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Published Since: 2018. JAFDIS is accredited by DHET (the South African regulator of Higher Education) and indexed by SCOPUS, IBSS, EBSCO, ProQuest, COPERNICUS, ERIH PLUS and Sabinet. It is ranked by SCImago.
Publication Frequency: Quarterly (Four times a year) ISSN: 2516-2705 E-ISSN: 2516-2713. SCImago Journal Ranking for 2024: Quartile: Q2; SJR: 0.161 H-Index: 5
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Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies (JAFDIS) (Research on African Films, Diaspora Studies, Performance Arts and Communication Studies) Volume 9, Number 3, September 2026

This issue of the Journal of African Film and Diaspora Studies arrives at a critical moment. As digital platforms reshape political participation and social consciousness across the continent and its diaspora, the articles assembled here confront an urgent question: how do African and diaspora media cultures simultaneously expose injustice, amplify marginalized voices, and reproduce the very hierarchies they critique? The collection opens with timely interventions in digital media studies. One article maps the social media-integrity compromise cycle across fragile and consolidated democracies, revealing how social media platforms both enable democratic participation and destabilize democratic institutions a phenomenon that touches Nigeria and Nepal as acutely as France, the USA, and the UK. Parallel studies examine media coverage in conflict zones and its capacity to expose human rights violations while simultaneously spreading disinformation, underscoring the persistent tension betwee...

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Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies (JAFDIS) (Research on African Films, Diaspora Studies, Performance Arts and Communication Studies) Volume 9, Number 2, June 2026

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Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies (JAFDIS) (Research on African Films, Diaspora Studies, Performance Arts and Communication Studies) Volume 9, Number 1, March 2026

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Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies (JAFDIS) (Research on African Films, Diaspora Studies, Performance Arts and Communication Studies) Volume 8, Number 4, December 2025

We are pleased to present the December 2025 issue of the Journal of African Film & Diaspora Studies, featuring thirteen compelling articles that traverse the complex landscape of African media, cultural production, and social transformation. This issue exemplifies our commitment to showcasing rigorous scholarship that interrogates the intersections of film, media, culture, communications, digital technologies, and diaspora experiences across the African continent and beyond. Our opening article examines utopianism in the film Queen of Katwe, exploring how spatial dislocation and integration into global chess networks inspire new imaginings of life beyond Uganda's townships. This theme of transformation through cultural production resonates throughout the issue, particularly in our exploration of Yoruba-language films and their role in cultural preservation, where mystical powers emerge as both a narrative device and a cultural archive....

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Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies (JAFDIS) (Research on African Films, Diaspora Studies, Performance Arts and Communication Studies) Volume 8, Number 3, September 2025

We are pleased to present the September 2025 issue of the Journal of African Film & Diaspora Studies, featuring a diverse collection of scholarship that examines the interdisciplinary of media, culture, and society across the African continent and its diaspora. This issue brings together a number of compelling articles that explore various dimensions of African media landscape, from traditional journalism to digital platforms, and from Nollywood's cultural impact to community media sustainability. The contributions span multiple countries and contexts, offering rich perspectives on contemporary African media studies. The articles in this issue represent collaborative scholarship from institutions across Nigeria, South Africa, and India, reflecting the journal's commitment to fostering international dialogue on African media studies. Contributors include established scholars and emerging researchers from universities including Redeemer's University, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Pan-A...

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Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies (JAFDIS) (Research on African Films, Diaspora Studies, Performance Arts and Communication Studies) Volume 8, Number 2, June 2025

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Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies (JAFDIS) (Research on African Films, Diaspora Studies, Performance Arts and Communication Studies) Volume 8, Number 1, March 2025

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Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies (JAFDIS) (Research on African Films, Diaspora Studies, Performance Arts and Communication Studies) Volume 7, Number 4, December 2024

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Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies (JAFDIS) (Research on African Films, Diaspora Studies, Performance Arts and Communication Studies) Volume 7, Number 3, September 2024

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Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies (JAFDIS) (Research on African Films, Diaspora Studies, Performance Arts and Communication Studies) Volume 7, Number 2, June 2024

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