Call for Papers - Return(s) to Africa

The two open-access, peer reviewed journals Sources and Revue d'Histoire Contemporaine de l'Afrique are planning a special double issue on the theme “Return(s) to Africa”, to be published in October 2026.

This topic is particularly relevant at a time when the African Union has placed the year 2025 under the banner of “justice for Africans and people of African descent through reparations,” and when African states are discussing and adopting laws to facilitate access to nationality for Afro-descendants. This issue aims to center the often implicit and little documented dimension of these mobilisations, that of the migration of Afro-descendants to Africa, commonly referred to under the expression Back to Africa.

Deadline for submission of proposals: 15/05/2025

Download the ToR in English   /   Téléchargez les TdR en français or check the Sources website!