The editors of African Affairs are pleased to offer the African Author Prize, to be awarded for the best article published in the journal by an author based in an African institution, or an African Ph.D student based in an overseas university. The prize is in recognition of excellent African scholarship, which often does not reach audiences outside the African continent. To the extent possible, the prize committee will prioritize scholars at the beginning of their career.
The prize will be awarded every second year, for the best article published in the previous two year period. The 20120 winner received a cash prize of £500, one year's free subscription to African Affairs, an economy airfare to London, and £500 for expenses to attend the ASAUK Conference in Oxford, 16-19 September 2010. The runner-up received one year's free subscription to the journal. The next African Author Prize will be awarded at the ASAUK 2012 Conference.
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
African Affairs is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal, which aims to appeal to a wide audience. It welcomes submissions from all over the world, in particular from Africa. It accepts articles not just from professional academics, but from authors in a variety of occupations. Because only a small percentage of submitted articles currently meet all the required standards for publication, as editors we thought it would be helpful to provide some guidelines to originality, structure, and style.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
All articles and correspondence should be sent to african.affairs.editors@gmail.com; if electronic submission is not possible, please send to:
Dr. Sara Rich Dorman
University of Edinburgh
15 A George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9LD
UK
Articles should be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 200 words, typed on a separate page, indicating the major argument of the article and its significance as an addition to existing knowledge or analysis.
Articles should not be more than 8,000 words in length, including footnotes, and typed in double spacing, preferably in Microsoft Word or a compatible format. Contributors without access to electronic mail should submit three double-spaced copies on A4 paper, plus a copy on computer disk. Manuscripts are not usually returned to authors. They should be original contributions and should not be submitted to another publication simultaneously.
Manuscripts should be anonymized, please do not include any information or contact details for authors on the submitted article.
Some limited information may be attached in a cover letter or email, if desired. It is helpful if authors can provide an additional email addresses or a phone number in case of difficulties in communication.
African Affairs has a preference for reviewing works of scholarship. Personal memoirs, unless by persons of great historical significance, are unlikely to be sent to review. We regret that we are unable to return un-reviewed books to the sender.
Complete guidelines for structure and style can be found here.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For inquiries/ submissions: african.affairs.editors@gmail.com
Website: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/afrafj/