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2027 Call for Applications and the New Map of Africa
We’re calling for applications from partner journals, published from the African continent, for 2027. Chenjerai Mabhiza joins the advisory board and the decision to replace the traditional world to accurately reflects the size of Africa.
Impacts of climate change, technology and war
We’re sharing latest publications from the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice and Prometheus – Critical Studies in Innovation, Ghana Journal of Sociology & Anthropology and People Centred – The Journal of Development Administration.
Fair Trade, Dollar Dominance & Future Labour
Topics of Fair Trade, Dollar Dominance, AI and the Future of Labour are covered within thought provoking articles from the Journal of Fair Trade, World Review of Political Economy and the mega final issue of Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation.
Pan-African Women’s Day & Other News
In this African Journals Initiative newsletter, we would like to bring your attention to the recently celebrated Pan-African Women’s Day. We highlight an article by Derosha Moodley and Ansurie Pillay in the latest issue of Bakwethu.
Top-Read 2025 Articles & State Crime Journal
New from State Crime Journal + Most-Read 2025 Articles. The most-read Pluto Journals articles published in 2025 reflect readers’ interest in major political, economic and social issues. All publications are Diamond Open Access.
Mandela Day & Botswana Notes and Records
African scholarship plays an important role in representing the continent’s lived realities and reflecting them within academic discourse. We are pleased to bring you three journal offerings journeying from Nigeria, Tanzania, to Botswana.
Critical Diversity, Change in Cuba & Indenture Afterlives
See latest issues of International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies, International Journal of Cuban Studies & Journal of Indentureship and Its legacies. Read new AJI issues: Ibadan Journal of Sociology, Zamani and Botswana Notes and Records.
Africa Day & AJI Call for New Journals
Africa Day & AJI Call for New Journals. On May 25 2026, Africa Day was celebrated globally.. We are looking to partner with more journals published from the African continent for 2027. Applications are open here. The deadline is 30 September 2026.
Iran, Gaza and the Shifting Global Order
We’re sharing the latest articles from Journal of Global Faultlines, more perspectives on Gaza and the Zionist entity from Arab Studies Quarterly, and a special issue of State Crime Journal featuring Global South perspectives.
AI, Health Justice & Global Inequality Questioned
Within our May news, we’re pleased to share another eclectic collection of articles from researchers from across the world. Articles, from the latest Pluto Journals publications, tackle AI, Health Justice and the Question of Global Inequality.
Bakwethu and African Journal of Bioethics Live
As the world celebrated Shakespeare Day, on 23rd April, the African Journals Initiative (AJI) onboarded an international, biannual, peer-reviewed, open-access journal: Bakwethu: A Journal of Shakespeare from South Africa.
Palestine, Islamophobia and the Politics of Belonging
Arab and Islamic studies journals, with articles exploring the impact of Islamophobia on the lives of Muslims across the world, from Sweden and the UK to Palestine are the focus from news of latest publications.
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