Style Guide

Oriire is an African Heritage platform that spotlights African history, African food and African myths. These core areas can be promoted in various literary forms ranging from articles, to short stories and poems, videos and photography. Therefore, it is important to note that all articles, poems, short stories, art works submitted for publication on Oriire must reflect the core themes; African history, food or myth.

This style guide is designed to ensure uniformity in the quality and context of Oriire content. This guide will be categorized according to the type of submissions expected.


ARTICLES & ESSAYS

‍Language: Articles should be written in English. In case there are quotations or texts within the article that is written in any other African language, it should be translated afterwards.
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‍Length: 1000 – 3000 words
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‍Font size: 12
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‍Font style: Times New Roman
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‍Justification: Fully Justify
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‍Line spacing: 1.5
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‍Referencing style: Chicago Manual Style (CMS) (16^th edition); endnotes. All articles must be properly referenced.
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‍Originality: All submitted articles will be subjected to a plagiarism check. Plagiarism must not exceed 25%. Already published articles will not be considered for publication.
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‍Accessibility: The content of articles should be comprehensible to a well-informed reader outside the field. This means (a) that the texture should not be too technical, and (b) that the arguments and linkages between them should be clear.
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‍Titles: Title case e.g. “Half of a Yellow Sun”


STORIES

Length: Not exceeding 4000 words
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‍Font size: 12
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‍Font style: Times New Roman
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‍Justification: Fully Justify
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Line spacing: 1.5

Accessibility: The content of articles should be comprehensible to a well-informed reader outside the field. This means (a) that the texture should not be too technical, and (b) that the arguments and linkages between them should be clear.

‍Originality: Stories must be original works of the author that submitted them. It can either be a work of fiction, a folktale, a true story but it must have an African theme. Already published stories, novels or books will not be considered for submission.

‍Titles: Title case e.g. “Half of a Yellow Sun”