From the Archives: Scraps from the Making of Transition

From Frying Pan to Fire—In Rajat Neogy's words, Transition "was committed to change, 'perpetual change which is the nature of live bodies.'" ("Africa Oriented: Reviving a Magazine of Change and Ideas," The New York Times, May 14, 1991.)

Resettlement in Ghana—The magazine was labelled "subversive" by the Ugandan government and was forced to move to Ghana. ("Africa Oriented: Reviving a Magazine of Change and Ideas," The New York Times, May 14, 1991.)

New Terrain, Same Constraints

Seeking a New Route

Migration Licence

Standing Bail for Good Conduct

Relocation Blues

Transitional Headaches I

Transitional Headaches II

Business Unusual

Another Exodus

Henry Louis Gates, Kwame Anthony Appiah, and Wole Soyinka bring the magazine back in the early nineties after it ran out of money and closed in 1977. ("Africa Oriented: Reviving a Magazine of Change and Ideas," The New York Times, May 14, 1991.)

"The idea, Mr. Gates said, is to publish 'an international journal with Africa at its center.'" ("Africa Oriented: Reviving a Magazine of Change and Ideas," The New York Times, May 14, 1991.)