About the International Journal of African Studies The
International Journal of African Studies (IJAS), previously the Journal of Human
Relations (since 1952), publishes original and assessed research, book reviews,
review articles, and commentary on previously published articles. The
International Journal of African Studies (ISBN 1092-6399) is published twice a
year by the National Resource Center for African Studies (CAS) at Central State
University, Wilberforce, Ohio. IJAS is multi-disciplinary, and invites
articles of scholarship on socio-cultural issues, history, and economic and
political praxes relating to Africa, and to African connections through its
diaspora. Submissions should be sent to: Ebere Onwudiwe, Editor, IJAS,
Center for African Studies, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH 45384,
Book reviews should be mailed to: Minabere Ibelema, Book Review Editor,
IJAS Department of Journalism, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35233.
Subscriptions and address changes to the journal should to send to: Parviz
Morewedge, Managing Editor, IJAS, Director, Global Scholarly Publications,
220 Madison Avenue, Suite 11G, New York City, NY 10016. Manuscripts should
follow MLA style, and should not be more than 30 pages in length, including
notes and references. After accepting a manuscript for publication, the editors
will request a copy on computer disk compatible with Microsoft Word 6.0.
Adigun A.B. Agbaje, Dennis Brutus, Peter Ekeh, Jo Ellen Fair, Julius O.
Ihonvbere, Edmund J. Keller, Martin L. Kilson, Jr., D.A. Masolo, Makau Mutua,
Ali A. Mazrui, Isaac Mowoe, Nkiru Nzegwu, Suleman Nyang, Folu Ogundimu, Isidore
Okpewho, Eghosa E. Osaghae, Elliot Skinner, Richard L. Sklar, Olufemi Taiwo,
James Turner, and David Wiley
II. Bilingual Africana Classics
Following the model of the “Loeb” series for bilingual Greek and Latin
classics, and the “Islamic Translation Series,” this series attempts to make
available to the Western reader, Africana classics of written and oral
traditions. Two texts are under press.
Editorial Board
Editor- in – Chief: Alamin Mazrui (Ohio State
U.) Associate Editor: Ousseina Alidou (Rutgers U., New
Brunswick,N.J.)