The Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana has initiated a project to streamline editorial and production processes of Feminist Africa, a Diamond (no-fee) open access  journal based at the institute. 

Feminist  Africa is  a  continental  gender  studies  journal  produced  by  a  community  of  feminist scholars.  It  provides  a  platform  for  intellectual  and  activist  research,  dialogue  and  strategy. Feminist  Africa  attends  to  the  complex  and  diverse  dynamics  of  creativity  and  resistance  that have emerged in postcolonial Africa, and the manner in which these are shaped by the shifting global geopolitical configurations of power.

The project is one of 33 that have received grant support through a three-year project to strengthen no-fee open access publishing in Africa implemented by EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network), with funding from Wellcome.

Timeline

October 2024 - September 2025

Activities

• A Journal Production Manual and Style Guide was developed to help streamline the production  process for different kinds of content in the journal:  Editorial, Features, Standpoints, Profiles, Conversations, Reviews, Tributes and Contributors.
• Potential editors (a total of 28) of future editions took part in a  digital training workshop focused on the use of the Open Journal Systems (OJS) publishing platform, and Feminist Africa’s editorial and production workflows.

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