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New African is an English-language monthly news magazine based in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. Published since 1966, it is read by many people across the Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
n continent and the African diaspora
African diaspora

The African diaspora was the movement of Africans and their descendants to places throughout the world - predominantly to the Americas, then later to Europe, the Middle East and other places around the globe....
. It claims to be the oldest pan-African monthly in English, as well as 'the bestselling pan-African magazine'.

It is published by IC Publications, which also publishes African Business and The Middle East .

Editorial Position
The magazine generally takes a post-colonialist, anti-imperialist, anti-western stance in its editorials and articles.






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New African is an English-language monthly news magazine based in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. Published since 1966, it is read by many people across the Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
n continent and the African diaspora
African diaspora

The African diaspora was the movement of Africans and their descendants to places throughout the world - predominantly to the Americas, then later to Europe, the Middle East and other places around the globe....
. It claims to be the oldest pan-African monthly in English, as well as 'the bestselling pan-African magazine'.

It is published by IC Publications, which also publishes African Business and The Middle East .

Editorial Position


The magazine generally takes a post-colonialist, anti-imperialist, anti-western stance in its editorials and articles. It has repeatedly issued calls for pan-African unity and urged African politicians to develop a continent-wide political union.

New African has a history of defending or seeking to downplay criticisms of controversial African political figures such as Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the List of Presidents of Zimbabwe of Zimbabwe. He has held power as the head of government since 1980, as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987, and as the first executive head of state since 1987....
 of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east....
 (May 2007 issue) or Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria
Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federation constitutional republic comprising States of Nigeria and one Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria....
 (June 2007 issue).

Other languages


According to the December 2007 issue of New African
New African

New African is an English-language monthly news magazine based in London. Published since 1966, it is read by many people across the African continent and the African diaspora....
, a New African en Français has been born.

List of editors

The current editor is Baffour Ankomah.

Issue


  • July 2007 is No. 464.