Become a Blogger

Our regular and invited guest bloggers write their minds on social work and development work, share opinions, debate issues and share their reflections without the constraints of peer review and academic publishing standards. To become a regular blogger, please submit the form below together with your first blog post.

HOW OFTEN AM I EXPECTED TO SUBMIT A BLOG?

If you become a regular blogger, expect to submit a blog weekly, monthly or at irregular intervals of your choice.

OUR SIMPLE BLOG POLICY

Blogging the African Way

In practice, this means prioritising Africa’s philosophy (knowledge – values, ethics and theories of family, community, society, environment and spirituality), using Africa-centred images and artefacts, valuing Africa’s languages and orature (stories, proverbs, metaphors, videos etc) and being original and creative with text and images.

WHAT TOPICS CAN I BLOG ABOUT?

• General topics in social work and development work
• Africa-centred events – advertising or disseminating reports etc
• Teaching and learning social work and development at all levels – family and community levle, primary and high school and tertiary education.
• Research – for those who generate knowledge through research, and those who use results of that research, how does this happen, what are the obstacles, are there success stories to share, how does knowledge reach communities or policy makers
• Cultural relevance
• Income generation, livelihoods and protection
• Social protection systems
• Indigenising
• ‘How to’ topics e.g.
  • How to approach communities
  • How to gain trust of street people
• ‘Things you need to know’ topics
• Current evidence topics

LENGTH

Toto blog – about 100-300 words. Maximum 350 words.

Ndefu blog – 350-1000 words.

Pictures, images, web links, videos, graphics are acceptable and do not contribute to the word count but we reserve the right to reduce size and length.

HOW DO I REGISTER OR SUBMIT MY FIRST BLOG ARTICLE?

 To become a regular blogger, please email us the information below.

• Blog name (this may not be a real name but we suggest something modest like Your Respect Name, Clan Name, Place of Origin etc).
• Email address (will not be published without your consent
• Brief Biography (will not be published without your consent)
• How often do you want to submit a blog (irregular intervals, weekly or monthly)?
• Your first Blog Post (Please include Title and Full text of Post, Maximum 1000 words)

Blogging the African way…we Africans have always heard stories – around fire places, work parties, cultural events and courts. Now it is our turn to tell stories through our fingers, we type our stories. And read other people’s stories. Storytelling is in us.

Africans tell stories. They are narrators The African Blogger is a story teller. We provide you with an opportunity to tell stories.