Research Guides: The Novel in Africa: Journals, Blogs, & Other Internet Resources

Journals

African book publishing record, The. (Oxford, UK: Hans Zell, 1975-)
African literature today. (London: Heinemann; New York: Africana Pub. Co., c1968-)
African renaissance. (Online). (London: Adonis & Abbey, c2004-)
African writing. (Online) (Nottingham, UK: Fonthouse Ltd., 2007- ) --via the Internet.
Africultures: le site et la revue de référence des cultures africaines. (Paris: L'association Africultures.) --via Cairn.info
Black renaissance/Renaissance noire. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1996-)
--See also: Black renaissance. (Online)
Brittle paper. (Online) (Madison, Wisconsin: 2012-)
Cambridge journal of postcolonial literary inquiry. (Online). (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014-)
Chimurenga. (Cape Town: Pan African Market, 2002-2008.)
--See also: Chronic Chimurenga, 2013- and the current web version
Current writing. (Durban, South Africa: Dept. of English, University of Natal, 1989- )
--See also: 1989 to present online
Diacritics. (Online). (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996-) -- via Project Muse
Ethiopiques: revue négro-africaine de littérature et de philosophie. (Dakar, Sénégal: Ethiopiques, 1975- )
- See also: Ethiopiques. (Online) --via the Internet.
Jahazi. (Online). (Nairobi, Kenya: 2015-)
Johannesburg review of books. 2017- (South Africa)
Journal of African cinemas. (Online). (Bristol, UK: Intellect, Ltd., 2009-)
Journal of the African Literature Association. (JALA). (Online) (Philadelphia) 2006 to present -- via Taylor & Francis
- See also, in Butler Stacks: ALA Newsletter, 1974-1981, 1988, 1994 ; ALA Bulletin, 1984-2005 ; and, JALA, 2007-2009, 2011-2013, 2017 to present
Journal of postcolonial writing. (Online). (Abington, UK: Routledge, 2005-) -- via Taylor & Francis
New contrast. (Cape Town: SA Literary Journal, Ltd., 1990-)
Praxis magazine for arts and literature. (Abuja, Nigeria: Praxis Magazine, 2017-)
Présence africaine. (Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1955-2020?)
Research in African literatures. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1970-)
- See also: Research in African literatures (Online): 1994 to present only.
Transition. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press; Kampala, Uganda, 1961-
- See also: Transition. (Online) (Kampala, Uganda)
Wasafiri. (Online) (London: Instructa, 1984- )
World literature today. (Online) (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, 1977-)

Blogs & Other Internet Resources

Africa in Words (UK)
A blog on cultural production and Africa.

African Literature on the Internet (Columbia University Libraries, New York)
A comprehensive guide, part of the
African Studies WWW-Virtual Library.

African writer magazine (USA)

Jalada Africa: a pan-African writers' collective. (Nairobi, Kenya)

Kalahari review (Gaborone, Botswana)

Writing Africa [James Marua's African Literature Blog] (Nairobi, Kenya)