Research Guides: People of African Descent: Articles &amp; Journals

Recent articles on people of African descent

Recent articles on people of African descent (from the UN website)

Articles by members of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

Journals

The UNOG Library subscribes to a range of print and online journals and a selection of those dealing with statistics can be found below.

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Ethnic and racial studies

Accessible at UNOG workstations (through UNOG Library subscriptions). Please contact the Library for more information (library-gva@un.org).

Journal of ethnic and migration studies

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Online Free Journals

African Studies Quarterly
ASQ is an interdisciplinary, fully refereed, online journal dedicated to publishing the finest scholarship relating to the African continent.
Africology : the Journal of Pan African Studies
The Journal of Pan African Studies is a trans-disciplinary peer reviewed scholarly journal devoted to the intellectual synthesis of research, scholarship and critical thought on the African experience. We have provided an international forum for diverse scholars to advance a host of perspectives and theoretical paradigms relevant to the social, political, economic and cultural issues that impact the African world community.
African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies (AJCJS)
AJCJS is the peer-reviewed official journal of the African Criminology and Justice Association (USA). The journal publishes scholarly essays on all issues relevant to criminology and justice systems of interest to people of African descent (including reparations for slavery and over-representation of people of African descent in correctional institutions).
Sankofa : Revista de História da África e de Estudos da Diáspora Africana (in Portuguese)
Journal of the researchers, master and doctoral students of "Núcleo de Estudos de África, Colonialidade e Cultura Política" in the Department of History, Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo. Focuses on Afro-Brazilian history and African diaspora in Brazil.
African Diaspora (2012-2014)
This scholarly journal seeks to understand how African cultures and societies shape and are shaped by historical and current diasporic and transnational movements. Articles from 2012 to 2014 are freely available online.
Tangram : Bulletin der Eidgenössischen Kommission gegen Rassismus = Tangram : Bulletin de la Commission fédérale contre le racisme = Tangram : Bollettino della Commissione federale contro il razzismo
Each issue of this bulletin issued by the Federal Commission against Racism of Switzerland is devoted to a specific theme related to different aspects of racism.