We are a leading authority in the field of African Studies and have access to the latest academic research on Africa.

 

Since 1901, the Royal African Society has continuously published a journal to bring the latest research about Africa to a British and global audience. This journal, African Affairs, published in partnership with Oxford University Press, is now the world’s top ranked African Studies journal, with a global readership. Our members have online or print access to the quarterly inter-disciplinary journal, which has a focus on the politics, international relations, sociology, anthropology, and economics of sub-Saharan Africa. The link to this journal is found here: African Affairs | Oxford Academic.

The Royal African Society is hosted by SOAS – University of London, the only Higher Education institution in Europe specialising in the study of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East. Since the 1990s, we have worked with SOAS to enhance research and public understanding of Africa.

Through our close association with SOAS, we regularly host public events online and at the university’s premises, as well as drawing on the expertise of its academics who regularly take part in our year-round events programme. Our members also enjoy access to the School’s library, which houses one of the most extensive collections in the world for the study of Africa.

 

We also have a flagship publications & research portal: African Affairs. This is the top ranked journal on African Studies, engaging over 5,500 research institutions in 100+ countries, including 38 in Africa. Produced by Royal African Society, published quarterly by the Open University Press. Our members enjoy a complimentary subscription to this.