African Music (journal)
Academic journal
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African Music is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the International Library of African Music. It covers contextualized studies of African music and related arts. Articles are made freely accessible after a two-year embargo period.[1]
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| Discipline | Ethnomusicology |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Lee Watkins |
| Publication details | |
Former name | African Music Society Newsletter |
| History | 1948-current |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Delayed, two-years | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Afr. Music |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0065-4019 (print) 2524-2741 (web) |
| LCCN | 60045755 |
| JSTOR | 00654019 |
| OCLC no. | 1036109 |
| Links | |
History
The journal was originally established as the African Music Society Newsletter in 1948, and renamed itself African Music in 1954,[2] in the same year as the International Library of African Music. Tracey was the first editor-in-chief until his death in 1977.[3][4] Publication was interrupted from 2000 until 2007. Since it was re-launched in 2007, the journal includes a collection of music performances and audio examples relating to articles published within the respective issues.[5]
Editors-in-chief
The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief of the journal:
- 1948-1953: ?
- 1954–1977: Hugh Tracey
- 1977–1999: Andrew Tracey
- 2007–2016: Diane Thram
- 2017–current: Lee Watkins
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:[6]
