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Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Instructions to authors..../ Instructions aux auteurs....
Submitting articles for publication
Length:
Articles
should not normally exceed 15 pages long (4000-4500 words); shorter articles
such as research reports or comment are welcome. A manuscript should include a
cover sheet indicating a name and address of the author(s) followed by a
separate title sheet.
Number of
Copies:
Send
three hard copies and a disk to the Editor-in- Chief. The title of the article
should be on the first page of the article and a separate page should show
title, name(s) of authors, and an abstract of no more than 200 words. The disk
should be 3.5" and labelled with the filename, operating platform (IBM
compatible or Mac) and the software version, e.g. Microsoft Word.
Articles
may also be sent through email attachments. Articles sent as attachments should
be in Microsoft Word.
Editorial:
All
Contributions are refereed or reviewed, and all are edited or revised for
publication. The Editors reserve the right to make alterations without
consulting the author(s) that do not result in substantive changes. Proofs will
be returned to authors if time permits; they must be returned within four days
and no substantial changes can be made at this stage. The Editors' decisions
about acceptance are final.
Copyright:
Publication
is conditional upon authors giving copyright to the Indilinga : African
Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Requests to copy all or
substantial parts of an article must be made to the Editors.
Layout:
Text
should be double-line spaced on one side of A4 paper with at least 30mm margins
on all edges.
Writing
Style:
The
journal encourages various and different styles of writing. Main criteria for
publishable texts are academic rigour as well as dialogic qualities that open
up for conversations with readers. Different kinds of narratives as well as
more traditional academic accounts are welcomed.
Language
Medium
English, or an African language. All articles will
be submitted to referees. If an article is submitted in a language for which it
is difficult to find suitable referees the author can be requested to submit a
translated version of the article (in English) for purposes of refereeing.
Notes:
These
should be avoided where possible; when they have to be used, list them at the
end of the manuscript.
Referencing:
List of references
Only
sources cited in the text are listed in the references. Bibliographic
information should be in the language of the source (therefore not necessarily
in the language of the manuscript). Capital letters are used only where they
are necessary for linguistic reasons. Entries are in alphabetical order.
Source
references are given by surnames and initials of all authors, followed by year,
title of article, unabbreviated title of journal, volume, number, and
applicable pages, e.g. Brown P & Brown T B (1993). Early Childhood Education. Educational Psychology, 28(6)L : 23-24.
In
book references, the surnames and initials of all the authors, followed by the
year of publication, as well as the title, volume, edition, place of
publication, and publisher, e. g. Luthuli P C (1998). Philosophical Foundations of Education. Durban: Kagiso Publishers.
In the
case of official reports and those of corporate authors the references must be
as detailed as possible, e. g. Department of National Education 1991. Report of
Teacher Education. Pretoria: Government Printer. RP 173/1991:122.
For
unpublished theses and dissertations follow this example:
Mtetwa
D 2001. From policy to practice: The
South African Schools Act. MEd dissertation. KwaDlangezwa: University of
Zululand. South Africa.
Anonymous
references from newspapers are indicated thus: Sunday Times, 25 March 2001: 11. Leadership in education.
Personal
communications are not included in the reference list as they are not
retrievable.
Submitting articles for publication
Should
be addressed to:
The
Editor- in- Chief
Indilinga : African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge
Systems
Private
Bag X10
ISIPINGO
4110
South
Africa.
Fax
+27 (0) 31 9073011
Phone:
+27 (031) 9077000 ext. 2034
Email:
[email protected]
Books for reviews
Book
Reviews should be sent to the Editors- in- Chief.
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