CFP : Journal of West African History

 

Posted on January 27, 2013 by sociolingo

Announcing new journal and Call for Papers The Journal of West African History (JWAH)

Nwando Achebe, Hilary Jones and John Thabiti Willis, Associate Editors,  Harry Odamtten, Book Review Editor

Published semiannually

The Journal of West African History (JWAH) is a new interdisciplinary peer-reviewed research journal that will publish the highest quality articles on West African history. Located at the cutting edge of new scholarship on the social, cultural, economic, and political history of West Africa, JWAH will fill a representational gap by providing a forum for serious scholarship and debate on women and gender, sexuality, slavery, oral history, popular and public culture, and religion. The editorial board encourages authors to xplore a wide range of topical, theoretical, methodological, and empirical perspectives in new and exciting ways. The journal is committed to rigorous thinking and analysis; is international in scope; and offers a critical intervention about knowledge production. Scholarly reviews of current books in the field will appear in
every issue. And the publication will be in both English and French; an abstract in both languages will be provided of each.

Michigan State University Press publishes the JWAH in collaboration with the MSU African Studies Center, and the History Department. The debut issue of JWAH will appear in Spring 2014. To this end, the editorial board invites scholars to submit original article-length manuscripts (not exceeding 10,000 words including endnotes, 35 pages in length) accompanied by an abstract that summarizes the argument and significance of the work (not exceeding 150 words); please see submission guidelines for detailed expectations. Review essays (not exceeding 1,000 words) should engage the interpretation, meaning, or importance of an author’s argument for a wider scholarly audience. A list of books available for review can be found on our website; please contact our book review editor at hodamtten@scu.edu for more information.

Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of West African History should be submitted online at http://jwah.msu.edu/ or jwahsubs@msu.edu.
We recognize that access to the internet is not universal; therefore we will accommodate those who are unable to submit their manuscripts electronically. Please contact the editorial staff at:

JWAH

141B & 141C Old Horticulture

506 E. Circle Drive

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI 48824

 

Phone: (517)884-4593
Fax: (517)884-4594

or jwah@msu.edu for further instructions. The editor-in-chief can be reached directly at najwah@msu.edu.

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