| No. |
Issue Title |
Publishing details |
| 1 | Development in Africa | Spring 1974 - Vol.1 | |
| 2 | Multinational Corporations | Spring 1975 - Vol.2 | |
| 3 | Classes in Africa | Summer 1975 - Vol.2 | |
| 4 | Class, Struggle and Liberation | Winter 1975 - Vol.2 | |
| 5 | The State in Africa | Spring 1976 - Vol.3 | |
| 6 | Merchant Capital/Neo-Colonialism | Summer 1976 - Vol.3 | |
| 7 | Special Issue - South Africa | Winter 1976 - Vol.3 | |
| 8 | Capitalism in Africa | Spring 1977 - Vol.4 | |
| 9 | Southern Africa | Summer 1977 - Vol.4 | |
| 10 | Peasants | Winter 1977 - Vol.4 | |
| 11 | Southern Africa | Spring 1978 - Vol.5 | |
| 12 | Mining and Mine Labour | Summer 1978 - Vol.5 | |
| 13 | Special Issue - Nigeria | Winter 1978 - Vol.5 | |
| 14 | Neo-Colonialism/Military: Ghana/Zaïre/Liberia | Spring 1979 - Vol.6 | |
| 15/16 | The Roots of Famine (Double issue) | Winter 1979 - Vol.6 | |
| 17 | Debate in Kenya | Spring 1980 - Vol.7 | |
| 18 | Special Issue - Zimbabwe | Summer 1980 - Vol.7 | |
| 19 | Consciousness and Class | Winter 1980 - Vol.7 | |
| 20 | Kenya: The Agrarian Question | Spring 1981 - Vol.8 | |
| 21 | Peasants, Capital and the State | Summer 1981 - Vol.8 | |
| 22 | Ideology, Class and Development | Winter 1981 - Vol.8 | |
| 23 | Scandinavian Perspectives | Spring 1982 - Vol.9 | |
| 24 | The French Connection | Summer 1982 - Vol.9 | |
| 25 | Ruth First - Memorial Issue | Winter 1982 - Vol.9 | |
| 26 | Special Issue - Sudan | Summer 1983 - Vol.10 | |
| 27/28 | Women, Oppression and Liberation (Double issue) | Winter 1983 - Vol.10 | |
| 29 | Resistance and Resettlement in Southern Africa | Summer 1984 - Vol.11 | |
| 30 | Conflict in the Horn of Africa | Autumn 1984 - Vol.11 | |
| 31 | Capital vs. Labour in West Africa | Winter 1984 - Vol.11 | |
| 32 | Intellectuals and the 'Left' in Africa | Spring 1985 - Vol.12 | |
| 33 | War and Famine | Summer 1985 - Vol.12 | |
| 34 | Market Forces | Winter 1985 - Vol.12 | |
| 35 | The Struggle for Spoils | Spring 1986 - Vol.13 | |
| 36 | The Health Issue | Summer 1986 - Vol.13 | |
| 37 | Nigeria: Oil, Debts and Democracy | Winter 1986 - Vol.13 | |
| 38 | Politics and Imperialism | Spring 1987 - Vol.14 | |
| 39 | Workers, Unions and Popular Protest | Summer 1987 - Vol.14 | |
| 40 | Southern Africa: The Crisis Continues | Winter 1987 - Vol.14 | |
| 41 | Socialism, Democracy and Popular Struggles | Spring 1988 - Vol.15 | |
| 42 | Population and Environment | Summer 1988 - Vol.15 | |
| 43 | Feeding Africa: What Now? | Winter 1988 - Vol.15 | |
| 44 | Ethiopia: 15 Years On | Spring 1989 - Vol.16 | |
| 45/46 | Militarism, Warlords, and Problems of Democracy (Double issue) | Summer 1989 - Vol.16 | |
| 47 | The Price of Economic Reform | Spring 1990 - Vol.17 | |
| 48 | Education: Promise or Lost Potential | Summer 1990 - Vol.17 | |
| 49 | Democracy and Development | Winter 1990 - Vol.17 | |
| 50 | Africa in a Changing World Order | Spring 1991 - Vol.18 | |
| 51 | The Struggle for Resources | July 1991 - Vol.19 | |
| 52 | Fundamentalism: Religion and Politics | November 1991 - Vol.19 | |
| 53 | The African Jigsaw | March 1992 - Vol.19 | |
| 54 | Surviving Democracy? | July 1992 - Vol.19 | |
| 55 | Democracy, Civil Society and NGOs | November 1992 - Vol.20 | |
| 56 | Challenging Gender Inequalities | March 1993 - Vol.20 | |
| 57 | Politics of Reconstruction: S.Africa/Mozambique/Horn | July 1993 - Vol.20 | |
| 58 | Agenda for Change/Tribute to Cabral | November 1993 - Vol.20 | |
| 59 | Transition and Transformation in Africa | January 1994 - Vol.21 | |
| 60 | States, Markets and Africa's Crisis (ROAPE Review of Books) | June 1994 - Vol.21 | |
| 61 | Land and Freedom in South Africa | September 1994 - Vol.21 | |
