History in Africa: A Journal of Debates, Methods, and Source Analysis is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering the historiography and methodology of African history. It is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the African Studies Association. The editor-in-chief is Lorelle D. Semley, a historian at Boston College.^[1] Other editors of the journal include Teresa Barnes (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Bayo Holsey (Emory University), and Egodi Uchendu (University of Nigeria). ^[2][3]

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History in Africa

Discipline	History
Language	English
Edited by	Lorelle D. Semley
Publication details
History	1974-present
Publisher	Cambridge University Press on behalf of the African Studies Association
Frequency	Annual
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Hist. Afr.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN	0361-5413 (print) 1558-2744 (web)
LCCN	76640560
OCLC no.	612410683
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive

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The journal was established in 1974 with an introduction by founding editor David Henige entitled, "On Method: An Apologia and A Plea."^[4] In 2020, the journal announced a new editorial team composed entirely of Black and African women, led by editor-in-chief Lorelle D. Semley.^[5]