the review process unbiased.

Publisher Information: This journal was originally established and administered through the Svedberg Open publishing platform. As part of an internal consolidation and modernization of the publishing infrastructure, it has been migrated to the Averon Open publishing platform. Svedberg Open and Averon Open operate under the same ownership and management structure. Averon Open is the publishing identity currently displayed for this journal and is responsible for its ongoing publishing administration.