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Theoretical Considerations
Although we generally welcome any or several theoretical considerations as long as
they can be applied to textual analysis and elucidation of black and
African writings, the
preferable critical approach must be descriptive and discursive rather than
the old penchant for journalese and prescriptive criticisms;
be scholarly rather than ideological; practical as against pre- or
non-reading theoretic, your objective being the crystallization of
origins, hybrids, linkages, influences, confluences and such possible divergences in recent Black and
African writing.
Reviews: Fiction, Poetry, Drama
Avoid euphoria about new or existing book / literature reviews.
Book reviews of not more than 1000–2000 words should be analytical and
also critical and geared towards useful basis for further academic study.
Please indicate book prices, publishers contact addresses including URL if
available.
Creative Works: Poetry, Short Fiction, Art (Images)
Limit poetry and art submissions to six poems /images (grayscale jpg) of
not more than twenty lines per poem. Poems of exceptional length may be
divided into parts which altogether must be no more than six parts to make
a complete entry. A short title and description should follow jpg image
entries.
Short Fiction/Biographical Entries
Short Fiction/Biographical Entries on writers should not exceed 3000 words
and for biographical information must contain previously unpublished
/additional information regarding the artiste-poet, novelist or
dramatist. A jpg image of the artiste is usually required for our website
Author and Book Information.
Deadline:
Review of Submissions will be ongoing from
January
of the issuing year.
Important
Notice
Abstracts
Contributors are always enjoined to firstly submit their proposals for assessment.
Abstracts of no more than 600 words should expound a writer’s significance
in intended discourse, the objective being to illuminate
whole works of poetry, drama or prose rather than
aspects or single works. Please send in an Abstract of your suggested
writer of fiction, poetry and drama to
editors@africaresearch.org
Your abstract
must be approved prior to submission of your draft essay.
This
is not a medium to publish your old conference, seminar papers and
dissertation extracts; therefore ensure that your topic subsists
within, or is in consonance with, the depositional themes.
As this is
not a live conference presentation, be impersonal and strive to
achieve objective distancing from your work. Avoid use of
derivative and informal phrases that only demean literary
objectivity: “I", “mine”, “My paper…”, “I mean…”, “I
define…”, “My argument…” etc. Also do not
clutter your essay with repetitive statements of objective or intention. State
directly the argument in question.
If your
abstract topic is approved, you may request PDF extracts of previously
published materials relevant to your topic and should use the
supplied content to update and improve upon your submitted manuscript.
Your initial submission may not be the final draft.
Limit your
draft essay to a maximum of 15 pages of Letter (8.5"x11) page size. Use
footnotes rather than endnotes for compliance with eBook formatting. Your paper
must not exceed the word count else it will be spilt or even rejected; please note that the editors may not extend any further
courtesy regarding
their rejection of your submission.
Although your
essay title might seem to reflect the topic of discussion proper the editors
and publishers reserve
the right to make changes consonant with journal publishing history
and editorial ethic in the final draft.
Always review your
Works Cited
to ensure compliance with latest MLA before submission. The MLA 2009
is our latest recommended citation format.
If submitting
in language other than English, a translation of the range of French
or African languages to English will be required.
You are
invited to assist in improving the circulation of published materials
from Africa.
Request for PDF copies of available essays and other creative
publications.
You may also
send PDF copies of new books and journals to IRCALC editors for review
purposes.
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