English in Africa was founded in 1974 to provide a forum for the study of African literature and English as a language of Africa. The Editor invites contributions, including unsolicited reviews, on all aspects of English writing and the English language in Africa, including oral traditions. English in Africa is listed in the Journal of Commonwealth Literature Annual Bibliography, the Modern Language Association MLA International Bibliography, Institute for Scientific Information Arts and Humanities Citation Index, and accredited by the South African Department of Education. 

The journal has its own website at  

http://www.ru.ac.za/isea/publications/journals/englishinafrica/

It is also indexed on EBSCO, by GalePublishing and by SABINET Online. EiA is archived by JSTOR and SABINET Gateway

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eISSN: 2071-7474
print ISSN: 0376-8902