Call for Papers: Journal of Language and Popular Culture in Africa, Spring 00

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Journal of Language and Popular Culture in Africa is a new, free, on-line journal published at the LPCA (Language and Popular Culture in Africa) web site. The Journal of Language and Popular Culture in Africa will publish data-centered studies on all aspects of African popular culture mediated by language.

The Journal welcomes contributions from all relevant disciplines (anthropology, (socio-)linguistics, folklore, sociology, history, literature, etc.). Publication of the first issue of the Journal is scheduled for late Spring 2000.

Please send your manuscripts to:

Journal of Language and Popular Culture in Africa
Vincent A. de Rooij, Editor in Charge
Dept of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Amsterdam
O.Z. Achterburgwal 185
1012 DK Amsterdam
The Netherlands

All submissions will be reviewed by members of the LPCA Advisory Board or by other experts. For more information on the Journal's Editorial Policy and details on how to submit, consult the JLPCA home page: http://www.pscw.uva.nl/lpca/jlpca/info.html

THE LPCA WEB SITE
Language and Popular Culture in Africa (LPCA) is a web site that aims to document and further the study of expressions of popular language and culture in Africa. LPCA makes available texts that serve as the medium of African popular culture and are at the same time part of this culture. If you want to make relevant materials available through the LPCA web site, please contact us by e-mail or regular mail at the addresses below.
For more information on the LPCA site and how to contribute, see our home
page:
http://www.pscw.uva.nl/lpca/index.html

LPCA-L DISCUSSION LIST
If you want to stay informed of new additions to the LPCA web site or if you want to discuss issues related to the web site's mission, you may want to subscribe to the LPCA-L discussion list (created on 8 October 1999). To subscribe, send the following command in the body of your e-mail message to <LISTSERV@NIC.SURFNET.NL>:

SUBSCRIBE LPCA-L <your name>

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e-mail: vderooij@pscw.uva.nl

LPCA
Vincent A. de Rooij
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Amsterdam
O.Z. Achterburgwal 185
1012 DK Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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