PREPARING YOUR MANUSCRIPT

Formatting: Papers are to be submitted in MS-Word, Microsoft Word; Times New Roman 12, Double Line Spacing. This is to allow us to review your paper. PAPERS SENT AS PDF WILL BE RETURNED.
2. Headings and subheadings: We make use of three levels of headings in each paper.
a) First Level is the title of the paper (in Caps 14)

b) Second level: the subheadings (Abstract, Introduction (at the end of which the problem should be stated clearly and methodology explained), Objectives, State of Literature on the subject, Findings (a presentation of your findings, results, analysis etc), and Conclusion. Authors can decide how to present their own headings but these should be clearly distinguished from third level headings.
c) Third level headings: These arise only if there is need to break any second level heading into further smaller sections. Authors should use small case bold italics to distinguish them from second level headings which are not italicized.

Length of Paper: The entire document (including references, first and last page matters) must be no more that nine thousand (9000) words. Manuscripts above this range shall be returned.

Contents of the first Page of Manuscript: Ensure that the first page (Title Page) of your submission captures the following information clearly;

a) The title of your work in Capital Letters

b) your names as you wish them presented, and your title eg PhD, Dr, AP, Prof). If you are a student, you need not state at this moment that you are a PhD or MA Student. Such details will be captured in the “About the Author” section on the last page

c) your institutional affiliation (Department, Faculty and University/institution).

d) your preferred email address (Please use only the one you will use to submit the paper as this will be considered your corresponding email). If there are more authors indicate their emails but star the corresponding author.

e) your phone number (preferably your WhatsApp number)

f) the Abstract of the paper.

g) A maximum of Five Key Words.

The last page of the article should also carry the following details

a) Make a Declaration on “Conflict of Interest” a statement clarifying whether there are conflicting interests regarding your paper. This often arises if the paper or parts of it have been published or copyrighted by other publishers/institutions.

b) Acknowledgements: This should include any grant/sponsorship/assistance that you benefited from an institution/person for conference attendance, reading and editing of your drafts etc.

c) Biographical Note: Authors should provide, information about themselves of a maximum of 100 words. This may include your current position, where u studied, your affiliations and research interests and if possible your latest publications

4 Referencing style is the CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE,

Authors should decide whether they are using in-text (Author(s), Year and Pages) or footnotes but cannot use the two in the same paper.

Everything needing referencing (including pictures, tables, graphs etc) should be presented in the Chicago Manual of style. For details on the Chicago manual of style please follow this link

e) All papers should ensure that they have established a clear argument and explained their methodology succinctly.

6 Publication: Once your paper has gone through the various review, correcting and editing stages and found satisfactory, it will appear on our website and authors will be notified about their publication upon payment of an article processing charge which enables us to manage the journal website.

7 Steps in the publication process

a) Author submits paper

b) The managing editor acknowledges receipt of the paper

c) The editor reads the paper with one of three decisions;

(1) rejects the paper at this stage if it is of very bad quality (contents, language and structure)

(2) sends the paper to author and requests additional work

(3) finds the paper worthy of consideration and sends to reviewers. Authors should strive for the third option by ensuring that they prepare their manuscripts well and that their ideas are presented in communicable language.

d) In case of 2, editor repeats the process and in case of three, editor contacts two experts in the area of specialty and solicits their review expertise. This can take a month or two or sometimes three but we would strive for a rapid peer review process

e) Reviewers submit papers to the editor with one of three decisions (1) reject paper

(2) Accept after major corrections (3) accept after minor corrections.

f) Editor contacts author with reviewer comments and decisions. In case of (2) and

(3) above, author is given time to address the issues and return final version to the editor

g) Upon receipt of the final version, editor sends manuscript to the language editor

h) After language editing paper is sent to author for confirmation of final version

i) Upon receipt of the authors confirmation, paper is sent to the publications manager. Page numbers and other journal volume and issue details are attributed

j) Paper is published online and shared with author.

Looking forward to receiving your papers.

In our drive for quality research outputs, we plan to publish articles with of high-quality Contributors should bear in mind that a publication cost will apply. This will only depend on the Invoice that the Publisher will give us.