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African Minds

Nonprofit open access publisher based in Cape Town

African Minds is a nonprofit open access scholarly book publisher based in Cape Town, South Africa. The publishing house was founded in 2012 to promote open access publishing, initially in the social sciences provide publishing opportunities for researchers in Africa or those with a close affinity and interest in the development of Africa develop a better understanding of the scholarly publishing landscape in Africa foster openness and debate in the pursuit of growing and deepening the African knowledge base.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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African Minds is a nonprofit open access scholarly book publisher based in Cape Town, South Africa. The publishing house was founded in 2012 to promote open access publishing, initially in the social sciences provide publishing opportunities for researchers in Africa or those with a close affinity and interest in the development of Africa develop a better understanding of the scholarly publishing landscape in Africa foster openness and debate in the pursuit of growing and deepening the African knowledge base.2

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