GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS 2016

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What is Omenka?

Contributing Online

Contributing to the Print Issue

Editorial Calendar

Publishing Details

General Guidelines for Contributors

Contact

This page: Aida Muluneh, The 99 Series I, 2013Cover: Yinka Ilori, Abike Collection

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W H AT I S O M E N K A ?

“Omenka? Is an Onitsha Ibo term? Ome – is maker, traditional maker of; the maker of nka, who carves, who creates, who communicates through the making, omenka being the attribute of his making through creative action…Omenka is usually a genius type…Omenka means greatness, a man of valour…”-Ben Enwonwu, January 1967

- Omenka is the online global source for up-to-date news, information, and expert commentary on African art, music, architecture & design, literature, performing arts, fashion, luxury-lifestyle, and culture & travel.

- Omenka is also Africa’s premium art, business and luxury-lifestyle magazine. It has expanded its focus to include content on architecture and design, with a renewed commitment to an emerging Art Finance industry in Africa. The magazine is published as a quarterly print, a digital edition and an app. Through its well tailored content, Omenka aims to position Africa as the hub of an increasingly globalized world by stimulating interest in art from the continent as an asset class, while cultivating taste and defining emerging trends in contemporary visual culture, among a new generation of urban thinkers, collectors and enthusiasts.

- Omenka is also a leading art gallery in Nigeria representing a fine selection of established and emerging artists working in diverse media and whose oeuvre resonates with Africa.

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ART DESIGN FASHION

FILM AND TV LITERATURE

DANCE AND THEATRECULTURE ANDTRAVEL MUSIC

ARCHITECTURE

C O N T R I B U T I N G O N L I N E

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We publish across the following editorial channels:

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REVitUP!, our new bi-annual online magazine aims to create awareness and appreciation for music lovers all over the world. With a bias for socially conscious lyrics and the naturalness often associated with neo-soul, and adult contemporary, REVitUP! is geared to promoting upcoming and established African talent in these genres to music lovers all over the world.

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NAYOSOULTHIS SISTA’S GOT SOUL!!!

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THE RISE AND RISE OF NEO-SOUL MUSIC IN NIGERIA

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JESSICA BONGOS MAKE IT LOOK SO EASYTUNDE JEGEDETHE DIALECTICS OF

THE INTERNET: HOME OF THE INDIE ARTIST

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Crossover Gets You Over...

BONGOS IKWUE EBISAN REWANE DAMOLA SOMI

Issue No.2 Issue No.1

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C O N T R I B U T I N G T O T H E P R I N T I S S U E

OMENKA MAGAZINEVOLUME 1 ISSUE 2

THE PH OTOGRAPHY ISSUE II

CONFIDENCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET REACHES AN ALL-TIME HIGH

ART 14 LONDON,

HASSAN HAJJAJ DAVID GOLDBLATT SIMON OTTENBERG JOACHIM MELCHERSUGOCHUKWU - SMOOTH C. NZEWI PAUL SIKA JOHN FLEETWOOD ARTUR WALTHER

SETTING NEW HEIGHTS

CAPE TOWN ART FAIR’SRISING PROFILE

AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY AT AUCTIONS

DIGITAL ART ISSUE

ART ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN BUSINESS LUXURY AFRICA

JADE FOLAWIYO KA’SSA NIFEMI MARCUS-BELLO KIMATHI DONKOR RUBY ONYINYECHI AMANZE WURA-NATASHA OGUNJI LAYORI

ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN ISSUE

JUMOKE ADENOWO

URBANIZATION IN AFRICA

THE ART OF STORYTELLING

IN CONVERSATION WITH

THE NEW PORSCHE 911 TARGA 4 GTS

THEASTER GATES

YINKA ILORI

KUNLE ADEYEMI INSPIRING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Vol II Issue II Vol II Issue I

Vol I Issue IV Vol II Issue III Vol I Issue IV Vol I Issue I

Established as Africa’s premium art, business and luxury-lifestyle brand, Omenka has expanded its focus to include content on architecture and design, with a renewed commitment to an emerging Art Finance industry in Africa. The magazine is published as a quarterly print, an online digital platform and an app. Through its well tailored content, Omenka aims to position Africa as the hub of an increasingly globalized world by stimulating interest in art from the continent as an asset class, while cultivating taste and defining emerging trends in contemporary visual culture, among a new generation of urban thinkers, collectors and enthusiasts.

Omenka keeps abreast with the latest news on contemporary visual culture from the continent. It also includes insider intelligence on the international market for African art supported with auction reports and transaction prices, as art from Africa continues to gain increased global attention and command staggering prices.

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FEATURES

AntennaeNews, EventsOur summary of news exclusives focusing on art and luxury in Africa.

Focus Contains revealing interviews and profiles of leading artists, and those who shape contemporary African visual culture. It also includes a behind–the –scenes look at the life, work and techniques of major contemporary African artists.

Market File Auctions, Fairs, Gallery Guide, Artists DossierMarket File profiles the dealers, auctioneers and patrons who define emerging trends, and features Dossier, an evaluation of previous records of a reputed artist’s work, as well as estimations of future values. Our auction reports also provide detailed analysis and commentary on the most recent domestic and international auctions of African art.

