Ufahamu

"Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies" [http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa/ufahamu/] is a graduate-student run journal at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies" [http://repositories.cdlib.org/international/asc/ufahamu/] is an interdisciplinary journal of African Studies. Founded by UCLA's African Activist Association in 1970 and named after the Swahili word for comprehension, understanding or being, "Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies" is committed to creating space for views about social issues, addressing both the general reader and the scholar. Since 1970, "Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies" has challenged and corrected misconceptions about Africa.Or|date=July 2008 It publishes material supportive of African revolutions and socially significant works of African history, politics, economics, sociology, anthropology, law, planning and development, literature and other topics about the continent and the African Diaspora.

The journal has continuously published the work of a wide variety of scholars-- with a particular emphasis on voices from Africa -- and others marginalized by the mainstream academic presses. Featured original works include a wide variety of seminal intellectuals including Walter Rodney, Sondra Hale, Mahmood Mamdani, Richard Sklar, and Ali Mazrui.