Open Access

Taylor & Francis Group’s extensive collection of fully open access journals empowers African research to achieve global reach, impact, and influence. By making your work freely and permanently accessible, we ensure that anyone, anywhere can read and build upon your research.

Open access journals

Read and publish agreements

Researchers in South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia are now eligible to access 1900+ journals and publish open access articles in 2100+ journals, at no cost to themselves, through a three-year agreement with the South African National Library and Information Consortium.

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OA Books

We have collaborated with researchers to build one of the largest open access book and chapter collections. We are delighted to be able to showcase content across all subjects covered by Routledge, CRC Press and our other imprints. Taylor & Francis have collaborated with Knowledge Unlatched to publish open collections in Gender Studies and African Studies.

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Directions and provocations in African Studies

This collection of over 70 journal articles and book chapters explores key areas in African Studies. From 30 years of democracy in South Africa, to visual archives in times of war in Sudan, youth and protest in the Gambia, and social and political genealogies of Moroccan hip hop, the highlighted articles and book chapters traverse disciplines and themes.

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Open Research

Publish your articles rapidly and openly through our open research publishing model, so anyone can read and cite the work. The model enables researchers to publish any research they wish to share, supporting reproducibility, transparency and impact.

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