| Uniform title | Obsidian (Raleigh, N.C. : 2006 : Online) |
| Frequency | Semiannual |
| General note | "Literature in the African diaspora." |
| General note | Issues may also have distinctive titles. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Special numbering | Vol. 7, no. 2 (fall/winter 2006) also referred to as: Jay Wright special ed. |
| Special numbering | Publication suspended in print after v. 12, no. 2 (fall/winter 2011); resumed print publication in 2015 with 40.1/2 (spring 2015). Numbering did not continue where it left off, in order to restore the original numbering to "reflect the journal's legacy." |
| Special numbering | Vol. 13 (2012)-v. 14 (2013) available online only. None published in 2014. |
| Special numbering | Issue 40.1/2 (spring 2015) also called 40th anniversary special issue: Jeffery Renard Allen. |
| Other forms | Also available in print. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Source of description | Vol. 7, no. 2 (fall/winter 2006); title from cover. |
| Source of description | 40.1/2 (spring 2015). |
| Preceding title |
Obsidian III 1542-1619 |
| Genre/form | Electronic journals. |
| LCCN | 2008228766 2015233621 |
| ISSN | 2161-6140 0888-4412 |
