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Permission to Reproduce
Material featured on Sekuru’s Stories comes from various collections and sources. The following guide illustrates how to cite the intellectual content of Sekuru’s Stories, and how permission may be sought for reusing or republishing these items. For questions or requests, use the contact form.
Type of content: Link to Website
Use restrictions and notes: Sekuru’s Stories is an open access website, and no permission or license agreement is needed to create a link to the site.
Citation style: Not applicable
Type of Content: Audio
Use restrictions and notes: Permission is required for the reuse of any audio material on Sekuru’s Stories. For permission requests, contact the individual or institution that provided the digital copy and/or holds the original. To determine whom to contact, see the Sekuru Stories Audio Database.
Citation style: Format: [title and source as provided in the Sekuru’s Stories Audio Database]. MP3. Sekuru’s Stories. [URL for Sekuru’s Stories Audio Database] (accessed Month, Day, Year).
Example: Chigamba, Tute. “Shumba,” Yangu Ndega. MP3. Sekuru’s Stories. [URL for Sekuru’s Stories Audio Database] (accessed February 1, 2019).
Type of Content: Images
Use restrictions and notes: Permission is required for the reuse of any images on Sekuru’s Stories. For permission requests, contact the individual or institution that provided the digital copy and/or holds the original. To determine whom to contact, see the Sekuru Stories Image Database. The Sekuru’s Stories logo is only available for approved publicity for the Sekuru’s Stories site.
Citation style: Format: [title provided for digitized image in the Sekuru’s Stories Image Database]. JPEG. Sekuru’s Stories. [URL for Sekuru’s Stories Image Database] (accessed Month, Day, Year).
Example: Sekuru Gora. JPEG. Sekuru’s Stories. [URL for Sekuru’s Stories Image Database] (accessed February 1, 2019).
Type of Content: Text
Use restrictions and notes: All text is copyright Tute Chigamba and/or Jennifer Kyker. As with any scholarly work reused or republished in another context, the original author(s) should be appropriately credited. Use the Sekuru’s Stories contact form for inquiries regarding permission to republish or reuse text from Sekuru’s Stories.
Citation style: Format: [author of text]. [publication date of text]. [title of webpage]. Sekuru’s Stories. [URL of webpage] (accessed Month, Day, Year).
Example 1: Kyker, Jennifer W. 2019. Chipendani. Sekuru’s Stories. https://sekuru.org/chipendani/ (accessed February 1, 2019).
Example 2: Chigamba, Tute Wincil, and Jennifer Kyker. 2019. Making Mbira. Sekuru’s Stories. https://sekuru.org/making-mbira/ (accessed February 1, 2019).
These citation and use guidelines are modeled after a similar guideline published through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database.