Journal of African Cinemas (Journal)

ISSN 17549221 , ONLINE ISSN 1754923X

The Journal of African Cinemas is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal that explores the interactions of visual and verbal narratives in African film. It recognizes the shifting paradigms that have defined and continue to define African cinemas. Identity and perception are interrogated in relation to their positions within diverse African film languages.

This title is indexed with Scopus and the Web of Science’s Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).

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Category: Film Studies


Editors

Keyan G. Tomaselli
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
keyant@uj.ac.za

Martin Mhando
Murdoch University, Australia
martin.r.mhando@gmail.com

Editorial Coordinator

Julie Grant
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
jac@uj.ac.za

Book and Film Reviews Editor

Addamms Mututa
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
amututa@uj.ac.za

Intern

Lingping Guo
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

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Aims & Scope

The Journal of African Cinemas will explore the interactions of visual and verbal narratives in African film. It recognizes the shifting paradigms that have defined and continue to define African cinemas. Identity and perception are interrogated in relation to their positions within diverse African film languages. The editors are seeking papers that expound on the identity or identities of Africa and its peoples represented in film. The aim is to create a forum for debate that will promote inter-disciplinarity between cinema and other visual and rhetorical forms of representation.

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All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.
 
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Peer Review Policy

All articles undergo initial editorial screening either by the journal's Editorial Team and/or incumbent Guest Editors. Articles then undergo a rigorous, anonymous, external peer review by two referees, following the guidance in Intellect's 'Peer review instructions'. Based on this feedback, the Editors will communicate a decision and revision suggestions to authors. To appeal an editorial decision, please contact the main Editor who will consider your case.

Ethical Guidelines

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Editors

Keyan G. Tomaselli
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
keyant@uj.ac.za

Martin Mhando
Murdoch University, Australia
martin.r.mhando@gmail.com

Editorial Coordinator

Julie Grant
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
jac@uj.ac.za

Book and Film Reviews Editor

Addamms Mututa
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
amututa@uj.ac.za

Intern

Lingping Guo
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Editors

Keyan G. Tomaselli
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
keyant@uj.ac.za

Martin Mhando
Murdoch University, Australia
martin.r.mhando@gmail.com

Editorial Coordinator

Julie Grant
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
jac@uj.ac.za

Book and Film Reviews Editor

Addamms Mututa
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
amututa@uj.ac.za

Intern

Lingping Guo
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Editors

Keyan G. Tomaselli
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
keyant@uj.ac.za

Martin Mhando
Murdoch University, Australia
martin.r.mhando@gmail.com

Editorial Coordinator

Julie Grant
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
jac@uj.ac.za

Book and Film Reviews Editor

Addamms Mututa
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
amututa@uj.ac.za

Intern

Lingping Guo
University of Southampton, United Kingdom


General Call for Papers 

All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.

Journal of African Cinemas

Established in 2009, the journal publishes three times annually. We invite theoretical essays, reviews, and case studies and comparative analyses of cinemas in Africa through their historical and contemporary legacies. The growing African cinematic society is our canvas, as it interrogates filmmakers’ conceptualizations of space, time, being and identity. What is/are Africa/s and what is/are African cinema/s, offer pertinent starting points. Critical reflections on African cinema and emergent interdisciplinary knowledges are also welcome.

We recognize the shifting paradigms that have defined and continue to define African cinemas and production practices. The Journal further explores the interactions and inflections of visual and verbal narrativisation.

Previous issues have published articles and special issues on North, West, Southern and East African and Maghreb films. The language regions have included Francophone, Lusophone, Arabophone and Anglophone productions. Marketing and product placement, translation and dubbing, political economy and economics, and production practices, all fall in our ambit. Reception and audience analysis, film criticism and exhibition and distribution, are of interest. 

The aim is to create a forum for debate that will promote interdisciplinarity between cinema and other visual and rhetorical forms of representation and production. Interviews with directors that draw out theories from practice are also invited.

A self-reflexive analysis of the first ten years of the journal that aims to enable Africa-resident scholars, in the context of the global discipline, is free to access:  ‘Africa, film theory and globalization: Reflections on the first ten years of the Journal of African Cinema’: https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jac_00041_1

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Articles of up to 8000 words are invited.

