New African

New African
New African
Editor Baffour Ankomah
Categories News magazine
Frequency 1 monthly
Circulation 36,848 / month [1]
Publisher IC Publications
First issue 1966
Company IC Publications
Country  United Kingdom
Language English
Website www.africasia.com/newafrican/
ISSN 0142-9345

New African is an English-language monthly news magazine based in London. Published since 1966, it is read by many people across the African continent and the African diaspora. It claims to be the oldest pan-African monthly in English, as well as 'the bestselling pan-African magazine'.

It is published by IC Publications, which also publishes "((African Banking))", New African Woman, African Business (ISSN 0141-3929) and The Middle East (ISSN 0305-0734).

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Editorial Position

The magazine generally takes a post-colonialist, anti-imperialist, anti-western stance in its editorials and articles. It has repeatedly issued calls for pan-African unity and urged African politicians to develop a continent-wide political union.

Other languages

According to the December 2007 issue of New African, a New African en Français has been born.

List of editors

The current editor is Baffour Ankomah, a claimed "pan-Africanist" who has lived in Britain for decades and who renounced his Ghanian citizenship in order to become naturalised as a Briton.

Issue

  • July 2007 is No. 464.
  • February 2011 is No. 503.

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