Manuscript Submissions

Manuscript Submissions

We welcome and encourage manuscripts that take holistic approaches in tackling development issues from a scholarly perspective. We believe that Africa's pressing development issues encompass policy, social, economic, cultural, and natural areas. Thus, manuscripts submitted should be of scholarly/academic standards. Prospective authors should consult writing manuals, such as the University Chicago Style, APA for examples of citation and reference styles. It must be emphasized that authors' whose manuscripts are accepted for publication should expect a four month turn around from the time of submission to the time of publication. Generally, authors are informed about the status of their manuscripts (i.e. whether accepted or rejected) within eight weeks.
Three external reviewers will evaluate the manuscripts for their quality, originality, and contribution to knowledge. Accepted manuscripts must not be published elsewhere. A submitted manuscript must include a 150 word abstract and a short author biography on a separate page. Examples of citation and reference styles provided next and below.

In submitting manuscripts for consideration, authors are encouraged to send their manuscripts by e-mail as attachments in either Microsoft Word or Word Perfect:

Authors can send their manuscripts by e-mail by sending files to: valentineudohjames@yahoo.com

The deadlines for submissions are:

October 15th for the Fall/Winter Issue.
March 15th for the Spring/Summer Issue.

Text References

The author-date system consists of the last name of the author and the year of publication of the work. For example

James (1991)
Other variations that may be included depend on whether one wants to refer to the particular page or pages one is referring to as in the case of a quotation. For example

James (1991:15)
or James (1991, 1

Format for Literature Citations

1. JOURNAL ARTICLE
Author.
Year. "Title." Journal volume (number): pages. Month.

2. BOOK OR BULLETIN
    Author.
            Year. Title. Bulletin series description and number.
            Publisher, City of Publication, number of pages.

3. ARTICLE OR PAPER WITHIN BOOK
    Author.
            Year. "Title," in Title. Publisher, City of Publication,
            inclusive page numbers for article.

4. PAPER PRESENTED AT MEETING
    Author.
            Year. "Title," Paper presented to Title of Meeting, Sponsoring
            Organization for meeting, date of meeting. Publisher, City of
            Publication, number of pages.

5. ARTICLE WITHIN PROCEEDINGS
    Author.
            Year of Publication. "Title," in Proceedings, Year Annual Meeting,
            Sponsoring Organization, Place. Number of pages.

6. UNPUBLISHED REPORTS
    Author.
            Year. "Title," Unpublished report on file at office of ----------.
            Organization, Place. Number of pages.

7. THESES, DISSERTATIONS, AND PROFESSIONAL REPORTS
    Author.
            Year. "Title" (Unpublished degree thesis on file at Department,
            University, City) number of pages.

8. LETTER
Writer.
Year. Letter to (addressee) dated month, day, year.

CAPITALIZE ALL TITLE WORDS EXCEPT PREPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES

CITY SHOULD ALWAYS INCLUDE STATE UNLESS VERY OBVIOUS. (e.g. Chicago)