'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. 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 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 of
Zimbabwe (May 2007 issue) or
Olusegun Obasanjo of
Nigeria (June 2007 issue).
List of editors
The current editor is
Baffour Ankomah.
References
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Official Website
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New African, Publication Information