Critical Arts is a peer-reviewed journal publishing 6 issues a year. Three of the six numbers are reserved for general issues and single submissions. Three are allocated to theme issues.
Critical Arts encourages conceptual freshness, textured writing, and experiential analysis, which draws readers into its articles, narrative themes and its theoretical explorations.
Critical Arts encourages articles that influence the ways in which disciplines think about themselves. Our niche includes critical dialogues generated within the South-North and East-West relationships, with special reference to Africa.
Critical Arts includes original articles by Nobel Laureates J. M. Coetzee and Nadine Gordimer. Also, Stuart Hall, Ntongela Masilela, Handel Kashope Wright, Nhamo Mhiripiri, Francis Lukhele and many from within Africa and from the African diaspora.
Critical Arts is subscribed to by over 13 000 university and other libraries in South Africa, Africa, the USA, China and Europe via Taylor & Francis and UNISA Press. We offer full-time administrative support and extensive publisher services, plus publication in various formats.
Submission Guidelines:
Submissions should be made online via ScholarOne. Submissions should be original works not simultaneously submitted elsewhere, between 7000-8000 words in length.
Referencing should be done according to the Chicago Manual of Style. Consult the website.
Potential authors are encouraged to access Critical Arts articles via their institutional libraries to familiarise themselves with the journal.