Africa Yearbook
Academic journal
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The Africa Yearbook (subtitle Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara) is a reference book published by the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute (ABI), which is compiled annually in co-operation between two editors from the ABI and from Botswana and Ghana at the Brill publishing house (Leiden).[1]
Scope
The yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa – all related to developments in one calendar year. The Africa Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on European-African relations.
While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range of target groups: students, politicians, diplomats, administrators, journalists, teachers, practitioners in the field of development aid as well as business people.[1][2]
It is the successor to the German-language Afrika Jahrbuch published by the Institut für Afrika-Kunde in Hamburg (today GIGA Institute for African Affairs), which issued its last yearbook in 2004 (on the year 2003). Originally, partners in Leiden and Uppsala were also involved.[3] The Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) was important for the new direction as an English-language and international reference organisation.[4]
The Africa Yearbook received the Conover-Porter Award 2012 (best africana bibliography or reference work).[5][6]
In 2024, the reference book celebrated its 20th anniversary; volume 20 covers the year 2023.[7]
