Since 1993 the IJH has published articles on a wide range of issues about and involving Africa, including the place of African in the world, Ethnicity and Culture formation, etc. An anniversary edition to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of Obafemi Awolowo University is devoted to review the historical narratives of the African experience in the light of current methodologies and new scholarly ideas.

Ife Journal of History (IJH) is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering broad aspects of Africa’s past. IJH publishes original inter and multi-disciplinary academic articles in the humanities and in the social sciences with bias for historical methodology. The mission of the journal is to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and the wide dissemination of high quality scholarly works.