How to Access Current and Archived Issues of Ìrìnkèrindò: a Journal of African Migration

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Ìrìnkèrindò: a Journal of African Migration publishes its content through its own website at africamigration.com, where the main navigation offers Current Issue, Our Archives, and Special Focus sections. You can browse these sections directly from the site's homepage; the journal does not present a separate paywall or login screen in the material available, though the site does reference subscriptions, so some content may sit behind a subscription or institutional access arrangement.

What the journal publishes

Ìrìnkèrindò is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of African migration and immigration to other parts of the world. Its stated scope includes:

  • Scholarly articles of the highest quality
  • Original essays and reprints of hard-to-find essays
  • Critical commentaries and book reviews
  • Interviews of African immigrants

The journal documents the relevance of African immigration to the world's social, political, and economic systems, and to its historical effects on culture. It also aims to generate debate among scholars, intellectuals, demographers, and African immigrants themselves.

The name Ìrìnkèrindò is Yoruba for "incessant wanderings" or "travels," which the editors use to capture past, contemporary, and future migrations of Africans within the continent and beyond it.

Finding current and archived content

The site organizes its material into three entry points:

Section What it contains
Current Issue The most recent issue of the journal
Our Archives Back issues and previously published material
Special Focus Thematically grouped content, such as statelessness or gender relations

Start with Current Issue if you want the latest scholarship. Use Our Archives if you are looking for a specific article, author, or time period. Check Special Focus when your interest is a theme rather than a date—for example, the site highlights a special focus item titled Stateless: Left In Limbo On The Road To America, which examines African migrants moving through Central America and Mexico after Mexico began freezing African migrants at its southern border with Guatemala in 2019 under U.S. pressure.

What kinds of formats you will encounter

Content is not limited to standard journal articles. The site also hosts:

  • Video — the statelessness feature credits video to Newsy and to Chidinma Irene Nwoye, described as a producer, writer, researcher, and multi-platform storyteller.
  • Conference papers — for example, "African Diaspora Families & Changing Gender Relations: A Focus on GBV & IPV," presented by Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome at the Africana Studies Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, at a "Freedom from Gender-based Violence" conference sponsored by the Ithaca College Department of Politics with the African Women's Initiative of Ithaca.

If you are citing the journal, note whether the item is a peer-reviewed article, a commentary, a review, an interview, or a conference paper, since these carry different weight in academic work.

Access conditions to check before you rely on the site

The site references subscriptions, so do not assume every item is freely readable. Before planning around a specific article:

  1. Open the Current Issue or Our Archives page and locate the item.
  2. Check whether the full text loads or whether you are asked to subscribe or log in through an institution.
  3. If access is restricted, check whether your university library already subscribes, or contact the journal directly about permissions.

The available material does not specify prices, payment platforms, or whether a login is required for all content, so treat access as something to verify per item rather than as guaranteed open access.

A practical way to use the site

  • For a literature review: search Our Archives by theme, then cross-check Special Focus for related multimedia or commentary you might otherwise miss.
  • For teaching: the interviews and conference papers can work as discussion material alongside the peer-reviewed articles.
  • For citation: record the section you found the item in, since the journal's structure (current, archived, special focus) helps others locate it again.

The journal also posts a Call for Papers, so if you are a researcher rather than a reader, that section is where submission opportunities appear.