LuxuryEach issue caters for the discerning, who have cultivated a taste for luxury goods and living; from the latest in high-fashion, exotic automobiles and boats, to glamorous travel destinations and fine dining.

ReportsBooks, Exhibition Reviews

Columns Art and Wealth Management, Ask the Curator, Art and the Law, Letter to the EditorInvited key figures in the art world share memorable experiences, seminal exhibitions, and more with notable international curators, whose practices focus on African art. In his column, leading expert, Anders Patterson of Art Tactic gives in-depth evaluation of the emerging African market, while Heidi Erdmann writes the editor on recent happenings in the South African artscape, and legal luminary Oba Nsugbe QC offers invaluable advice for collectors, artists and enthusiasts alike.

FeaturesIn-depth articles and reports covering a wide range of topics from modern and contemporary African art to luxury living.

Yekfir Designs

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EDITORIAL CALENDAR 2016

ART ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN BUSINESS LUXURY AFRICA

THE PHOTOGRAPHY ISSUE 2

ART ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN BUSINESS LUXURY AFRICA

THE FILM ISSUE

ART ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN BUSINESS LUXURY AFRICA

THE DIGITAL ART ISSUE 2

ART ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN BUSINESS LUXURY AFRICA

THE CURATOR’S ISSUE

JULY - SEPTEMBER

A sequel to the hugely successful photography issue published in 2013, this edition focuses on the development of photography as a medium in Africa. It also features major voices and practioners, as well as seminal fairs and events across the continent and internationally.

Submission Deadline: June 10, 2016

OCTOBER - DECEMBER

This issue focuses on African curators, artists and other influential figures that play a major role in defining the African artistic landscape.

Submission Deadline: September 14, 2016

APRIL - JUNE

This issue takes an insightful look into film in Africa as boundaries between art, film and other creative disciplines blur. Special attention is given to Nollywood, Africa’s largest film industry and the third largest in the world.

Submission Deadline: March 15, 2016

JANUARY - MARCH

This second issue devoted to the digital arts, turns the search light on Africa’s new digital creatives and the contributions of this growing community to broader discourses on art from the continent.

Submission Deadline: December 12, 2015

Cover: Rita Dominic Cover: Maimouna Guerresi, Mohammed & Daughter Photo: Maximilan GeuterCover: James C. Lewis, Oba

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PUBLISHING DETAILS

These are a vital part of a book review and should include the following data, where applicable in the following order:TitleSubtitleAuthor/s or editor/sPublisher/imprintAddress or website for small publishersYear of publicationBinding and Retail Price (use ‘hb’ or ‘pb’)Page count (prefaced by ‘pp’)Apparatus (in order, index, bib, illus, plates, maps)ISBN numberRating (this is usually Omenka’s assessment)

ILLUSTRATIVE ARTWORKWe are always on the lookout for new artists, illustrators and photographers. If you have a portfolio, please contact our art director at info@omenkamagazine.com.

OMENKA CONVENTIONSDirectly quoted speech–use double inverted commasQuotes within quotes–use single inverted commasNumbers–spell out numbers nine and under; for 10 and above, use numeralsReference numbers in text–use a numeral inside square bracketsDecades are not spelled out: e.g. the 30s, not the ThirtiesPercentages–‘per cent’ is usually spelled out, except in tablesMeasurements–use imperial units with metric equivalents in bracketsEllipsis–use [..] for the omission of long passages in quoted text and... (followed by a single space) for shorter omissions. For example: ‘Whatever the value of repressed memory as a concept... unquestioning belief in it has become as dangerous as belief in witches.’

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCESWe prefer the following order: author (surname last), title, publication details (publisher, place, date), then volume (prefix ‘v’), issue (prefix ‘n’) and page numbers (prefix ‘p’ for a single page and ‘pp’ for more than one).

PRESS SOURCESSome abbreviation is acceptable, e.g. Int. Herald Tribune. For overseas papers, we prefer the following order: place, country or state in brackets, title, date (month, day, year) as this avoids the confusion over the differing American and British conventional order of month/day, day/month.

For example: Victoria (BC) Times-Colonist, Sept 18, 1997 [BC is British Columbia].

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GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS

Articles should be sent to the editor/publisher-in-chief. Online articles to the website should fall between 600-800 words while online and print magazine articles are usually between 1,000-1,200 words. All articles should be accompanied by 4-5 high resolution images.

Email SubmissionsPlease send email submissions as Word documents.

Avoid using fancy fonts; changes of font and size; centering, non-standard justification and spacing on lines, words and letters; super and sub script; underline and strike-through; coloured text and backgrounds; borders and box-lines; and formatted paragraph numbering or bulleting.

In addition, avoid formatted footnoting–see below. Acceptable text formatting includes simple italic and bold in your default or normal typeface.

FootnotesPlease do not use automatic methods while creating footnotes. The best way is to place a number [in square brackets] in the text position and collect the notes at the end of the article or on a separate page or file.

Contributor’s InfoPlease supply a recent photograph and a short paragraph about yourself or anything else you think might be interesting or relevant (50 words).

Yinka Ilori, Ewa

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C O N TA C T

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Please send contributions to:oliver@omenkamagazine.com

or: The Publisher/Editor-in-Chief

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