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The ARSRC welcomes submissions
related to future issues of the Magazine and also
other areas of sexuality, sexual health and rights
in Africa. These articles or poems should be objective,
analytical and reflect current issues and debates
i.e. taking a broader approach to sexuality and
taking the sexuality discourse beyond health to
integrate the expression of sexuality without guilt
or fear.
Priority would be given to
previously unpublished articles while already published
material might be considered based on the relevance
of the subject area to ARSRC's work, accompanied
by details of where to seek permission for its reprint.
Presently we are seeking articles on:
• Socialization and Sexual Expression
(Volume 4 Issue 2)
This issue will discuss male and female socialization
in Africa by investigating sexuality education /information
and sexual scripts included in children’s
socialization and how this in turn affects sexual
expressions.
• Sexual Pleasure and Fantasy in
Africa: Then and Now (Volume 4 Issue 3)
The existence of sexual pleasure and fantasy in
African Sexual scripts is increasingly being acknowledged.
Contrary to some beliefs, sexual pleasure and sexual
fantasy are not the invention of the younger generation
nor are they imported as some may think. This issue
of the Magazine aims to discuss, document, explore
and analyze sexual pleasure and fantasy in historical
and contemporary Africa.
• Safety And Sexuality (Volume 4
Issue 4)
Violence is increasingly endangering individual
and collective sexual experiences. The name of the
Project Alert on Violence Against Women'
annual publication on violent acts against women
in Nigeria – No Safe Haven'–
aptly captures the insecurity inherent in an environment
that harbours or promotes acts of violence against
women. Addressing sexual violence in Africa requires
understanding the notions of safety, space and sexuality.
This Issue of the magazine will focus on space,
safety and sexuality.
• ‘Unusual Marriage’
And Sexual Health And Rights In Africa (Volume 5
Issue 1)
Undoubtedly, marriage remains an important and valued
social institution as well as the main location
of ‘approved’ sexuality. For many stakeholders,
marriage appears as a control mechanism of ‘socially
acceptable’ sexuality. Interestingly, the
values attached to and the centrality of marriage
have recently revitalized the politics of the institution.
What is marriage? Who should be married? To whom?
When? And where? Have therefore become major contentious
issues in the politics of the marriage institution.
What is however clear, is that marriage is evolving
especially among the youths.
Urfi (or Secret Marriage) in Egypt, Vat-en
sit in South Africa, Come we stay (Kenya),
informal marriage (West Africa) and same-sex relationship
are just some of the emerging forms of long-term
relationships that will be the focus of the magazine.
Contributions will address, amongst others, the
following questions: the prevalence, meaning and
sexual health implications of these hitherto unusual
marriages/unions.
• Technology, Sexuality and Reproductive
Rights in Africa: (Volume 5 Issue 2)
Technology is fast affecting ways of life in Africa
even though the level of technology penetration
in the continent is quite limited when compared
with the level in other parts of the world. Yet
access to Global services for mobile communication
(GSM) and the Internet is growing at one of the
fastest rates in the world. Another technological
development likely to affect sexual life and relationships
in Africa is the availability of sex toys/aids and
drugs for sexual dysfunction.
Contributions to this edition of the magazine will
explore and analyze the effects of these technological
developments on sexuality in Africa. One of the
questions an attempt would be made to resolve is
how and the extent to which technology could foster
sexual pleasure and health within the social, legal
and religious framework of the society.
• Transactional And Commercial Sex:
Facts, Issues And Policy Implications (Volume 5
Issue 3)
This edition of the magazine will explore and analyze
facts and controversies on transactional and commercial
sex. Some of the key questions for consideration
are: What are the levels, forms and factors of these
practices? What policies and programmes are needed
to address the issues of sexual health and well-being
related to the practice of transactional sex, commercial
sex and sex tourism?
• Food, Body And Sexual Well-being
(Volume 5 Issue 4)
This issue of the magazine will explore the relationship
between food, the body and sexual well-being. Contributions
will look at the sexualization of the body and food,
and the extent to which this process contributes
to individual sexual well-being in contemporary
Africa. Issues around femininity, masculinity and
nutrition will also be explored.
Length:
Feature article : 1,000 - 1, 500 words
Research issues : 800 - 1, 000 words
Opinion articles : 400 - 500 words
Pictures:
Pictures are welcome with or without articles and
appropriate credit would be given if the picture
is used.
Presentation:
An abstract with your name , contact address, phone
number , email address and short personal bio as
you would like it to appear on the list of contributors
should also be submitted.
All contributors would be sent a copy of the issue
with their published articles.
All correspondence should be addressed to:
The Editor, Sexuality in Africa
Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre,
17 Lawal St., off Oweh St., Jibowu,
PO Box 803, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
E-mail:
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