Instructions to Authors

We accept submissions of unpublished manuscripts that are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Submitted manuscripts must comply with the following guidelines:

  1. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in Word format (DOC or DOCX) using the MAKE SUBMISSION feature. Submissions sent via email will not be accepted.
  2. Titles should be as concise as possible.
  3. Abstracts should be a single paragraph and have approximately 150 words outlining, amongst other things, the background, the problem, methodology, the theory and findings.
  4. The entire manuscript, including title, abstract, main text, footnotes and references, should be no more than 8,000 words.
  5. Use New Times Roman 12 pt double spaced.
  6. Use quotation marks only where necessary. When quoting texts with less than four lines, use double quotation marks (“...”). Meanwhile, when quoting within quoted texts, use single inverted commas (‘...’). Where quoted texts exceed 4 lines, use block quotation styles, i.e. start on a separate line, single-spaced, 1.5 cm indented on each side, without quotation marks.
  7. References: Arrange references alphabetically by authors’ surnames and written as shown below:

Books

Massamba, D.P.B. (2002) Historia ya Kiswahili: 50 BK hadi 1500 BK. Nairobi: Jomo Kenyatta Foundation.

Mazrui, A.A. and Mazrui, A.M. (1995) Swahili State and Society: The Political Economy of an African Language.                      Nairobi: James Currey.

Book Chapter

Hamisi, A.M. (2008) “Filosofia za Sera za Lugha”. In J.G. Kiango (Ed.) Maendeleo ya Lugha. Dar es Salaam:                            TUKI. pp. 78-100.

Journal Articles

Ngugi, P.M.Y. (2014) “Fasihi ya Watoto katika Kutekeleza Mahitaji ya Mtoto Kisaikolojia”. Kiswahili, Vol. 77:                           170-180.

Collins, E.J. (2018) “Symbolic Arts and Rituals in the African Middle Stone-Age”. Utafiti, Vol. 13(1): 1-22.

 

Online Journal Article

Wamitila, K.W. (2012) “Uchambuzi wa Tamthiliaya Kaptura la Marx”. Kiswahili, Vol. 78 (1). Available at                                   www.swahilijournal.com. Accessed 12 June 2012.

Thesis and Dissertation

Omari, S. (2009) Tanzanian Hip Hop Poetry as Popular Literature. Tasinifu ya Uzamivu (Unpublished).                                      University of  Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam.

Newspaper

Duwe, E. (2018) “Zijue Sifa za Kufundisha Kiswahili Nje ya Nchi”. Mwananchi. 16th October 2018. pp. 13.