African Music (journal)
# African Music (journal)

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.

## History

The journal was established by Hugh Tracey in 1954, in the same year as the International Library of African Music. Tracey was the first editor-in-chief until his death in 1977. 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.

### Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief of the journal:

* 1954–1977: Hugh Tracey
* 1977–1999: Andrew Tracey
* 2007–2016: Diane Thram
* 2017–current: Lee Watkins

## Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

* Academic Search Premier
* International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
* Modern Language Association Database
* Music Index
* Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale
