June 2008
Africa. Journal of the International African Institute
African countries initiative
The International African Institute and Edinburgh University Press are pleased to jointly announce that their flagship journal Africa. Journal of the International African Institute
is henceforth to be available free of charge, in electronic format, to libraries and non-profit research and educational institutions in Africa.
Africa was first published in 1928, and is in its 78th volume. It is the leading UK-based and international African studies journal that publishes on the whole of Africa, and in all disciplines of the humanities, social sciences and environmental sciences. With a core orientation towards ethnographically rich, historically informed knowledge garnered through field work, it was and remains the central platform and reference point for Africanist field studies worldwide, witnessing more recent shifts to a greater diversity of approaches and interdisciplinarity.
This development comes at a time where electronic publishing and dissemination is offering opportunities to break with conventional models of research dissemination. Yet the African continent suffers lack of visibility for research output, and a chronic lack of financial resources in higher education and research institutions, including for journals subscriptions. Research seldom crosses borders within the continent, and there is a North-South divide in access to scholarly research and publication outlets.
By opening the journal up to institutions in Africa, the institute is fulfilling its historic mission and highest priority to promote access to African research and publication internationally. We hope to widen our readership in the continent, and encourage more contributions from African scholars. The IAI and journal editors are delighted that Edinburgh University Press, a wholly owned subsidiary of the university, committed to the furthering of knowledge, learning and education, and promoting cultural and intellectual debate of the highest standards, is supporting the initiative through its newly launched EUP Journals Online platform (www.eupjournals.com).
A list of qualifying countries is appended.
For further details of how to subscribe, please see
www.eupjournals.com/afr
http://www.eupjournals.com/page/afr/subscribe
Further information for librarians is at
http://www.eupjournals.com/page/infoZone/librarians
or email journals@eup.ed.ac.uk
How librarians can apply
To find out if your institution will qualify for this offer, please contact the Edinburgh University Press subscriptions department on +44 131 650 6207 or journals@eup.ed.ac.uk
For further information, please contact:
Edinburgh University Press
Sarah Edwards, Head of Journals, Sarah.Edwards@eup.ed.ac.uk
International African Institute
Stephanie Kitchen, Chair, Publications Committee, sk111@soas.ac.uk
Journal editorial office
Editor, Karin Barber, iai-africa@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Ends
Qualifying countries
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep.
Côte d'Ivoire
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia, The
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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