***Note to Authors: please make sure your contact address information is clearly visible on the outside of all packages you are sending to Editors.***

Submission. The editors welcome original contributions. Manuscripts will be acknowledged on receipt, and a decision on publication reached as soon as possible. Papers should not be submitted to several journals at once.

Editorial correspondence, including manuscripts for submission, should be addressed to the Editors, Journal of African Cultural Studies, Department of the Languages and Cultures of Africa, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H OXG, UK. (Telephone: 020 7898 4968; Fax: 020 7898 4399; email jacs@SOAS.ac.uk). Contributors should refer to the 'Notes for contributors' printed on the inside back cover.

Presentation. All material should be typewritten or printed. Two copies are preferred, but we will accept a single copy from addresses in Africa; please retain a copy for yourself. There should be an initial page with the title, author's name (as you wish it to appear), institution and mailing address (including email and fax if available); the title should be repeated on the first page of the text, without author's name. If typing, use a dark ribbon on one side of the paper only (allowing us to scan the paper electronically instead of retyping). If preparing on a computer, send a printed copy in the first instance, and we will request a diskette if your paper is accepted for publication. Manuscripts should normally not exceed 12000 words (about 22 pages of print).

Abstract. A short abstract of 150-300 words should precede the introduction. The abstract should be clear and informative giving an indication of the scope of the paper and its main arguments.

Text organisation. If manuscripts are divided into sections/sub-sections, they should be numbered (not more than three digits) and each given a title.

Tables, figures and maps should be identified as Figure 3, Map 5 etc., and their preferred place in the text clearly indicated. Use explanatory 'notes to the editor' where necessary to make layout intentions clear. If word-processing, use tabs rather than multiple blanks in laying out a table.

Free article access: Corresponding authors can receive 50 free reprints, free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Complimentary reprints are available through Rightslink® and additional reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk

Copyright. In order to safeguard authors' rights, the copyright of all material published is vested in Journal of African Cultural Studies, without prejudice to the authors' right to use their own material in other publications provided that the Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and that the publishers are notified in advance of writing.