期刊名称：JOURNAL OF AFRICAN CULTURAL STUDIES
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The Journal of African Cultural Studies is an international journal providing a forum for perceptions of African culture from inside and outside Africa, with a special commitment to African scholarship. It focuses on dimensions of African culture including African literatures both oral and written, performance arts, visual arts, music, the role of the media, the relationship between culture and power, as well as issues within such fields as popular culture in Africa, sociolinguistic topics of cultural interest, and culture and gender. It has evolved from the journal African Languages and Cultures , founded in 1988 in the Department of the Languages and Cultures of Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Although the journal no longer carries articles on African languages that are primarily linguistic in character, it remains strongly interested in the languages of Africa as channels for the expression of their culture. All views expressed are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the editors.
Peer Review Statement
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, with initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing.
Abstracting & indexing
Journal of African Cultural Studies is currently noted in Abstracts in Anthropology, African Studies Abstracts Online, CAB Abstracts, MLA International Bibliography, MLA Directory of Periodicals and the Thomson Reuters Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Instructions to Authors
This journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions. Please read the guide for ScholarOne authors before making a submission. Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided below.
The instructions below are specifically directed at authors who wish to submit a manuscript to the Journal of African Cultural Studies . For general information, please visit the Author Services section of our website. The Journal of African Cultural Studies considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to the Journal of African Cultural Studies , that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere. Authors who fail to adhere to this condition will be charged with all costs which the Journal of African Cultural Studies incurs and their papers will not be published.
Contributions to the Journal of African Cultural Studies must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office.
Please note that Journal of African Cultural Studies uses CrossCheck™ software to screen papers for unoriginal material. By submitting your paper to Journal of African Cultural Studies you are agreeing to any necessary originality checks your paper may have to undergo during the peer review and production processes.
Manuscript preparation
1. General guidelines
- Please submit manuscripts in Microsoft Word.
- Papers are accepted only in English. British English spelling and punctuation is preferred. Please use single quotation marks, except where ‘a quotation is “within” a quotation’.
- All examples and text in African languages will be distinguished in the journal by change of font, but may be distinguished in any convenient way in the ms.
- Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; appendixes (as appropriate); references; table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
- Abstracts of 150-200 words are required for all papers submitted.
- Each paper should have 5 to 8 keywords .
- Search engine optimization (SEO) is a means of making your article more visible to anyone who might be looking for it. Please consult our guidance here .
- All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the corresponding author. The affiliations of all named co-authors should be the affiliation where the research was conducted. If any of the named co-authors moves affiliation during the peer review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after the article is accepted.
- Biographical notes on contributors are not required for this journal.
- For all manuscripts non-discriminatory language is mandatory. Sexist or racist terms should not be used.
- Authors must adhere to SI units . Units are not italicised.
- When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.
2. Style guidelines
3. Figures
It is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please be sure that all imported scanned material is scanned at the appropriate resolution: 1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour.
- Figures must be saved separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file.
- Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).
- All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the paper (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. Figure 1(a), Figure 1(b)).
- Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the paper, and numbered correspondingly.
- The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.
4. Colour
Authors of accepted papers who propose publishing figures in colour in the print version should consult Taylor & Francis at proof stage to agree a financial contribution to colour reproduction costs. Figures that appear in black-and-white in the print edition of the Journal will appear in colour in the online edition, assuming colour originals are supplied. Charges for colour pages are £250 per figure ($395 US Dollars and $385 Australian Dollars). If you wish to have more than 4 colour figures, figures 5 and above will be charged at £50 per figure ($80 US Dollars and $75 Australian Dollars).
5. Reproduction of copyright material
As an author, you are required to secure permission to reproduce any proprietary text, illustration, table, or other material, including data, audio, video, film stills, and screenshots, and any supplementary material you propose to submit. This applies to direct reproduction as well as “derivative reproduction” (where you have created a new figure or table which derives substantially from a copyrighted source). The reproduction of short extracts of text, excluding poetry and song lyrics, for the purposes of criticism may be possible without formal permission on the basis that the quotation is reproduced accurately and full attribution is given.
For further information and FAQs, please see http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/permission.asp
Copies of permission letters should be sent with the manuscript upon submission to the editors.
