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We’re kicking off the onboarding of our 2026 journals with the Ghana Journal of Sociology and Anthropology! Here are a few words from Managing Editor Akosua Keseboa Darkwah on the journal’s vision and contribution to African scholarship. Discover more here: mailchi.mp/8e811bb01167...

Today marks 69 years since Ghana became the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to declare independence from colonial rule. Wishing a very happy Independence Day to British-Ghanaians & Ghanaians around the globe 🇬🇭 #GhanaIndependenceDay #GhanaAt69

Our March newsletter celebrates Ghana’s independence by spotlighting the Ghana Journal of Sociology and Anthropology. A tribute to Nkrumah’s vision of African intellectual excellence. Discover more here-https://mailchi.mp/8e811bb01167/african-journals-initiative-march-newsletter-10343264

Sign up here for the African Journals Initiative newsletter for the latest published issues and partner updates. Please share the signup link with any colleagues you think might be interested. www.plutojournals.com/african-jour...

Our February news www.plutojournals.com/cuba-food-so... is on the latest issue of International Journal of Cuban Studies with “All things Cuban” & the Journal of Intersectionality ”The Hidden Curriculum: Research and Reflections on Diverse Women’s Journeys in Higher Education”. Diamond #OpenAccess.

In the February newsletter, we spotlight The Inner World in Cilmi Boodhari's Love Poetry, a DOAJ indexing milestone, and upcoming open scholarship conversations at Oxford. Read the newsletter here:https://mailchi.mp/06e6b8222369/african-journals-initiative-february-newsletter

Our JANUARY newsletter is on the latest edition of Dhaxalreeb: Somaliland Center for African Studies Journal, edited by Dr. Jama Jama Musse. Read the issue on @scienceopen.bsky.social and @jstor.bsky.social View the newsletter here- www.plutojournals.com/african-jour...

"Why Visibility Still Eludes Global South Journals" editorscafe.org/details.php?... mirrors the @african-journals.bsky.social Initiative aims of increasing African Journal profile & discoverability. Accurate DOI registration is key to discoverability, citation linking & persistent accessibility

OUR November bit.ly/PJ_Nov2025 news serves up plenty of food for thought, with new articles from World Review of Political Economy & Arab Studies Quarterly, as well as the latest news from our African Journals Initiative Read Diamond Open Access on @scienceopen.bsky.social & @jstor.bsky.social

Our November African Journals Initiative bit.ly/AJINov_2025 is on the latest edition of Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies & a piece from @jamamussejama #OAWeek theme “Who owns our knowledge”. Read on @scienceopen.bsky.social & @jstor.bsky.social #OAccess

Sign up here for the African Journals Initiative newsletter for the latest published issues and partner updates. Please share the signup link with any colleagues you think might be interested www.plutojournals.com/african-jour.... Read all for free- Diamond #OpenAccess on @scienceopen.bsky.social

Last call #Humanities & #SocialScience journals, in #Africa: Apply to the African Journals Initiative 2026 bit.ly/AJI2026-Apply AJI works to enhance journals’ profile & discoverability, increase usage & submissions & mobilise academic libraries & consortia financial support @scienceopen.bsky.social

OUR August NEWS IS HERE bit.ly/PJ_Aug2025 with the latest publications bringing perspectives from Cuba, Pakistan and Critical Muslim Studies. Our journals are Diamond Open Access and articles are free to read on @scienceopen.bsky.social and @jstor.bsky.social

📣Calling #Humanities & #SocialScience journals, in #Africa: Apply to the African Journals Initiative 2026 bit.ly/AJI2026-Apply. AJI works to enhance journals’ profile & discoverability, increase usage & submissions & mobilise academic libraries & consortia financial support @scienceopen.bsky.social

The African Journals Initiative July newsletter bit.ly/AJI_July2025 highlights the latest Dhaxalreeb: Somaliland Centre for African Studies with articles on climate change, linguistics & heritage. 2026 African Journals Initiative Journals applications open until 31st August. @scienceopen.bsky.social

📣Calling #Humanities & #SocialScience journals, in #Africa: Apply to the African Journals Initiative 2026 bit.ly/AJI2026-Apply. AJI works to enhance journals’ profile & discoverability, increase usage & submissions & mobilise academic libraries & consortia financial support. @scienceopen.bsky.social

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY: JOURNAL MARKETING INTERN – AFRICAN BOOKS COLLECTIVE. From 1 September (or as soon as possible thereafter). Oxford and/or Remote – this is online, international work. Read full Jon Description details here africanbookscollective.com/internship-o...

