AUJP Humanities Review

Scope and Focus Areas

• Language and Literature: African linguistics, oral literature, contemporary African prose, poetry, and dramatic arts.
• Philosophy and Religious Studies: African philosophical thought, ethics, interreligious dialogue, indigenous knowledge systems, and post-colonial humanistic theory.
• History and Cultural Studies: Historiography, material culture, gender studies, and sociopolitical transformations across African societies.
• Media and Digital Humanities: Film studies, popular culture, media representations, and the intersection of technology and humanistic scholarship.

Key Editorial and Publishing Characteristics

• Open Access Model: Published papers are distributed under open-access licenses (such as Creative Commons CC BY), ensuring immediate free access to articles for scholars, students, and institutions globally.
• Peer Review Standard: Uses double-blind peer review to evaluate originality, academic rigor, methodological coherence, and contextual relevance.
• Indexing and Identifiers: Articles published across AUJP partner outlets receive persistent Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs via CrossRef) and are indexed in repositories such as Google Scholar, Zenodo, and OpenAIRE.
• Institutional Ties: AUJP collaborates with academic departments and university faculties across Nigeria and neighboring African institutions to host, archive, and disseminate university-backed journals and research reviews.

Common Submission Guidelines

• Style: APA or MLA formatting depending on the specific humanities track (e.g., MLA for literature, APA for interdisciplinary/social sciences).
• Structure: Requires a standalone abstract (usually 200–300 words), relevant keywords, an introduction, clear thematic headings, and complete references.
• Integrity: Submissions must be original, unpublished work with strict adherence to anti-plagiarism standards (typically under a 20% similarity threshold).