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Original contributions on all aspects of African language studies are welcomed, synchronic as well as diachronic, theoretical as well as data-oriented. Provides an extensive section with book reviews written by specialists in the field of African linguistics and also contains a list of recently published books on African languages and linguistics. The main aim of the Journal of Language and Popular Culture in Africa is to document the popular culture expressed in, and mediated by, popular, vernacular, varieties of African languages. A primary goal of the journal is to encourage research which will contribute to the resolution of problems in African linguistics, and enable African languages to play a more important role in the shaping of contemporary linguistic theory. SOAS Bulletin Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London published by Oxford University Press.