# The Journal of African History

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Academic journal

The Journal of African History Discipline History of Africa Language English Edited by Abou Bamba, Michelle Moyd, Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, Samuel Severson, Thulasizwe Simpson Publication details History Since 1960 Publisher Cambridge University Press Frequency Continuous, online only Open access Yes License Creative Commons Impact factor 0.9 (2024) Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt ) ISO 4 J. Afr. Hist. Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L ISSN 0021-8537 (print) 1469-5138 (web) LCCN 63005723 JSTOR 00218537 OCLC no. 1039207112 Links Journal homepage Online access Online archive

***The Journal of African History*** is a triannual [peer-reviewed](/source/Peer-reviewed) [open access](/source/Open_access) [academic journal](/source/Academic_journal). It was established in 1960 and is published by [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press). It covers [African history](/source/African_history) and [archaeology](/source/African_archaeology) and was established by [John Fage](/source/John_Fage) and [Roland Oliver](/source/Roland_Oliver). The [editors-in-chief](/source/Editors-in-chief) are Michelle Moyd ([Michigan State University](/source/Michigan_State_University)), Moses Ochonu ([Vanderbilt University](/source/Vanderbilt_University)), and Thulasizwe Simpson ([University of Pretoria](/source/University_of_Pretoria)).

## Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

- [Arts and Humanities Citation Index](/source/Arts_and_Humanities_Citation_Index)[1]

- [Current Contents](/source/Current_Contents)/Arts & Humanities[1]

- [EBSCO databases](/source/EBSCO_databases)[2]

- [GEOBASE](/source/GEOBASE)[3]

- [International Bibliography of Periodical Literature](/source/International_Bibliography_of_Periodical_Literature)[2]

- [Linguistic Bibliography](/source/Linguistic_Bibliography)[2]

- [Modern Language Association Database](/source/Modern_Language_Association_Database)[2]

- [ProQuest databases](/source/ProQuest_databases)[2]

- [Scopus](/source/Scopus)[4]

- [Social Sciences Citation Index](/source/Social_Sciences_Citation_Index)[1]

According to the *[Journal Citation Reports](/source/Journal_Citation_Reports)*, the journal has a 2024 [impact factor](/source/Impact_factor) of 0.9.[5]

## Еditors

- 1990-1997 [Joseph C. Miller](/source/Joseph_C._Miller)[6]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ISI_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ISI_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ISI_1-2) ["The Journal of African History"](https://mjl.clarivate.com/search-results?issn=0021-8537). *Web of Science Master Journal List*. [Clarivate](/source/Clarivate). Retrieved 5 November 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MIAR_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MIAR_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-MIAR_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-MIAR_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-MIAR_2-4) ["The Journal of African History"](https://miar.ub.edu/issn/0021-8537). *[MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals](/source/MIAR%3A_Information_Matrix_for_the_Analysis_of_Journals)*. [University of Barcelona](/source/University_of_Barcelona). Retrieved 5 November 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GEOBASE_3-0)** ["Content/Database Overview - GEOBASE Source List"](http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/engineering-village/contentdatabase-overview). *Engineering Village*. [Elsevier](/source/Elsevier). Retrieved 5 November 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Scopus_4-0)** ["Source details: The Journal of African History"](https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/19095). *Scopus Preview*. [Elsevier](/source/Elsevier). Retrieved 5 November 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WoS_5-0)** "The Journal of African History". [*2024 Journal Citation Reports*](/source/Journal_Citation_Reports) (Science OR Social Sciences OR Emerging Sources OR Arts and Humanities ed.). [Clarivate](/source/Clarivate). 2025 – via [Web of Science](/source/Web_of_Science).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/joseph-c-miller-1939-2019/](https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/joseph-c-miller-1939-2019/)

## External links

[Scholia](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia) has a *venue* profile for ***[The Journal of African History](https://iw.toolforge.org/scholia/venue/Q7743549)***.

- [Official website](http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_AFH)

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