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JOURNAL OF AFRICAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS (JoAFA)
Published Since: 2014. It is accredited by DHET (the South African regulator of Higher Education) and indexed by IBSS, JSTOR, COPERNICUS, ERIH PLUS, ProQuest, EBSCO, SABINET and J-Gate.
Publication Frequency: Triannual ISSN: 2056-564X E-ISSN: 2056-5658

 Dear friends, This issue of the Journal of African Foreign Affairs focuses on Africa in world affairs with particular emphasis on the continent’s relationships with the BRICS nations including intra-BRICS interactions with India, China, and Russia and extra-BRICS politics vis-à-vis the European Union and in the Pakistan-India conflict. Of course, South Africa’s role is unavoidable. It ends with Africa’s own endeavors from the role of parliamentary diplomacy in foreign policy making in Zimbabwe, to regional organizations such as SADEC and COMESA, and to continent-wide economic reconfiguration in the form of African Continental Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA). Professor Jagdish Sheth of Emory University, author of Chindia Rising: Implications for Global Competitiveness (2011), in a video presentation titled “The African Awakening: When Will the Giant Wake Up” asserted that the second half of the 21st century will be an African century the same wa............

The issue of the Journal of African Foreign Affairs of December 2022 begins with practical analysis of specific cases such as the US and Africa in relation to the Agenda 2063, the Franco- Rwandese collaboration in southern Africa, and various aspects of China’s policy vis-à-vis Africa. It examines the challenges and opportunities of cyber diplomacy and cyber security, envisioning a move toward a “Borderless Regional End” in Africa, and discusses the “international relations” among subregional entities. In so doing, this issue combines praxis and theory by bringing to the reader the concepts of paradiplomacy, proposing an explanatory theory of the relationship between international NGOs and authoritarian regimes, and using Afro-decolonial principle to analyze the changes and continuities in China’s foreign policy towards South Africa. This illustrates the commitment of the African Journal of Foreign Affairs to be an integral part of the geopolitics of the production of inno............

This issue of the Journal of African Foreign Affairs features various aspects of the continent’s dynamism that are not usually highlighted in commentaries about Africa. The titles spanning from relationships with China, Saudi Arabia, and the BRICS countries to the role of non-state actors in foreign policy making, and to the ideological construct of terrorism show the agency of the continent in dealing with world politics. After all, isn’t Africa the “Real roots of the modern world” as Olúfémi Táiwò affirmed in an article of the same sub-title published in the Foreign Affairs issue of May/June 2022? Take for example the geopolitics of the production of innovative ideas: the first coffee shop opened in Oxford in 1650.The drink produced by Black labor and sweetened by the sweat of enslaved Africans created a culture for conversation and debates in Europe that would lead to innovative ideas. To borrow one more example from Táiw&og............

In this issue of the Journal of African Foreign Affairs, the reader will find analyses ranging from non-state actors, sub-state actors, sovereign state policies, and state-to-state relationships particularly with China. A regular reader may notice that the relationships between China (the biggest developing country) and Africa (the biggest continent with developing countries) have been more the focus of our contributors than the relationships between the African continent and Western countries. Signs of the time? Pivot to the East? It is also noticeable that, in most of Western books about geostrategy, Africa is barely mentioned. In that respect, a book by late Zbigniew Brzezinski, Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power (2012) comes to mind. It may not be a matter of mutual ignorance but certainly that of emphasis. As the topics of this issue show, the emphasis is on the agency of African states and the role they play within the continent and vis-à-vis players ............

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In his introduction of the journal Jeune Afrique’s issue of July 2021, Marwane Ben Yamed, raised a question that, I have no doubt, is in many minds. Is the African continent condemned to suffer, ad vitam aeternam, from political leaders that lack vision? I would answer no! Africa is moving forward: from the “Conferences Nationmales Soureraines” challenging old regimes in the 1990s and resulting in multi-party political systems to the food riots in the 2008-2011 period followed by the “Arab Spring” that affected some North African countries. The push for change, as Ben Yamed noted, continues such as in Burkina Faso (2014), The Gambia (2016), Zimbabwe (2017), South Africa (2018), Algeria  and Sudan (2019), Mali (2020-2021), Senegal (2021), and  ongoing protests in Tunisia (July-August 2021).   The hundreds of millions of young Africans that will be on the job market in the decades to come expect new forms of governance, more performing eco............

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Dear readers,  In this issue of the Journal of African Foreign Affairs, contributors focus on an Africa-centered development and security analysis from multiple perspectives. They include pressures from the international environment (Enaifoghe et.al.), the evaluation of bilateral relationships with foreign entities such as the European Union and Gambia (Omotosho et. al.), and China and Ethiopia (Benjamin). The authors also provide an assessment of some internal challenges: the issue of porous borders such as between Ghana, Benin, and Nigeria (Obah-Akpowoghaha et. al.), and of the need to embed African values in African policy evaluation using an approach based on the concept of “Ubuntu” (Uwizeyimana). Furthermore, authors suggest solutions that are both practical (the African Continental Free Trade Agreement by Okafor and Udibe) and theoretical, linking ideology and international politics (Agbude and Lawal). While these analyses are far from being exhaustive, they ............

  The last issue of the Journal of African Foreign Affairs was published amid the multi-faceted challenges of Covid-19 for the African continent. This issue emphasizes foreign affairs from an African perspective: from Zimbabwe-China relationships (Chivanga and Monye), western influence on public administration epistemology (Erasmus), the philosophy behind Nigeria’s foreign policy for the last 60 years (Mbara and Gopal), South Africa-Zimbabwe foreign policy during Zuma’s administration (Langa and Shai), a comparative study of India’s and South Africa’s agricultural economies (Mbatha), to making a case for African exceptionalism with focus on Joaquim Chissano’s leadership style (Nyuykonge and Shulika). This issue shows the importance of study of African foreign affairs. An Africa-centered perspective reifies the needs and aspirations of African people. It is a good step in ensuring peace and economic development in the region. And, beyond............

Dear readers   This issue of the Journal of African Foreign Affairs comes in the middle of Covid-19 pandemic. Despite personal and social challenges involved, contributors have made every effort to produce thoughtful and timely analyses. I am grateful to them.   Covid-19 is a global phenomenon. But it has fragmented the international community. It has also become a symbol of a U.S.-China potential Cold War. Thus, geopolitical calculations may intensify and influence great powers’ involvement in Africa. Furthermore, both developed and developing countries are experiencing recession simultaneously. International cooperation is needed to address existing global challenges, but the solutions are to be local. For, example, by mid-century, just 30 years from now, due to severe climate, the world food production may decline by 30 percent and food prices double while the world population is expected to grow 30 percent. Conflict may erupt consequently and, in turn,............

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