Africa Yearbook

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The yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa – all related to developments in one calendar year. The Africa Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on European-African relations.

While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range of target groups: students, politicians, diplomats, administrators, journalists, teachers, practitioners in the field of development aid as well as business people. [1] [2]

It is the successor to the German-language Afrika Jahrbuch published by the Institut für Afrika-Kunde in Hamburg (today GIGA Institute for African Affairs), which issued its last yearbook in 2004 (on the year 2003). Originally, partners in Leiden and Uppsala were also involved [3] . The Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) was important for the new direction as an English-language and international reference organisation [4] .

The Africa Yearbook received the Conover-Porter Award 2012 (best africana bibliography or reference work). [5] [6]

In 2024, the reference book celebrated its 20th anniversary; volume 20 covers the year 2023. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Africa Yearbook". Brill. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  2. ↑ "ASC | Publications | Africa Yearbook - Africa Yearbook". Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2010-01-30. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Africa Yearbook | African Studies Centre Leiden". ascleiden.nl. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  4. ↑ "Africa Yearbook | AEGIS - African studies in Europe". www.aegis-eu.org. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  5. ↑ "Conover-Porter Award". alcasa. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  6. ↑ "List of winners of the Conover Porter Award (accessed Jan.22, 2014)". Archived from the original on 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  7. ↑ Alidu, Seidu M.; Kamski, Benedikt; Mehler, Andreas; Sebudubudu, David (2024-09-23), "Africa Yearbook Volume 20: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2023", Africa Yearbook Volume 20, Brill, ISBN   978-90-04-69697-6 , retrieved 2025-01-30


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