The Afro-Hispanic Review is a bilingual journal of Afro-Hispanic literature and culture published by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese in collaboration with The Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center (BJJBCC) at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee USA.

Vanderbilt University is an internationally recognized research university with strong partnerships among its 10 schools, neighboring institutions and the community. Its Department of Spanish and Portuguese was ranked as the top department in the country in 2007, in both languages in faculty Scholarly productivity, as reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

The BJJBCC provides educational and cultural programming on the African and African-American experience for the Vanderbilt and Nashville communities. The Center is named for the first African-American student admitted to the university (in 1953), Bishop Joseph Johnson (B.D., '54; Ph.D., '58). The Center represents one of Vanderbilt's numerous efforts at acknowledging and promoting diversity.

Afro-Hispanics comprise a vital and growing sector of the world’s populations. The Afro-Hispanic Review reflects dynamic trends throughout studies of the African presence and influence in the Hispanic world, pertaining to literature, history, and culture. It publishes original studies of the highest quality related to Afro-Hispanic experience. The journal is open to submissions in Spanish or English, which are all anonymously refereed.

The Afro-Hispanic Review is published twice annually. Printed issues are available by subscription; an on line version is available in full text at LatAm-Studies.

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