Cahiers Africains de rhétorique

About the Journal

EDITORIAL POLICY

Cahiers Africains de Rhétorique is a scholarly journal publishing research in discourse analysis, linguistics, stylistics, literature and communication. From 2026, it will publish thematic issues. It applies the code of research ethics and professional conduct in force within the African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES).

The journal welcomes contributions from researchers worldwide who analyse the linguistic, rhetorical and communicational aspects of Africa. It covers the language sciences and related disciplines:

• linguistics;
• stylistics;
• discourse analysis;
• literature;
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Mission and Objectives

The journal’s mission is to publish high-quality work based on African oral and textual corpora in discourse analysis, linguistics and literature. It aims to be international and also accepts original articles from other parts of the world, provided they fall within its editorial policy.

Its objectives are as follows:

1. to help researchers in the CAMES area gain access to high-quality scholarly publication;
2. to ensure rigorous scientific evaluation of submitted work, excluding submissions that do not meet the requirements of relevance and quality;
3. to publish articles that make a significant and relevant contribution to the disciplines covered.

Open Access and Copyright

© Cahiers Africains de Rhétorique is a journal of Marien Ngouabi University. It follows a policy of open access to scientific and technical information: the editorial policy and articles are available online, and any commercialisation of articles is strictly prohibited. Articles must be cited in accordance with the CAMES Intellectual Property Code.

In scientific cooperation with researchers from CAMES universities, the journal complies with the Ethical, Editorial and Confidentiality Charter of this organisation and its strictest standards.

Author Responsibility and Ethics

The opinions expressed in the articles fall within the framework of scientific debate and are the sole responsibility of their authors.

In accordance with the CAMES ethical and professional rules in force for research, any scientific misconduct will be reported to the author’s academic and professional institutions. Misconduct includes in particular:

• plagiarism and self-plagiarism;
• submission of artificially generated texts;
• withdrawal of a submitted article without prior notification to the Editorial Board.

Any non-compliant procedure results in automatic rejection of the text and termination of the collaboration.