Northeast African Studies
BOOK REVIEW GUIDELINES
Length
: Take the space that you need to complete the best possible review. Rather
than focus on a number of words, aim for somewhere in the range of four to seven
double-spaced pages, as you deem most appropriate for the book at hand.
Justification for shorter or longer reviews should be discussed with the Book
Review Editor prior to submission.
Style
: Head your review according to the Chicago Manual of Style, as follows:
Header format:
Title
Author
City, State: Publisher, Year. XXX pp., ISBN CCCC-CCCC. $00.00.
Paper/Cloth.
Header Example:
Achieving Blackness: Race, Nationalism, and Afrocentrism in the
Twentieth Century
Algernon Austin
New York, NY: New York University Press, 2006. 320 pp., ISBN
0814707084. $22.00. Paper.
Include your name and affiliation at the end of the review. Double space your
document, with an extra space between paragraphs (rather than indenting each one).
For transliteration questions see below. For style questions not addressed in these
guidelines, follow the Chicago Manual of Style.
Submissions
: Within three months of receiving the book, e-mail your completed
review in Microsoft Word (or MSWord compatible) format to
<[email protected]>. Also include the signed Publishing Agreement with your
full mailing address. Reviews cannot be forwarded to the Press without the
Publishing Agreement.
Offprints
: Book review authors receive one gratis print copy, mailed to the
address provided in their signed Publishing Agreement, and are invited to buy
additional print copies at a discount. The Book Review Editor will also forward
each review author an electronic offprint (in .pdf format).
Editor Lee V. Cassanelli [email protected] Assistant Editor James De Lorenzi [email protected] Book Review Editor
Tim Carmichael
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Transliteration: General Guidelines
If there is an English word for a foreign term, please use it.
Foreign terms not found in a standard
dictionary (e.g.,
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
) should be
italicized and fully transliterated according to the appropriate system (see below).
However, italicization and transliteration are not necessary for the following: 1. Foreign words found in
a standard dictionary, 2. The names of heads of state and similarly well known individuals, and 3. Well
known foreign organizations (e.g., Hamas).
Foreign titles should be italicized and transliterated (e.g.,
däǧǧazmač),
unless they can be found in a
standard dictionary (e.g., sheikh). Use italics for foreign currency terms.
Foreign language quotations, long or short, should not be italicized but should include quotation marks.
Transliteration and Orthography: Specific Languages
For languages using the Ethiopic (
fidäl
) script, please follow the system employed by
Encyclopaedia
Aethiopica
:
For more detailed guidelines on this system, please see the
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica
website:
<
http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/EAE
>
Transliteration from Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, and Turkish should follow the system established by
The
International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies:
For more detailed guidelines on this system, please see the
IJMES
website:
Oromo orthography should follow the
Qubee
standard.
Somali orthography should follow the 1972 national standard, except in the case of personal names.
These can be anglicized for clarity (i.e, “Ali” rather than “Cali”, and “Abdi” rather than “Cabdi”). In
addition, the word Somali should be spelt according the standard English usage (not
Soomaali).
For Epigraphic/Ancient South Arabian, Cushitic, Omotic, and Nilo-Saharan languages, please follow the
guidelines established by
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica.
For more details, see:
NORTHEAST AFRICAN STUDIES
Publishing Agreement (Book Review)
Northeast African Studies(the Journal) and The Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, through its Michigan State University Press (the Publisher), agree to publish your book review of
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