EDITORIAL PREFACE
RUWAZA AFRIKA: Journal of Contemporary Research in Humanities & Social Sciences is a formal representation of the academic generation of knowledge and ideas on the basis of socio-scientific research in the academies and Universities of Africa. The mandate of this journal is to nurture authentic and original African ways and paradigms of knowing and thinking in order that Africa’s place in human civilization is finally fully realized and recognized.
The Journal is currently housed by the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya, and has its board of editors and scholars drawn from across Kenya and Nigeria; our aim is to include scholars from every nook and cranny of Africa so that our scholarship is inclusive.
Articles and research reports are welcome for submission from all areas of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and, if accepted, will be included in the relevant section of the cognate discipline. The sections are formally recognized through an informed categorization of the accepted articles into relevant disciplines and sub-disciplines which fall in different parts; it is our hope that these parts may in future be distinct issues of the journal. Currently, the areas included are:
- LINGUISTICS, COMMUNICATION & MEDIA,
- LITERATURE, THEATER ARTS,MUSIC, FINE ARTS, SCULPTURE & CERAMICS,
- PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION,
- HISTORY, POLITICS & GOVERNANCE,
- ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & FINANCE
- SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL STUDIES,
- EDUCATION & CURRICULUM STUDIES
- GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENTAL, MARINE & EARTH SCIENCES
In order to qualify for inclusion in RUWAZA, articles must be original; they must deliberate on particular theoretical premises, and deal with replicable data to advance the said premises. In addition, the conventional formatting and style of presentation should be either the APA or MLA, but both must NOT be mixed. Submitted articles must also be in font size 12, Times New Roman, and should not be more than 20 pages A4 size FS, should have an Abstract with Key Words, Introductory Background, Theoretical background, Methodological Approach, Discussion and Summary.
Articles may be submitted for consideration any time of the year; however, articles submitted not later than 30thMarch of any year will qualify for inclusion in the April-May issue, Vol-1, while those submitted not later than 31st October will qualify for inclusion in the November–December Issue, Vol-2.
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