| Wadabagei A Journal of the Caribbean and its Diaspora ISSN 1091-5753 |
| Wadabagei is a Garifuna name for the conch shell which is frequently used as a wake-up call in Caribbean villages and to announce community gatherings. It is symbolic of the historic call to action by Haitian slaves and the Caribbean peoples, continuing struggle for self-expression and self determination. | |
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MISSION STATEMENT AND EDITORIAL OBJECTIVES
In the academy in the United States of America, the study of the Caribbean and its Diaspora is under-served and under-represented. For example, there are few departments and programs and just a sprinkling of courses devoted to the study of the Caribbean and its Diaspora. As a consequence, this area of study suffers from benign neglect.
Cognizant of this reality, the Caribbean Research Center at Medgar Evers College - City University of New York (CUNY), in celebration of its tenth anniversary and with its vision on the new millennium and beyond, has taken on the challenge to publish WADABAGEI to fill this vacuum and to address and redress this problem.
WADABAGEI is a multi-disciplinary journal that is committed to the publishing of scholarly articles and creative works on the Caribbean and its Diaspora. It is also committed to facilitating the exchange of ideas among Caribbean scholars worldwide.
In this endeavor, it will place special emphasis on the acculturation of Caribbean people in the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom. It will also examine aspects of the Caribbean and its Diaspora that have been dynamic in shaping the experiences of the broader Caribbean, but which have not been sufficiently emphasized in the academy in the United States of America and worldwide.
ARTICLES.
The Journal publishes articles on the Caribbean and its Diaspora in the
humanities, the social sciences as well as creative works and book reviews. Authors may
submit articles simultaneously to other publications. However, in this case the editorial
board must be notified of the intention in advance.
MANUSCRIPT LENGTH.
Your manuscript should not exceed 25 typed pages, double-spaced
(including references and abstract). Manuscripts over 25 pages may be considered at the
discretion of the editors. Abstracts must be approximately 150 words.
BASIC PREPARATIONS.
Manuscripts must be typed, double-space throughout, on one side of 8.5
x 11 inches white paper. Photographs and illustrations must be properly labeled with
appropriate title, credits and dates.
MANUSCRIPT STYLE.
References, citations and general style of manuscripts for this Journal
should follow the Chicago style (14th edition) for the Social Sciences, but may follow the
styles appropriate for the humanities.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE.
Submit five copies of the manuscript. Also provide a stamped
self-addressed postcard indicating the manuscript title for the Journal Editors to
acknowledge manuscript receipt. If your article is approved for publication, you must
submit a copy the final version also on 3.5" diskette formatted to either WordPerfect
6.0 for Windows and Word 3.0 for Windows (both IBM-compatible). Please label all diskettes
and include your name and title of your article.
COVER PAGE.
Include on the cover page the article’s title, author,
author’s professional degrees and institutional affiliation, and a brief
introductory profile. Also give your full mailing address and phone and fax contact
numbers (and e-mail address wherever possible). On the first page of the article type ONLY
the title of the article. Do not include your name on the first page.
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THE CARIBBEAN DIASPORA PRESS, Inc., at the Caribbean Research Center, Medgar Evers
College (CUNY) is looking for manuscripts for the Winter/Spring 2000 edition of Wadabagei.
We seek to publish all interesting works within the broad topics of Caribbean research
from contributors from all parts of the world.
Deadline: July 31, 2000
SEND ABSTRACTS/CONTRIBUTIONS TO:
Caribbean Diaspora Press, Inc.
WADABAGEI
ISSN 1091-5753
Caribbean Research Center
1150 Carroll Street, M-17
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225
WADABAGEI is published bi-annually - in the Spring and the Fall of each year by the Caribbean Diaspora Press, Inc., at the Caribbean Research Center, Medgar Evers College - City University of New York (CUNY).
Annual subscription is US$20.00 for institutions and US$15.00 for individuals. Payments can be made by checks, money orders or international bank drafts to the Caribbean Diaspora Press, Inc.
Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y.
All letters, comments and correspondence should be sent to:
The Editors
WADABAGEI
Caribbean Research Center
Medgar Evers College (CUNY)
1150 Carroll Street, M-17
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225
Phone: 718-270-6079/6080/6081/6082
Fax: 718-778-8306
© 1997 Caribbean Diaspora Press, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. No production or reproduction of this
work in any form may be undertaken without the written permission of the publisher.