Journal of Contemporary African Studies

期刊简介：Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JCAS) is an interdisciplinary journal seeking to promote an African-centred scholarly understanding of societies on the continent and their location within the global political economy. Its scope extends across a wide range of social science and humanities disciplines with topics covered including, but not limited to, culture, development, education, environmental questions, gender, government, labour, land, leadership, political economy politics, social movements, sociology of knowledge and welfare. JCAS welcomes contributions reviewing general trends in the academic literature with a specific focus on debates and developments in Africa as part of a broader aim of contributing towards the development of viable communities of African scholarship. The journal publishes original research articles, book and media reviews, research reports, discussions, and occasional review articles. It also publishes special issues and welcomes proposals for new topics. JCAS is published four times a year, in January, April, July and October. Peer Review Statement: All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two referees. The Editors are responsible for the final selection of the contents of the Journal.

【译文】《当代非洲研究杂志》（JCAS）是一本跨学科期刊，旨在促进以非洲为中心的对非洲大陆社会及其在全球政治经济中的地位的学术理解。其范围涵盖广泛的社会科学和人文学科，涵盖的主题包括但不限于文化、发展、教育、环境问题、性别、政府、劳工、土地、领导力、政治经济学、社会运动、知识社会学和福利。 JCAS 欢迎对学术文献总体趋势进行回顾的贡献，特别关注非洲的辩论和发展，作为促进非洲学术界可行社区发展这一更广泛目标的一部分。该杂志发表原创研究文章、书籍和媒体评论、研究报告、讨论以及偶尔的评论文章。它还出版特刊并欢迎新主题的提案。 JCAS 每年出版四次，分别在一月、四月、七月和十月。同行评审声明：本期刊的所有文章都经过严格的同行评审，基于最初的编辑筛选和两名审稿人的匿名评审。编辑负责期刊内容的最终选择。