| 62 | Stranglehold on Africa | December 1994 - Vol.21 | |
| 63 | Virtual Reality: Whose Adjustment | March 1995 - Vol.22 | |
| 64 | Democracy, Development and Defence | June 1995 - Vol.22 | |
| 65 | Taking Leave of the 20th Century (ROAPE Review of Books) | September 1995 - Vol.22 | |
| 66 | Imperialism in the Post Cold War Era | December 1995 - Vol.22 | |
| 67 | The Cunning of Conflict | March 1996 - Vol.23 | |
| 68 | Negotiating a New Millenium? (ROAPE Review of Books) | June 1996 - Vol.23 | |
| 69 | A Tribute to A M Babu | September 1996 - Vol.23 | |
| 70 | The Horn of Africa | December 1996 - Vol.23 | |
| 71 | NGOs and the Development Industry | March 1997 - Vol.24 | |
| 72 | Zaïre, South Africa: Moving Forward? | June 1997 - Vol.24 | |
| 73 | ROAPE Review of Books | September 1997 - Vol.24 | |
| 74 | Africa's Environmental Crisis | December 1997 - Vol.24 | |
| 75 | Machinery of External Control | March 1998 - Vol.25 | |
| 76 | 'Globalization' and the Regulation of Africa | June 1998 - Vol.25 | |
| 77 | Britain's African Policy: Ethical or Ignorant? | September 1998 - Vol.25 | |
| 78 | Whose News? Control of the Media in Africa | December 1998 - Vol.25 | |
| 79 | Africa and the Drugs Trade | March 1999 - Vol.26 | |
| 80 | Bringing Imperialism Back In | June 1999 - Vol.26 | |
| 81 | Ending Endemic Violence: Limits to Conflict Resolution | September 1999 - Vol.26 | |
| 82 | North Africa in Africa | December 1999 - Vol.26 | |
| 83 | Too Little, Too Late? | March 2000 - Vol.27 | |
| 84 | Struggle for Land | June 2000 - Vol.27 | |
| 85 | Globalisation and African Responses | September 2000 - Vol.27 | |
| 86 | Special Issue on AIDS | December 2000 - Vol.28 | |
| 87 | Civil Society/Kleptocracy/Donor Agendas: What Future for Africa? | March 2001 - Vol.28 | |
| 88 | Africa's Future: That Sinking Feeling | June 2001 - Vol.28 | |
| 89 | State of the Union: Africa in 2001 | September 2001 - Vol.28 | |
| 90 | Patrimonialism/Petro-Diamond Capitalism: War in Angola | December 2001 - Vol.28 | |
| 91 | Sovereignty, Democracy & Zimbabwe's Tragedy | March 2002 - Vol.29 | |
| 92 | Africa, the African Diaspora & Development | July 2002 - Vol.29 | |
| 93/94 | State Failure in Congo: Perceptions & Realities (Double issue) | Sep/Dec 2002 - Vol.29 | |
| 95 | Africa, Imperialism & New Forms of Accumulation | March 2003 - Vol.30 | |
| 96 | War & the Forgotten Continent | June 2003 - Vol.30 | |
| 97 | Horn of Conflict | September 2003 - Vol.30 | |
| 98 | Zimbabwe Out in the Cold? | December 2003 - Vol.30 | |
| 99 | ICTs, 'Virtual Colonisation' & Political Economy | March 2004 - Vol.31 | |
| 100 | Two Cheers? South African Democracy's First Decade | June 2004 - Vol.31 | |
| 101 | African Scramble? | Sep 2004 - Vol.31 | |
| 102 | Agendas, Past and Future | Dec 2004 - Vol.31 | |
| 103 | Imperialism and African Social Formations | March 2005 - Vol.32 | |
| 104/5 | Oiling the Wheels of Imperialism (Double issue) | Jun/Sep 2005 - Vol.32 | |
| 106 | Africa From SAPS to PRSP | Dec 2005 - Vol.32 | |
| 107 | State, Class and Civil Society in Africa | March 2006 - Vol.33 | |
| 108 | North Africa: Power, Politics and Promise | June 2006 - Vol.33 | |
| 109 | Mainstreaming the African Environment in Development? | Sept 2006 - Vol.33 | |
| 110 | Religion, Ideology and Conflict in Africa | December 2006 - Vol.33 | |
| 111 | Another World is Possible | March 2007 - Vol.34 | |
| 112 | Trading Africa's Future | June 2007 - Vol.34 | |
| 113 | Imperial, Neo-Liberal Africa? | Sept 2007 - Vol.34 | |
| 114 | Class, Resistance and Social Transformation | Dec 2007 - Vol.34 | |
| 115 | Good Friends/Good Partners: China-African Co-operation | March 2008 - Vol.35 | |