Research in African Literatures

1.9k papers and 5.4k indexed citations i.

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The 1.9k papers published in Research in African Literatures in the last decades have received a total of 5.4k indexed citations. Papers published in Research in African Literatures usually cover Literature and Literary Theory (745 papers), Anthropology (695 papers) and Sociology and Political Science (559 papers) specifically the topics of Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (621 papers), African history and culture studies (574 papers) and Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (201 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Research in African Literatures are Simon Gikandi, Paulin J. Hountondji, Jonathan Haynes, Karin Barber, Kwesi Yankah, Kwasi Wiredu, John C. Hawley, Obioma Nnaemeka, Mildred Mortimer and Gabeba Baderoon.

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Fields of papers published in Research in African Literatures

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