Book and film reviews, interviews, festival reviews, commentaries and obituaries of between 500 and 1500 words can also be considered.

Notes on authors, back copies and purchase information are available here:  https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-african-cinemas

Co-editors are Keyan G Tomaselli – University of Johannesburg and Martin Mhando – Zanzibar International Film Festival.

Book and film review editor:  Addamms Mututa – University of Johannesburg.

The journal is indexed on Scopus, the Web of Science Emerging Journal list and IBSS ProQuest.

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Editors

Keyan G. Tomaselli
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
keyant@uj.ac.za

Martin Mhando
Murdoch University, Australia
martin.r.mhando@gmail.com

Editorial Coordinator

Julie Grant
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
jac@uj.ac.za

Book and Film Reviews Editor

Addamms Mututa
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
amututa@uj.ac.za

Intern

Lingping Guo
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Editorial Board

Añulika Agina
Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria

Olivier Barlet
Africultures, France

Derek Bouse
AZM University, Tripoli, Lebanon.

Chris Broodryk
University of Pretoria, South Africa

Matthew H. Brown
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Boulou Ebanda de B'béri
University of Ottawa, Canada

Dominica Dipio
Makerere University, Uganda

Ana Camila Esteves
King’s College London, UK and Federal University of Bahia, Brazil

Carmela Garritano
Texas A&M University, USA

Kenneth W. Harrow
Michigan State University

Mette Hjort
University of Lincoln, UK

Alessandra Meleiro
Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil

Litheko Modisane
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Cara Moyer-Duncan
Emerson College, USA

Vitus Nanbigne
University of Cape Coast, Ghana

John Nguyet Erni
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Sheila Petty
University of Regina, Canada

Connor Ryan
University of Bristol, UK

Stefanie van der Peer
University of Exeter, UK

Janina Wozniak
Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

Editors

Keyan G. Tomaselli
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
keyant@uj.ac.za

Martin Mhando
Murdoch University, Australia
martin.r.mhando@gmail.com

Editorial Coordinator

Julie Grant
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
jac@uj.ac.za

Book and Film Reviews Editor

Addamms Mututa
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
amututa@uj.ac.za

Intern

Lingping Guo
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

 
Abstracts of Music Literature (RILM)
 
British Humanities Index (BHI)
 
China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)
 
EBSCO
 
EBSCO: Film and Television Literature Index
 
EBSCO: Film and Television Literature Index (with FT)
 
EBSCO: TOC Premier
 
European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH)
 
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
 
International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF)
 
International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP)
 
International Index to Film Periodicals
 
International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA)
 
Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLA)
 
Scopus
 
Summon
 
UGC-CARE
 
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
 
Web of Science: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
 
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (WPSA)

Contents

  • Volume (14): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2022


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  • Volume (14): Issue (2-3)
  • Cover date: 2022


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  • Volume (13): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2021


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  • Volume (13): Issue (2-3)
  • Cover date: 2021


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  • Volume (12): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2020


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  • Volume (12): Issue (2-3)
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  • Volume (11): Issue (1)
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  • Volume (11): Issue (2)
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  • Volume (11): Issue (3)
  • Cover date: 2019


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  • Volume (9): Issue (1)
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  • Volume (9): Issue (2&3)
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  • Volume (8): Issue (1)
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  • Volume (4): Issue (1)
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  • Volume (3): Issue (1)
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  • Volume (3): Issue (2)
  • Cover date: 2011


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  • Volume (2): Issue (1)
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  • Volume (2): Issue (2)
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  • Volume (1): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2009


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  • Volume (1): Issue (2)
  • Cover date: 2009


Editors

Keyan G. Tomaselli
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
keyant@uj.ac.za

Martin Mhando
Murdoch University, Australia
martin.r.mhando@gmail.com

Editorial Coordinator

Julie Grant
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
jac@uj.ac.za

Book and Film Reviews Editor

Addamms Mututa
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
amututa@uj.ac.za

Intern

Lingping Guo
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

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