Africa Yearbook
The Africa Yearbook is a reference book published by the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute, which is compiled annually in co-operation between two editors from the ABI and from Botswana and Ghana at the Brill publishing house.
Scope
The yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa – all related to developments in one calendar year. The Africa Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on European-African relations.While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range of target groups: students, politicians, diplomats, administrators, journalists, teachers, practitioners in the field of development aid as well as business people.
It is the successor to the German-language Afrika Jahrbuch published by the Institut für Afrika-Kunde in Hamburg, which issued its last yearbook in 2004. Originally, partners in Leiden and Uppsala were also involved. The Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies was important for the new direction as an English-language and international reference organisation.
The Africa Yearbook received the Conover-Porter Award 2012.
In 2024, the reference book celebrated its 20th anniversary; volume 20 covers the year 2023.