African Music (journal)

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]

African Music

Discipline	Ethnomusicology
Language	English
Edited by	Lee Watkins
Publication details
History	1954-current
Publisher	International Library of African Music
Frequency	Annual
Open access	Delayed, two-years
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Afr. Music
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN	0065-4019 (print) 2524-2741 (web)
LCCN	60045755
JSTOR	00654019
OCLC no.	1036109
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive

History

The journal was established by Hugh Tracey 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:

• 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]

• Academic Search Premier
• International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
• Modern Language Association Database
• Music Index
• Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale

References

1. South African Cultural Observatory (28 March 2017). "ILAM offers open access to African Music Journal". South African Cultural Observatory. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
2. Open Music Library. "Journals: African Music". Openmusiclibrary. Alexander Street. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
3. Thram, Diane (2007). "From the editor". African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music. 8 (1): 4–5. doi:10.21504/amj.v8i1.1708.
4. "History: Hugh Tracey founds the Int'l Library of African Music (ILAM)". Kalimba Magic. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
5. "About the journal". International Library of African Music. Rhodes University. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
6. MIAR: 0065-4019

External links

• Official website