Call for Contributors: The Encyclopedia of Africa and the Americas (ABC-Clio)
Deadline for receipt of all entries: July 1, 2005
Please request specific entries by May 30, 2005
ABC-Clio, Incorporated seeks contributors for its latest installment in a series of encyclopedias treating Africa and the African diaspora. ABC-Clio is a well-known and authoritative publisher of educational and reference products that focus on history and social studies resources for the student, teacher and librarian in universities and secondary schools.
Scope:
The Encyclopedia of Africa and the Americas will provide information concerning the important historical, political and cultural links between the African continent and North America, South America, and the Caribbean. The Encyclopedia will be an important resource tool primarily focusing on the needs of secondary school students. Consequently, contributors should be aware of their target audience and write their entries accordingly. Overall, we are requesting relatively short entries of 250-500 words; word count is included in parenthesis following the listed entry. Each contributor will receive full author credit. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to contribute.
Entries must include:
Documentation of cited works
List of recommended readings (brief)
Contact information:
Dr. Noelle Morrissette Searcy
noelle.searcy@oberlin.edu
For a full list of entries to be assigned, click here:
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=145927
