29.2823, FYI: Call for Chapters: Language, Music and Knowledge Production in Africa

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Subject: 29.2823, FYI: Call for Chapters: Language, Music and Knowledge Production in Africa

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Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 12:23:28
From: Akinmade Akande [atakande at oauife.edu.ng]
Subject: Call for Chapters: Language, Music and Knowledge Production in Africa

 
Call For Papers
Theme: Language, Music and Knowledge Production in Africa

Deadline for full Chapters: 31 October, 2018

There has always been that long-lasting interconnectedness among language,
music and philosophy. Language is at the heart of the creative process in all
ages and civilisations. With particular reference to Africa, language
manifests the myriads of cultural forms which in turn ushers the ideology and
well-being of the people. Musical resources can contribute immensely to our
understanding of philosophical knowledge just as different strands of
philosophy may be embedded in music generally. Against the above backdrop,
this proposed book interrogates forms of African music with a view to teasing
out their epistemological foundations and ideology. Epistemology, a key
strategic ally in the production of knowledge, is an imperative in Africa’s
oral societies. This edited book will be a compendium that shows the
interconnectivity among the issues of language, music and ideology.

Given the centrality of language to the full realisation of performance,
papers may speak to the peculiarity of African musical forms such as fuji,
juju, apala and dadakuada. The proposed book will explore the intersection of
music and epistemology with a view to focusing on how language is used to
mediate philosophical ideas in music. The volume promises to be a resource
book with interdisciplinary orientation for scholars and graduate students in
the humanities generally. The ultimate aim is to find a common ground to
interrogate the location of indigenous epistemology in African cultural
production with specific attention paid to music as a popular art form that
cuts across all segments of the variety.

The following themes may be explored, even though contributors are encouraged
to think outside the box:

- Language and indigenous knowledge in Africa
- African musical forms and aesthetics
- Music and identity
- Digital/online music in Africa
- Language use in popular media/culture
- Visual representation
- Current debates in philosophy of language
- Epistemological formation
- Metaphysical issues in African music
- Literary significance and so on

Editors: Akinmade Timothy Akande,  Gbenga Fasiku and Oluwole Coker

Guidelines for the preparation of manuscript:

1. Each author must send an abstract of about 250 words with their manuscript.
2. Authors are encouraged to write between five and seven key words that
describe their research
3. Each manuscript should be between 6000 and 7500 words
4. Manuscripts must be original and must not have been or be sent to other
publication outlets
5. Any form of plagiarism will lead to outright rejection of manuscripts
6. Authors must write their manuscripts in English.
7. Each chapter should have its title, name and affiliation of author(s) as
well as an email address on a separate sheet of paper.
7. The style sheet to be adopted for referencing is either the current APA or
MLA format.
8. Every manuscript submitted will be peer-reviewed

Authors whose chapters are accepted will be notified by 30 November, 2018 and
reports detailing corrections to be effected will be sent to them.
You may send all submissions and inquiries to akinmakande at yahoo.com, 
gbengafasiku at yahoo.com or wole4u at gmail.com

Publisher:

We have contacted a number of reputable foreign publishers and arrangements
are on to get the book published by one of them. This publication is
anticipated to be released in December, 2019.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics





 



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