📚TODAY📚 Author @nancyhiemstra.bsky.social visits Bluestockings for a discussion of Immigration Detention Inc. 🗓️Tues, July 15 ⏰5:30 pm 📍Bluestockings

The African Journals Initiative newsletter bit.ly/AJI_June2025 is on the latest Ibadan Journal of Sociology with articles on sociology in Nigerian & our Central Research Library partnership. Journals can now apply to join the 2026 African Journals Initiative @pluto-journals.bsky.com

Our JUNE African Journals Initiative newsletter bit.ly/AJI_June2025 is on the latest Ibadan Journal of Sociology with articles on sociology in Nigerian & our Central Research Library partnership. Journals can now apply to join the 2026 African Journals Initiative @pluto-journals.bsky.social

@JSTOR discusses “Fifty-One Languages, but When Does English Enter the Picture?” by authors Solomon Areaya & Daniel Tefera from the Ethiopian Journal of Education, part of the African Journals Initiative, here www.jstor.org/stable/48815... @pluto-journals.bsky.social @plutoedtrust.bsky.social

JSTOR flags Legon Journal of the Humanities, which is part of the African Journals Initiative, & author Rebecca Uberoi's article ‘‘Dance Your Sorrow Away!’: Spirituality, Community and Wellbeing in Christ Apostolic Church, Dublin' bit.ly/JSTORLegon_U.... Read #OpenAccess bit.ly/LJH_Collecti...

daily.jstor.org/existentiali... An author from the Journal of Humanities, part of the African Journals Initiative (JSTOR, Pluto Journals & African Books Collective), explores Malawian existential thought #AfricanPhilosophy @plutoedtrust.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social @soaslibrary.bsky.social

Humanities Social Science journals, in Africa: Apply now to the African Journals Initiative 2026 bit.ly/AJI2026-Apply. AJI works enhance journals’ profile & discoverability, increase their usage & submissions & mobilise academic libraries & consortia financial support @pluto-journals.bsky.social

OUR JUNE NEWS IS HERE bit.ly/PJ_June25. Explore latest issue articles on ethical consumerism and degrowth, resilience in Zambia & Indonesia, Arab Studies, Palestine justice, Lebanon borders & our first African Journals Initiative issue! @journalfairtrade.bsky.social @arabstudiesqtly.bsky.social

Our MAY African Journals Initiative bit.ly/AJI_May2025 introduces the final 2 of 6 Diamond OA journals we’re working with in 2024! Meet the Ibadan Journal of Sociology and Ethiopian Journal of Education. Read on ScienceOpen & JSTOR: www.scienceopen.com/collection/2... & www.jstor.org/publisher/pl...

In this March African Journals Initiative newsletter bit.ly/AJI_Mar2025 we introduce two of the six African Journals Initiative journals that we will be working with this year. These are two journals from Tanzania & Somaliland. @scienceopen.bsky.social @jstor.bsky.social @pluto-journals.bsky.social

Read the first newsletter from the African Journals Initiative bit.ly/AJI_25, established by Pluto Journals & the African Books Collective, working with a community of no-fee, diamond open access, social science & humanities African universities journals @scienceopen.bsky.social @jstor.bsky.social

Pluto Journals & African Books Collective launched the African Journals 3-year Initiative bit.ly/African-Journals-Initiative to: • Enhance the profile and discoverability of African journals • Increase journal usage and submissions • Mobilise financial support from academic libraries & consortia

The African Journals Initiative, established by Pluto Journals & African Books Collective, is a 3-year pilot programme to increase the profile & discoverability of #OpenAccess African based #SocialScience journals on @scienceopen.bsky.social & @jstor.bsky.social bit.ly/African-Journals-Initiative