《東非研究雜志》是英國東非研究所的國際出版物，每年出版四期。它旨在促進人文和社會科學領域對該地區的最新學術研究，并鼓勵跨學科交流的工作。它力求促進跨學科分析、強有力的比較觀點和采用本區域最重要的理論或方法方法的研究。該地區包括肯尼亞、坦桑尼亞、烏干達、埃塞俄比亞、南蘇丹、蘇丹、索馬里、厄立特里亞、吉布提、布隆迪、盧旺達、剛果民主共和國、莫桑比克、馬拉維、科摩羅、毛里求斯、塞舌爾、留尼旺島、馬達加斯加、贊比亞和津巴布韋。編輯們還歡迎就與本區域有重要聯系的跨國主題提交意見。編輯歡迎來自人文社會科學各學科的投稿，包括考古學、人類學、文化研究、發展研究、經濟學、環境研究、地理學、歷史學、國際關系、文學和語言、政治經濟學、政治學、社會政策和社會學。

Journal of Eastern African Studies is an international publication of the British Institute in Eastern Africa, published four times each year. It aims to promote fresh scholarly enquiry on the region from within the humanities and the social sciences, and to encourage work that communicates across disciplinary boundaries. It seeks to foster inter-disciplinary analysis, strong comparative perspectives, and research employing the most significant theoretical or methodological approaches for the region. The region includes Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Malawi, Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, Reunion, Madagascar, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Editors also welcome submissions on transnational topics that are meaningfully connected to this region. The Editors welcome submissions from all academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including archaeology, anthropology, cultural studies, development studies, economics, environmental studies, geography, history, international relations, literatures and languages, political economy, politics, social policy and sociology.