Submissions

Submissions, requests for information for contributors and queries to the editor can be sent to: Editors, AFRICA, iai-africa[AT]contacts.bham.ac.uk, Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham, UK.

The editors are pleased to receive manuscripts for publication in Africa. Manuscripts submitted for publication will be considered for acceptance on the understanding that they have neither been published nor are currently being considered for publication elsewhere. We wish to be told if the work has been made public in another form or language. The copyright of papers accepted for publication belongs to the International African Institute.

Contributors are asked to follow the requirements set out below. All editorial correspondence (except book reviews) should be sent to: Editors, AFRICA, Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK, iai-africa[AT]contacts.bham.ac.uk.

Books for review

Publishers sending books and catalogues for review should address all correspondence to:
Dr Nicolas Argenti, Reviews Editor, Africa, c/o Stephanie Kitchen, International African Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG.
Email: na23@soas.ac.uk.

Guidelines for Contributors

Contributors are asked to follow the format set out below. (If in doubt, copy the conventions in a recent article.) Manuscripts will be considered for publication on the understanding that they have neither been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere. Contributors must inform the editors if the work has been made public in another form or language. Manuscripts should not exceed 8,000 words (excluding bibliography and notes). Manuscripts should be sent as an email attachment (iai-africa@contacts.bham.ac.uk). We do not require a hard copy unless it is necessary to clarify orthographic conventions or special symbols, in which case a pdf version of the article with all orthographic fonts embedded would also suffice.

Word-processing

Files should be set up in 12 pt type with double line spacing on paper size of A4 (or US equivalent) size paper. Section headings should be in capitals and centred, subsection side headings italicized. Single quotation marks should be used, with double marks for any quotation within a quotation. Quotations of more than fifty words should be indented. Foreign words (except proper names) should be italicized. Dates should be in the style 23 July 1945, the 1940s, 1952-56. Numerals under 100 should be spelt out except percentages and specific dimensions like 6 ft 6 in.

Orthography of African languages

Citations from African languages should, where possible, follow the established orthography in the country or one of the countries involved. In the absence of an established orthography, recognized symbols must be used, preferably the 'Africa script' of the IAI. Details of this script can be obtained from the IAI.

Footnotes and references

Notes and references should be 12 pt and double line-spaced. Notes should be kept to a minimum, numbered consecutively as endnotes. References in the text should take the form (Last 2000: 360) with details listed in a bibliography; where more than one work by the same author is cited references should be in date order. Use letters (2000a, 2000b) for works in the same year, with no work unlettered. References in the bibliography should take the form:

• Books: Barnes, S. T. (1986) Patrons and Power: creating a political community in metropolitan Lagos. Manchester: Manchester University Press, for the International African Institute.
• Articles: Last, M. (2000) 'Children and the experience of violence: contrasting cultures of punishment in northern Nigeria', Africa 70 (3): 359-93.
• Chapters of books: Silitshena, R. (2001) 'The influence of government policies on the development of rural settlement in Botswana', in C. de Wet and R. Fox (eds), Transforming Settlement in Southern Africa. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, for the International African Institute.
• Theses: Mayombo, R. P. (1990) 'Economic Structural Changes and Population Migration in Kilombero Valley'. M.A.thesis, University of Dar es Salaam.
• Websites: Renan, E. (1822) What is a Nation? <http://www.tamilnation.org/selfdetermination/renan.htm>, accessed 2 June 2004
  
  (NOTE: use what are called angled brackets).

Accompanying materials

• Images, tables, maps, diagrams and figures should NOT be part of the WORD file, but submitted as separate files – see the guidelines for submission of images in digital form. They should be placed at the end of the article, each on a separate page and numbered; the number should also be written in the margin of the text to show where the table, diagram, etc., is to appear. They should be clearly and simply drawn so as to be suitable for photocopying, with no colour, shading or 3D effects. Sources must be duly acknowledged.
• Photographs should be numbered and accompanied by captions, including sources. If possible, authors should submit photographs as .TIFF files, scanned at a minimum of 300 dpi and saved as a .TIFF image for PC. The final size of the scan should be approximately 250 x 200 mm. Please also supply a black and white laser print of all scans, at 100%, for identification. Authors may be asked for a subsidy towards reproduction costs.
• Abstracts and contributor's biographical note: Each article should have an abstract, of not more than 200 words, for translation into French or English as the case may be. A brief biographical note about the author for the foot of the first page should also be included as a separate file.

Other

• Proofs: Authors will not receive proofs. It is essential, therefore, that the article is in the form in which you wish it to appear.
• Copyright: Contributors should note that copyright in all articles appearing in the journal is vested in the International African Institute. Permission to reprint an article will not normally be granted within two years of its publication.
• Permissions: It is the responsibility of the author to obtain permission for any previously published material and for ensuring that the appropriate acknowledgements are included in their manuscript.
• Offprints: Authors receive twenty free offprints and one free copy of the journal.

The editors reserve the right to make editorial revisions, but will not make major changes without the author's approval.