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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Yeboah, Ian E. A.
• BakamaNume, Bakama
• Otiso, Kefa M.

Titel

Thirtieth Anniversary of African Geographical Review: History, Adoption, Institutionalization, and the Future of the Journal

Ist Teil von

• African geographical review, 2011-01, Vol.30 (2), p.5-17

Ort / Verlag

Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

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Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper reflects on the 30th anniversary of the African Geographical Review (AGR) by looking at the history and future of the journal. It originated in a panel discussion organized by the current editors of the AGR at the 2010 annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Seattle. It synthesizes presentations made by participants of the panel including William Moseley, Florence Margai, Isaac Luginaah, Maano Ramutsindela, Padraig Carmody, Kefa Otiso, Bakama BakamaNume, and Ian Yeboah among others. The paper demonstrates how the East African Geographical Review (EAGR), a regional journal serving the East African region from 1963 to 1996, has grown into the mouthpiece of the Africa Specialty Group (ASG) of the AAG. The role of individual agency and the tenacity of the editors of the journal since its arrival in the United States have been central in growing it into the ASG's mouth piece. We anticipate that when the next stocktaking of the AGR occurs, the AGR will be a leading global geography journal on Africa.