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Submission guidelines

Submission guidelines

The series is currently calling for full book proposals.

Reach out to the series editors or Commissioning Editor for a proposal form.
 

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To submit a proposal to this series, please contact the series editor or Commissioning Editor via email:

Abdul Karim Bangura
American University Center for Global Peace, USA
[email protected]

Katy Mathers
Senior Commissioning Editor, Emerald
[email protected]

Editorial team

Editorial team

Published in partnership with the African Studies and Research Forum.

Series Editor

Abdul Karim Bangura is the Dean of the CODESRIA College of Mentors Institute for doctoral candidates very highly competitively selected from across Africa based in Dakar, Senegal; the director of The African Institution in Washington DC; a Visiting Graduate Professor of Regional Integration at the University of Cabo Verde in Praia, Cabo Verde; an External Reader of Research Methodology and Municipal Government at the Plekhanov Russian University in Moscow; an Inaugural Peace Professor for the International Summer School in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Peshawar in Pakistan; and the International Director and Adviser of the Centro Cultural Guanin in Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic.

He is the author and editor of 105 (one hundred and five) books and 709 (seven hundred and nine) scholarly articles. The winner of more than 50 prestigious scholarly and community service awards, among Bangura’s most recent awards are the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award for 2020, the Cecil B. Curry Book Award for his African Mathematics: From Bones to Computers, which has also been selected by the African American Success Foundation’s Book Committee as one of the 21 most significant books ever written by African Americans in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

He is also a member of many scholarly organizations, has served as President and then United Nations Ambassador of the Association of Third World Studies, is a Special Envoy of the African Union Peace and Security Council and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Living Together dealing with peace and conflict resolution, and is the current President of the African Studies and Research Forum.

Editorial Board

  • Dr. Nurudeen B. Akinyemi, Kennesaw State University
  • Dr. A. B. Assensoh, Indiana University & University of Oregon (Emeritus)
  • Dr. Doyin Coker-Kolo, Indiana University Southeast
  • Dr. James T. Gire, Virginia Military Institute
  • Dr. Walter Hill, St. Mary’s College or Maryland
  • Dr. Kelechi A. Kalu, The University of California Riverside
  • Dr. George Klay Kieh, Jr., Texas Southern University
  • Dr. Johnson Makoba, University of Nevada Reno
  • Dr. Guy Martin, Winston-Salem State University
  • Dr. John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University
  • Dr. Ishmael I. Munene, Northern Arizona University
  • Dr. Segun Ogunbgemi, Adekunle Ajasin University (Emeritus)
  • Dr. Alufemi Vaughan, Amherst College

Calls for submissions

Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Global Africa transcends the boundaries of understanding Africa and its Diaspora. A series comprising of monographs and edited volumes it brings together social science scholars from across the globe to showcase a multifaceted exploration of Africa's past, present and future.

Aims and scope

Published in partnership with the African Studies and Research Forum.

Breaking fresh ground, Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Global Africa transcends the boundaries of understanding Africa and its Diaspora. A series comprising of monographs and edited volumes this endeavour brings together an esteemed group of social science scholars from across the globe to showcase a multifaceted exploration of Africa's past present and future with topics delving into the intricate tapestry of its culture, history and diasporic connections. The contributors, hailing from both The African Studies and Research Forum and beyond, present a comprehensive and global vista of Africa.

Embracing the richness and complexities of African issues through multidisciplinary social scientific analyses this series has a global readership that thrives on intellectual diversity across the Global North and Global South. Through this unique lens that navigates the dynamic interplay between disciplinary boundaries the series explores cutting-edge topics such as Africa and Globalization Democracy Good Governance and Law Corruption and Poverty Economic Development and the Environment Foreign Aid International Trade and Foreign Direct Investments Regional Integration and Organizations and Continental Organizations Peace and Conflict Resolution Gender Studies Education and Health Decolonization and more.

This title is aligned with our fairer society goal

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