6. Supplementary online material
Authors are welcome to submit animations, movie files, sound files or any additional information for online publication.
Manuscript submission
All submissions should be made online at the Journal of African Cultural Studies ScholarOne Manuscripts site . New users should first create an account. Once logged on to the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre. Online user guides and access to a helpdesk are available on this website.
Manuscripts should be submitted as Word documents. These files will be automatically converted into a PDF file for the review process.
Copyright and authors’ rights
It is a condition of publication that all contributing authors grant to Journal of African Cultural Studies the necessary rights to the copyright in all articles submitted to the Journal, which is published for the Journal of African Cultural Studies by Taylor & Francis. Authors are required to sign an Article Publishing Agreement to facilitate this. This will ensure the widest dissemination and protection against copyright infringement of articles. The “article” is defined as comprising the final, definitive, and citable Version of Scholarly Record, and includes: ( a ) the accepted manuscript in its final and revised form, including the text, abstract, and all accompanying tables, illustrations, data; and ( b ) any supplementary material. Copyright policy is explained in detail at http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/copyright.asp .
Free article access
As an author, you will receive free access to your article on Taylor & Francis Online. You will be given access to the My authored works section of Taylor & Francis Online, which shows you all your published articles. You can easily view, read, and download your published articles from there. In addition, if someone has cited your article, you will be able to see this information. We are committed to promoting and increasing the visibility of your article and have provided guidance on how you can help .
Reprints and journal copies
Corresponding authors will receive a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Article reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when you receive your proofs. If you have any queries about reprints, please contact the Taylor & Francis Author Services team at reprints@tandf.co.uk . To order extra copies of the issue containing your article, please contact our Customer Services team at Adhoc@tandf.co.uk .
Open access
Taylor & Francis Open Select provides authors or their research sponsors and funders with the option of paying a publishing fee and thereby making an article permanently available for free online access – open access – immediately on publication to anyone, anywhere, at any time. This option is made available once an article has been accepted in peer review. Full details of our Open Access programme
Last updated June 2013
Editorial Board
Editor:
Carli Coetzee - School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK
Editorial Committee:
Angelica Baschiera - SOAS, University of London, UK
Lindiwe Dovey - SOAS, University of London, UK Kai Easton - SOAS, University of London, UK Graham Furniss - SOAS, University of London, UK
Chege Githiora - SOAS, University of London, UK
Angela Impey - SOAS, University of London, UK
Philip Jaggar - SOAS, University of London, UK
Lutz Marten - SOAS, University of London, UK
Martin Orwin - SOAS, University of London, UK
Kwadwo Osei-Nyame - SOAS, University of London, UK
Akin Oyètádé - SOAS, University of London, UK
Alena Rettová - SOAS, University of London, UK
International Advisory Board:
Oga Steve Abah - Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
Kofi Agawu - Princeton University, USA, and University of Ghana, Ghana
Ali Jimale Ahmed - Queens College, CUNY, USA
Isabel Balseiro - Harvey Mudd College, USA
Gus Casely-Hayford - SOAS, UK
Jacob Dlamini - University of Barcelona, Spain
Hyginus Ozoemena Ekwuazi - University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Andrew Eisenberg - University of Oxford, UK
Harry Garuba - University of Cape Town, UK
Simon Gikandi - Princeton University, USA
Pumla Gqola – University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Liz Gunner - University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Abdulrazak Gurnah - University of Kent, UK
Mpalive Hangson-Msiska - Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
Abiola Irele - Kwara State University, Nigeria
Russell H. Kaschula - Rhodes University, South Africa
Nancy Kula - University of Essex, UK
Dina Ligaga - University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Nhlanhla Maake - University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Ntongela Masilela - Pitzer College, USA
Louise Meintjes - Duke University, USA
John Mugane - Harvard University, USA
Grace Musila - Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Kimani Njogu - Kenyatta University, Kenya
Zoe Norridge - Kings College, London, UK
Onookome Okome - University of Alberta, Canada
Bhekizizwe Peterson - University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Jane Plastow - University of Leeds, UK
Tlhalo Raditlhalo - UNISA, South Africa
Meg Samuelson - University of Cape Town, South Africa
Olu Taiwo - University of Winchester, UK Chris Warnes - Cambridge University, UK
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