KWENU! Our culture, our future

Publishing policy

Welcome. We are very proud to have you as one of the regular readers of KWENU; your visit to www.kwenu.com has contributed enormously to the continued success of the site. Thank you immensely.

Late last year, we revealed that KWENU is refocusing on its main mission: African culture in its entire rightful ramifications. We also indicated that we would continue to publish acceptable political articles and essays from contributors, especially those of our columnists. Over the months, we have been doing  just that and we have been encouraging readers to surf relevant  news sites, not wait to be spoon-fed what webmasters consider news-worthy. The policy will continue because politics is also a part of our people’s culture, and we want to encourage everyone to explore the information superhighway and to go wherever one wants to go in cyberspace.

Starting immediately, KWENU will no longer publish essays that appear on other websites or are slated for other websites after our editorial touch-up, if any. We believe that once a good piece is out there, people will eventually get to it. Life is about variety, not uniformity. We will eventually provide links to ALL known African websites bar none. Periodically, dead links will be removed to save you the frustration of 404! All other articles on African art, language, religion, and tradition will be published and given a permanent pride of place irrespective of whether they are published elsewhere or not. In fact, KWENU will henceforth reach out to writers of such works and seek their permission to publish in www.kwenu.com.

We thank you for your candid cooperation, sincere support, and usual understanding, and we encourage you to showcase your sociocultural sophistication. Those who think KWENU is ethnocentric are absolutely right because ethnicity is a core component of culture. We are of certain ethnicities in Africa; we cannot blame anyone if we crawl while others run or if we leave our lips to the aridity of Harmattan. Remember, if you do not tell your story your way, others will tell it their way. Our culture is our future; so join KWENU for the advancement of our yesterday and our today for all our tomorrow and simply surprise yourself yonder!

 The blacksmith who does not know how to forge a metal gong (ogene) should look at the tail of a kite. Please observe our style in preparing a publication for KWENU. Thank you.

Monday, November 1,2004

See also: Editorial policy

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