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Critical African Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering African studies and sociopolitical issues, African history and culture studies, Anthropological Studies and Insights.
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Chicago, T&F) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Critical African Studies 12 (3): 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | African studies and sociopolitical issues African history and culture studies Anthropological Studies and Insights South African History and Culture African cultural and philosophical studies |
| ISSN | 2040-7211 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 1.3 |
| h-index | 30 |
| i10-index | 98 |
| Total citations | 3,465 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of Edinburgh |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com |
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In this introduction to the special issue on decolonizing African Studies, we discuss some of the epicolonial dynamics that characterize much of higher education and knowledge production in, of, with, and for Africa. Decolonizing, we argue, is best understood as a verb that entails a political and normative ethic and practice of resistance and intentional…
Anthropological critiques of humanitarianism in Africa emphasize the workings of power, usually along lines of cultural, class, economic, and political difference. While these critiques often mention race, they engage less explicitly with structural racism and white supremacy as intimately woven into humanitarian professional practice. Such an engagement requires looking at how structures of inequality, white…
Ethnographic accounts of Africa in the late 20th century described a continent in which people were seemingly waiting endlessly for a future that would not come (Ferguson 1999; Piot 2010). Driven b...
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