VIDEO BOOK PROJECT

DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE

UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND

SWAZILAND

videobookproject@yahoo.com

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Video Film phenomenon has become a force to be reckoned with on the African entertainment scene. However, there is still a dearth of literature on it. We are hereby calling for papers that will form chapters in a book about the African Video Film as Popular Art. The book is meant to dissect the question of the African video with an intent to providing substantial literature which would aid in elevating the form from its present image as a pariah and a mere craft to the level of a respectable and viable art form. The following theme and sub-themes are meant to serve as guide for writers:

Theme: The Video Film in Africa: An Art and Socio-Political Treatise

Sub-Themes:

►Historical background of the video film in various countries in Africa

►Aesthetics of the video film

►The Economics of the video film in Africa (funding, marketing etc.)

►Themes of the video film in Africa

►Violence and the video film in Africa

►The policy environment of the video film in Africa

The video film’s reception in other African countries outside its country of original production

We shall also welcome papers on other topics that have not been accommodated in the sub-themes outlined above.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS

Papers, accompanied by a ‘150- 200 word’ abstract, should be in English and should not exceed 25pages typed double-spaced on A4 paper. Two copies of the paper, plus a 3˝ diskette in Microsoft Word should be submitted. Neither diskette nor hard copies will be returned. Submissions will be blind vetted by two assessors. All information about authorship must therefore be restricted to the title page that shall be removed before being sent to reviewers. Paper title should also appear on the first page of text. Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they are original material, which are not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.

References should be as follows:

(Surname date: page number) in text.

All references should then be listed at the end of article in full:

Surname, name, date, title of work. Place of publication: name of publisher.

Surname, name, date, “title of article” in surname, initials, (eds.), title of work. Place of

publication: publisher.

Surname, name, date, “title of article”, Journal, vol., no: page number.

All submissions should be accompanied by a brief biographical profile.

Send all contributions as e-mail attachment by August 15, 2004 to: videobookproject@yahoo.com