05/19/2026
Journal of West African History
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The Journal of West African History The editorial board invites submissions that engage diverse topical, theoretical, and methodological approaches.
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. Co
05/18/2026
Our “Meet the Editors” video series this week reveals how Dr. Aderinto’s archival research reshapes scholarly understandings of histories of juvenile justice and transnational prostitution in colonial West Africa. Watch this reel, share it with your networks, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, and YouTube for more from our editors and authors.
05/05/2026
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://lnkd.in/eDBDg6fX. In order to submit an article, you will have to create an account. The site will guide you through this process.
05/05/2026
In this week’s episode of our “Meet the Editors” series, we continue with Dr. Saheed Aderinto’s thoughtful and scholarly reflection on the evolution of his research interests—from early engagements with urban studies, Lagos, and the history of sexuality to a current focus on Fuji in Southwestern Nigeria. Check out this reel, share it with others, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
04/27/2026
We are delighted to feature our Editor, Dr. Saheed Aderinto, in this week’s “Meet the Editors” video series. In this episode, Dr. Aderinto reflects on how his intellectual interest in history first emerged during his undergraduate studies, while he was working as a research assistant. Watch the reel, share it with your networks, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, and YouTube for more from our editors and authors.
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