A Brief Introduction
The Journal of African Policy was originally established to encourage an interdisciplinary academic and professional outlet about African political, social, cultural, and economic themes and the components of African development issues in the post-independence periods.
The general thrust of The Journal of African Policy Review (JAPR) is that theoretical and conceptual discourse of development efforts in Africa must be interdisciplinary whereby policy makers, development practitioners, Artists, filmmakers, and academics will have an academic and professional journal through which empirical studies and interdisciplinary research could advance scholarship on Africa.
Submissions are invited that generate ideas on policy implementation that advance the economic, political, and cultural development of African peoples.
Editorial Policy
The Journal of African Policy Review (JAPR) is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of original and action research on social, cultural, political, economic, and scientific, and other issues about sub-Saharan Africa or with implications for Africa and African communities in the diaspora. Opinions of contributors to the Journal do not necessarily reflect the policy of the Editorial Board of the Journal.
Manuscript Requirements
Manuscripts submitted for publication should be at most 25 typewritten, double-spaced pages, with margins of one-and-a-half inches. The page limit includes graphs, references, tables, and appendices. Notes and references should be placed at the end of the text with headings. Notes, if any should precede the references. The Journal is published in June and December. The deadline for the first issue is February 28 and for the second August 31.
Manuscripts should include a cover page that provides the title of the text, author's name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and affiliation. Anonymous referees will review all works. Manuscripts are accepted in English and French.
Manuscripts must conform to the Chicago Manual of Style (CMA) editorial style. The American Psychological Association (APA), OR the Modern Language Association (MLA).
Authors should send their manuscripts for consideration by e-mail attachments to the Editorial Board members via e-mail or by using the document management tool in the user dashboard.
Host University of JAPR:
Department of Political Science
North Carolina Central University
1801 Fayetteville Street Durham, North Carolina 27707