Submission Guidelines

Submission Guidelines for Africana:
Submissions should range between 3,000 and 8,000 words, including the bibliography.
All submissions should be sent via e-mail attachment to Yilma Tafere Tasew at smileyilma@xtra.co.nz. 

Submissions can be made using either of the following two citation styles:

1. Parenthetical style:

Within the text citations should be made at the end of sentences, using parentheses, as follows: (Brown, 1990: 25). At the end of the submission a full list of references should be provided. The citation style for that list should be as follows:

Books: Brown, C. (1962) The Ambiguity of the State (San Francisco, Forum Editions).
Articles: Smith, O.J. (1997) The overwhelming evidence from the field: for the curious, Review of Social Sciences, 8, pp. 39-47.
Chapters: Hamilton, C.H. (1959) Challenges to civil society advocacy, in: C. Sands (Ed) Civil Society and the State in Africa (New York, Baldwin).

2. Footnotes:

Within the text citations should be made at the end of sentences, using footnotes, as follows: This is the sentence¹. This citation style to be used in the footnotes should be as follows:

Books:  Charles Brown, The Ambiguity of the State (San Francisco, Forum Editions, 1962), p. 25.
         
Subsequent notes: Ibid, p. 27, etc.
If cited later: Brown (1962), p. 29.

Articles:  Orange J. Smith, “The overwhelming evidence from the field: for the curious,” Review of Social Studies, 8 (1997), p. 39.
Chapters:  Charles H. Hamilton, “Challenges to civil society advocacy,” in Craig Sands, ed., Civil Society and the State in Africa, (New York: Baldwin, 1959), p. 345.

 Charles Brown, The Ambiguity of the State, (San Francisco, Forum Editions, 1962), p. 25.

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¹ Charles Brown, The Ambiguity of the State, (San Francisco, Forum Editions, 1962), p. 25.