Matatu (journal)

Matatu: Journal for African Literary and Cultural Studies is a biannual, double-anonymously peer-reviewed academic journal published by Brill Publishers. It focusses on African and Afrodiasporic literary and cultural studies, and is "open to interdisciplinary dialogue with fields such as the social sciences, cultural anthropology, and history". The journal's name derives from the East African public transport vehicle "Matatu".

The editors-in-chief are Tanaka Chidora (University of Malawi), Pauline Mateveke Kazembe (University of Zimbabwe), Magdalena Pfalzgraf (University of Bonn), Aderemi Raji-Oyelade (University of Ibadan), Frank Schulze–Engler (Goethe University Frankfurt), and Alex Nelungo Wanjala (University of Nairobi).