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Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, African history and culture studies, Global Maritime and Colonial Histories.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inPostcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies African history and culture studies Global Maritime and Colonial Histories African studies and sociopolitical issues South African History and Culture
ISSN2327-7408
Citation impact (2-yr)0.47
h-index10
i10-index11
Total citations509
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies per year

16
2014
15
2016
19
2017
17
2018
28
2019
22
2020
40
2021
17
2022
15
2023
19
2024
24
2025

Citation impact of Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies by publication year

64
2014
62
2016
24
2017
92
2018
61
2019
35
2020
83
2021
44
2022
12
2023
17
2024
8
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies

The Folktale and Social Values in Traditional Africa

Enongene Mirabeau Sone · 15 Jun 2018

Africans, like people elsewhere in the world, have a set of values which they consider worthwhile and necessary for the preservation and wellbeing of their culture. In this way, it may be said that societal values are embodied in and communicated by its system of education and that the education that a society offers its…

36 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Presence, Agency and Popularity: Kenyan “Socialites”, Femininities and Digital Media

Dina Ligaga · 2 Oct 2016

AbstractRepresentations and self-representations in new digital cultures have complicated readings of gender and sexuality in the media in increasingly interesting ways. This article explores such representations, focusing on two well-known figures in the Kenyan tabloid media, Vera Sidika and Huddah Monroe. These two women are informally referred to as “socialites”, a reference made to their…

25 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Reconciling National and Communal Identity in Kenya through the <i>Asian African Heritage</i> Exhibit

Chepchirchir Tirop · 22 Oct 2022

In the context of contemporary questions of identity and belonging, this paper examines the Asian African Heritage museum exhibit at the Nairobi Museum. The exhibit is an attempt by members of the Indian community to solidify their place in Kenya through rethinking Kenyan identity and the national historical narrative that frames that identity. This paper…

24 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Writing (as) Africans — French Fiction Between Empathy and Orientalism

Oana Panaïté · 2 Oct 2016

This article examines the impact colonial ideology and discursive practices have on French writing about Africa. I begin by examining the constitution and reiteration of a series of defining scenes such as the momentous departure for the African colonies and the exploration of the African continent by European fiction heroes. I then turn to the…

19 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Hostile Witnesses and Queer Life in Kenyan Prison Writing

Taiwo Adetunji Osinubi · 2 Oct 2014

AbstractThis article explores three Kenyan political prison narratives, J. M. Kariuki's Mau Mau Detainee (1963), Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary (1981), and Maina wa Kĩnyatti's Kenya: A Prison Notebook (2009), as archives of anxious disputes over alternative sexual intimacies in Kenya at the very moment in which politicians formulated visions for a…

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Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies use?
Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies 12 (3): 45–58.
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No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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