African Minds

African Minds is a not-for-profit, open access publisher based in Cape Town, South Africa. We publish predominantly in the social sciences and our authors are typically African academics and thinkers, as well as international academics who have a close affinity with the continent. At African Minds the emphasis is less on the commercial viability of publications than on fostering access, openness and debate in the pursuit of growing and deepening the African knowledge base.

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African Minds

African Minds is a not-for-profit, open access publisher based in Cape Town, South Africa. We publish predominantly in the social sciences and our authors are typically African academics and thinkers, as well as international academics who have a close affinity with the continent. At African Minds the emphasis is less on the commercial viability of publications than on fostering access, openness and debate in the pursuit of growing and deepening the African knowledge base.

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Highlights

Publications

Over 100 books published to date, including a mix of monographs and edited collections

No. books per year

Typically publishing between 6 and 12 books per year

Costs per book

Production costs range between £3000 and £4500 (R66,000 to R100,000)

Core subjects

Higher education studies, music, urban studies, and science and technology studies

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