The Cahiers d'Études africaines is an international and interdisciplinary academic journal

Academic journal

An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

 covering topics in the social sciences

Social sciences

Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...

 as relating to Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

, the West Indies, and Black Africa

Black Africa

Black Africa is a Namibian football team from Katutura, Windhoek that plays in the Namibia Premier League.-Achievements:*Namibia Premier League: 6*NFA-Cup: 3-Performance in CAF competitions:...

. The journal publishes miscellaneous issues and essays covering recent trends in research and field theory and the discussions they generate. It publishes regular special theme issues on specific regions, problems, or the state of a discipline. The Cahiers d’Études africaines was founded in 1960 and is published by the Editions de l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales

École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

The École des hautes études en sciences sociales is a leading French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences...

, in collaboration with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

The National Center of Scientific Research is the largest governmental research organization in France and the largest fundamental science agency in Europe....

 and the Centre National du Livre.

External links

• http://etudesafricaines.revues.org/
• http://www.persee.fr/listIssues.do?key=cea
• http://www.jstor.org/journals/00080055.html