SCOLMA/IAI journal ABRD wins the Conover-Porter Award!!

We are so pleased to announce that Africa Bibliography, Research & Documentation (edited by Terry Barringer) has been awarded the African Studies Association’s 2024 Conover-Porter Award for Africana Bibliography or Reference Work!!  Congratulations to the Editorial Team consisting of Terry Barringer, Stephanie Kitchen, Barbara Spina, Richard Bartholomew and Ben Carson, for their excellent work and contributions to the journal.  Also IAI and Cambridge University Press for all of their support.

“The Conover-Porter Award was established in honor of two pioneers in African studies bibliography: Helen F. Conover and Dorothy B. Porter Wesley. The Award is selected every two years by the Africana Librarians Council of the African Studies Association. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in Africana bibliography and reference tools among works published in the preceding two years.”

The Award will be presented at the 67^th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association in Chicago, Illinois in December this year.

Please see the official press release for more winners in the ASA prize-winning categories!