Leeds African Studies Bulletin
The first edition of the Leeds African Studies Bulletin, October 1964.
The Leeds African Studies Bulletin is published annually by the Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS). Founded in 1964, it has published pieces by many distinguished African writers and Africanist scholars over the years, including Wole Soyinka, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Jack Mapanje, James Currey, Morris Szeftel, Michael Barratt Brown, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Martin Banham, the late Lionel Cliffe, Raymond Bush, Femi Osofisan, James Gibbs and Jane Plastow. Since 2020, the Bulletin is an online-only publication.
We welcome new submissions to be considered, in the following categories:
- Studying Africa - discussion of topical, conceptual and methodological issues in African studies
- Analysing Africa - commentary on, and analysis of current affairs and topical issues in Africa
- Imagining Africa - reflection on a photo/image that captures a particular African reality or subject
- Reading Africa - reviews or discussions of major publications (scholarly or literary) relevant to African studies
- Remembering Africa - tributes and obituaries for prominent individuals in Africa and African studies
Submissions can have varying word counts, from 800-1000 words (for book reviews and short commentary pieces) to 3000-4,000 words for articles and essays. An author guide is available here with information on format and referencing. Please send your submission as a Word file to african-studies@leeds.ac.uk.
Back issues of the Leeds African Studies Bulletin are available online below. Hard copies of the Bulletin (up to 2018/19) are available to view in the Brotherton Library (Special Collections) and also there is a run of recent copies available to view at The Leeds Library.
Issues
- Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 84 (running issue, 2023)
- Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 83 (2022)
- Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 82 (2021)
- Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 81 (2020)
- Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 80 (2018/19)
Welcome to the 2018/19 issue of the Leeds African Studies Bulletin. This is the 80th issue of the Bulletin, which… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 79 (2017/18)
Our Bulletin this year reflects our commitment to publishing authors based on the continent, to highlighting the achievements of Leeds’… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 78 (2016/17)
In this issue we have a report on a YASN workshop on Gender and Sexuality in January 2016. One of… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 77 (2015/16)
This issue includes the LUCAS 2015-16 Annual Lecture on the excesses of power given by Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate,… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 76 (2014/15)
Our lead article this year is by Professor Ray Bush, who gave the annual LUCAS Lionel Cliffe lecture, analysing the… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 75 (2013/14)
This year our Bulletin is dedicated to the memory of our friend, colleague, and mentor to a whole host of… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 74 (2012/13)
Featuring an article by renowned Kenyan playwright, novelist and cultural activist (and alumnus of the School of English of the… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 73 (2011/12)
A report from the visit by Chinua Achebe in November 2011 to give a poetry reading and take part in… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 72 (2010/11)
Articles by Professor Paul Richards of Wageningen University in the Netherlands, Dr Chukwuma Okoye, Lionel Cliffe and finally on the… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 71 (2009/10)
Articles from a former Leeds research fellow, Solomon Tsehaye, on Eritrean oral culture; from Elinettie Chabwera on madness in the… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 70 (2008/09)
This issue is dedicated to our friend and colleague, Dr John Holmes, who served as a Board member for LUCAS… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 69 (2007/08)
This edition features three articles by scholars based at Leeds University. At the heart of the Bulletin is a long… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 68 (2006/07)
This issue features articles dealing with the issues of publishing in Africa and African language study, including James Currey, doyen… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 67 (2005/06)
This issue of the Bulletin focuses on African theatre, with articles by Prosper Kompaore, Patrick Mangeni, Emelda Ngufor Samba, Judy… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 66 (2004/05)
This issue ranges widely with pieces analysing the role of myth making in the horrors of mass murder, privatisation in… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 65 (2003/04)
This issue includes articles on political theatre in Kenya, food production in the Sudan and the importance of the historical… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 64 (2001/02)
This issue includes Professor Lionel Cliffe's Annual LUCAS lecture in April 2001 entitled Struggles for Land in Africa, and an… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 63 (2000/01)
This issue includes two articles coming out of the Millennium conference 'Africa: Capturing the Future' organised by LUCAS and The… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 62 (1997/98)
This issue features the third annual African Studies Lecture given by Michael Barratt Brown in 1997 - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 61 (1996/97)
This issue includes the second African Studies lecture, given by Femi Osofisan on West African writers since the 1970s. - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 60 (1995/96)
This issue features the first annual African Studies Lecture given by Jack Mapanje - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 45 (1986/87)
This issue includes a tribute to Wole Soyinka by Martin Banham and obituaries of Aquino de Braganca and Judy Kimble - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 37 (1982/83)
This issue includes details of a conference on socialism in Africa - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 19 (1973/84)
This issue includes details of the Honorary degree ceremony for Professor Wole Soyinka at the University of Leeds in May… - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 6 (1967/68)
This issue includes an article on Educational Development in the Sudan - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 3 (1965/66)
Includes notes from two talks and a Senate Resolution on Academic Liberties and the Universities of South Africa - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 2 (1965/66)
This issue includes two articles and news on the development of the African Studies Unit - Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 1 (1964/65)
The first edition of the Leeds African Studies Bulletin includes detail of the formation of what became LUCAS