An initiative from Africa Resource Center, Inc, this project publishes peer-reviewed journals and academic databases.
JENdA: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies
ISSN: 1530-5686
JENdA: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies [JENDA] is an award-winning peer-reviewed journal which focuses on social, political, economic, and cultural concepts and categories that shape the lives of women in different African societies. It examines the strategies women have utilized to grapple with global, regional and local economic constraints; and how they have negotiated global boundaries in the context of work, trade, immigration, identity formation as they sought a better life for their family. JENdA initiates and responds to debates on and about women in social, cultural, political, and economic systems. It creates a forum for African women scholars, analysts and activists to participate on an equal footing with their contemporaries worldwide in debates, exchanges of ideas, and the creation and documentation of knowledge.
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West Africa Review
ISSN: 1525-4488
West Africa Review [WAR] is an award-winning interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, devoted to research on the countries, societies, and peoples from Cape Verde to Cameroun. It provides a much-needed forum for original work and works of synthesis being done by scholars of West Africa in and outside of the region. West Africa Review facilitates productive exchanges among scholars of the region wherever they may be.
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Ijele: Art eJournal of the African World
ISSN: 1525-447X
Ijele: Art eJournal of the African World [IJELE], a peer-reviewed online journal of contemporary art and architecture, art history and criticism, focusing exclusively on the visual creative expressions of artists in Africa and other regions of the world. As well, it also highlights the work of non-African / non-Diaspora artists who use iconography and symbolisms derived from any of the artistic traditions of Africa. Ijele: Art eJournal of the African World provides a forum for scholarly articles of the highest quality as well as a platform for showcasing the art of talented artists.
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ProudFlesh: New Afrikan Journal of Culture, Politics, and Consciousness
ISSN: 1543-0855
ProudFlesh: New Afrikan Journal of Culture, Politics, and Consciousness [PROUDFLESH], is undergoing radical changes under the editorship of Dr. Sonjah Nadine Stanley-Niaah, a dynamic scholar who will be taking the journal to new directions. A new editorial board is being constituted.
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Journal on African Philosophy
ISSN: 1533-1067
Journal on African Philosophy [JAP], a peer-reviewed online journal that promotes the study of African and African Diaspora philosophy and studies worldwide from a broad (critical) perspective. The journal provides a forum for discussing philosophical issues pertaining to African and African Diaspora politics, legal theory, jurisprudence, aesthetic sensibilities, values, metaphysics and cultural traditions.
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Kiswahili Story Database
Folktales and Short Stories
Kiswahili Story Database [KSD] is a new initiative of Africa Resource Center that is curated by Dr. Brillian Besi Muhonja, professor of Africana Studies, Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and Women's Studies at James Madison University, and David B. Otiende, Deputy Director of Academic Affairs at The Cooperative College of Kenya in Nairobi, Kenya. The database of all Kiswahili stories is a growing collection of African folktales. It is our hope that the database will facilitate a new surge of interest in these treasured histories.
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African Music Database
African Music Database
African Music Database [AMD], a new initiative of Africa Resource Center is curated by Dr. Nkiru Nzegwu, professor and chair of Africana Studies, and Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture at Binghamton University. African Music Database will publish all types of African music beginning with highlife, traditional cultural groups, popular music, hiplife, and jazz. The growing database will feature music from artists in Africa and the global diaspora. The music is available in MP3 and can be played with any MP3 device. It is our hope that the database will facilitate a new surge of interest in African music research.
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Biafran War Database
Africa's First Modern Genocide (1967-1970)
Biafran War Database [BWD], a new initiative of Africa Resource Center is curated by Azuka Nzegwu. The database will publish items from newspapers, photographs, interviews, archival materials, declassified intelligence reports, and much more. The database will document and preserve the Biafran War legacy. It is our hope that the database will facilitate a new surge of interest and research in the war.