The aim is to focus on the media's impact on African culture and African culture's impact on the media. The journal remains committed to giving a voice to under-published authors from the African continent and across the globe.

Critical Arts is published from the Graduate Programme for Cultural and Media Studies at the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. Volume 16, 2001, will mark 21 years of publishing and will feature a reprint of Nadine Gordimer's 1980 article New forms of strategy - No change of heart with an updated introduction from this internationally acclaimed author.

Submissions are invited to complement Gordimer's article on (but not limited to) the following topics: Media censorship; Online media freedom; Human and media rights; South Africa's Human Rights Commission and the media; Xenophobia and the media, and International political and economic restructuring and media freedom.

Three hard copies of each submission should be received no later than May 15. First articles will be accepted by post only and should be addressed to Deanna Powers, Managing Editor, Critical Arts, Graduate Programme in Cultural and Media Studies University of Natal, Durban, King George V. Ave. Durban, 4041. More details on (031) 260-2505, fax (031) 260-1519, or e-mail: deanna@criticalarts.com or visit www.und.ac.za/und/ccms