The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is pleased to announce the 2008 edition of its Annual Writing Workshop for Scholarly Publishing. Three sessions of the workshop have been scheduled, one to be held in English, another in French and the third one in Portuguese. The English language edition is planned to take place in Kampala, Uganda, on the campus of Makerere University from 13 – 17 October, 2008. It will bring together, 30 participants from across Africa who research in the English language.