It covers contextualized studies of African music and related arts.

Articles are made freely accessible after a two-year embargo period.

[1] The journal was established by Hugh Tracey in 1954,[2] in the same year as the International Library of African Music.

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.

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