The Asian Journal of African Studies (AJAS) welcomes submission of various forms of scholarly writings including research papers, book reviews, and research notes in the fields of humanities, social sciences, and development studies. Specific areas of the research could range from African history, languages and literature, anthropology, politics, economics to sociology among many others.

Manuscripts must be original work contributing to the literature of African studies or Africa-related field of studies. They must not be submitted to any other journal while under review with AJAS.