Journal of West African History

07/28/2025

Meet the Editors: We caught up with Dr. Vincent Hiribarren. Learn more about his ties with JWAH, his research, and his interests

05/14/2025

Stay tuned for our next Meet the Editor series video!

05/05/2025

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04/30/2025

Why not start Spring off by submitting to a rigorously peer-reviewed Journal?

CALL FOR PAPERS, JOURNAL OF WEST AFRICAN HISTORY!

Submissions SUBMIT ONLINE Click the link above for complete submission instructions. Guidelines Submissions are accepted only in MS-Word format. Please submit your article and a 150-word abstract in one file. Please be certain that no identifying information [i.e. the name(s), affiliation(s) of the....

04/14/2025

Be sure to check out our latest 'Meet the Authors' Series, with special guest Dr. Mark-Thiesen!

03/23/2025

CALL FOR PAPERS, JOURNAL OF WEST AFRICAN HISTORY
Founding Editor-in-Chief: Nwando Achebe
Editors: Saheed Aderinto, Trevor R. Getz, Toby Green, Vincent Hiribarren, Harry Nii Koney Odamtten.
Book Review Editors: Mark Deets, Nana Kesse, Madina Thiam.
The Journal of West African History (JWAH) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary research journal dedicated to publishing high-quality scholarship on West African history. Positioned at the forefront of new research, JWAH addresses representation gaps by fostering critical scholarship on topics such as women and gender, sexuality, slavery, oral history, popular and public culture, and religion. The editorial board invites submissions that engage diverse topical, theoretical, and methodological approaches. Committed to rigorous analysis and international in scope, JWAH offers a critical intervention in knowledge production. Each issue includes scholarly book reviews, and articles are published in English, French, and Portuguese, with African-language abstracts. JWAH is published by Michigan State University Press.
The editorial board invites scholars to submit original article-length manuscripts (not exceeding 10,000 words including endnotes) accompanied by an abstract that summarizes the argument and significance of the work. Review essays should engage the interpretation, meaning, or importance of an author’s argument for a wider scholarly audience. See what we have available for review on our Book Reviews page. Please contact our Book Review Editors at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] for more information.
Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of West African History should be submitted online at https://ojs.msupress.org/index.php/JWAH/submission/wizard. In order to submit an article, you will have to create an account. The site will guide you through this process.

03/17/2025

Be sure to check out our latest Issue, 10.1! Issue 10.2 will be out shortly

02/26/2025

Check out our 'Meet the Editor' video with Dr. Trevor Getz!

02/16/2025

Be sure to check out our latest issue! Volume 10, Issue 1

NOW AVAILABLE!

02/12/2025

After conducting a poll on X, it appears that our community wants more 'Meet the Editor' videos. Stay tuned for more!

02/03/2025

Check out our latest interview with Prof. Trevor Getz of San Francisco State University, one of the editors of the Journal of West African History (JWAH):

Interview with Prof. Trevor Getz of San Francisco State University, one of the editors of the Journal of West African History (JWAH)

02/01/2025

Publish with us! JWAH is always accepting articles and book reviews on a wide variety of topics related to West African history. See our website for submission details.

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