Africa Week

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Africa Week
Categories Africa
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherTrans Africa Publishing
Year founded2004 (2004)
Country United Kingdom
Based in London
Website web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.africaweekmagazine.com
ISSN 1744-0734

Africa Week was a weekly magazine that covers African affairs. [1]

Contents

History and profile

Africa Week was established by TransAfrica Publishing Ltd in May 2004. [2]

The magazines was the successor of West Africa, another weekly magazine. [1] Africa Week was published by TransAfrica Publishing Ltd and was based in London. [1] Frank Afful is the founding managing editor and Desmond Davies the founding editor of the magazine. [2] The now defunct magazine covers news on the politics, social issues and economics of Africa. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Africa Week Magazine launched in London". Modern Ghana. 13 May 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2014.