| African Music | |
| Abbreviation: | Afr. Music |
| Discipline: | Ethnomusicology |
| Editors: | Lee Watkins |
| Publisher: | International Library of African Music |
| History: | 1954-current |
| Frequency: | Annual |
| Openaccess: | Delayed, two-years |
| Issn: | 0065-4019 |
| Eissn: | 2524-2741 |
| Jstor: | 00654019 |
| Lccn: | 60045755 |
| Oclc: | 1036109 |
| Website: | http://journal.ru.ac.za/index.php/africanmusic/index |
| Link1: | http://journal.ru.ac.za/index.php/africanmusic/issue/current |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | http://journal.ru.ac.za/index.php/africanmusic/issue/archive |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
African Music is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the International Library of African Music. It covers contextualized studies of African music and related arts. Articles are made freely accessible after a two-year embargo period.[1]
The journal was established by Hugh Tracey in 1954,[2] in the same year as the International Library of African Music. Tracey was the first editor-in-chief until his death in 1977.[3] [4] Publication was interrupted from 2000 until 2007. Since it was re-launched in 2007, the journal includes a collection of music performances and audio examples relating to articles published within the respective issues.[5]
The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief of the journal:
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: