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E-ISSN: 2458 – 746X

EDITORIAL POLICY OF THE JOURNAL

AIMS AND SCOPE

Founded in 1974, Legon Journal of the Humanities (LJH) is a peer-reviewed periodical published by

the College of Humanities, University of Ghana. LJH welcomes the following types of contributions

in the humanities from scholars in all countries :

i. research articles

ii. reviews of new and particularly noteworthy books and films

iii. interviews with distinguished writers, filmmakers, and scholars

The journal is devoted to the study of the humanities, operationally conceptualized to cover not just

the arts and languages but also social science disciplines, such as cultural studies, geography,

international affairs, management studies, political science, psychology, and sociology. The journal

occasionally publishes theme-based issues, coordinated by guest editors. For such editions, a call for

papers (CFP) is announced in a preceding number of the journal and also through listserv/mail shots.

For all its issues, LJH only publishes original contributions (i.e., papers that have not been published

elsewhere) and therefore, disapproves of duplicate publication and multiple submissions of the same

paper to different publication outlets. In consonance with best academic practices, it equally takes a

very dim view of the illegitimate direct replication of material in the form of plagiarism, including

self-plagiarism. The Editorial Board will not only ban authors of plagiarized material from any

subsequent association with the journal, but also bring any breach of intellectual property rights to the

attention of the contributor‟s institution.

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The language of publication is English. As of Vol. 26, LJH will be published online twice a year as a

gratis open access journal.

ACCESS AND ATTRIBUTION

While LJH published papers (new and archived) can be freely downloaded from its website in

compliance with its gratis open access policy, hard copies of current and recent issues as well as

offprints of specific papers can only be provided on demand.

Citation of a paper from LJH should include name of quoted author, journal title, volume, number,

title of paper, page, year of publication, and Digital Object Identifier (DOI)/Uniform Resource

Locator(URL).

EDITORIAL BOARD

Nana Aba A. Amfo………………………………….... Chair

Associate Professor of Linguistics; Dean, School of Languages, College of Humanities, University of

Ghana, Legon, Ghana nanaamfo@ug.edu.gh

Augustine H. Asaah……………………………………….Editor

Professor, Department of French, School of Languages, College of Humanities, University of Ghana,

Legon, Ghana ahasaah@ug.edu.gh

Rosemary Amenga-Etego………………………………. Assistant Editor

Senior Lecturer, Department for the Study of Religions, School of Arts, College of Humanities,

University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana retego@ug.edu.gh

Esi Sutherland-Addy…………………………………… Member

Associate Professor, Institute of African Studies, College of Humanities, University of Ghana, Legon,

Ghana esutherland-addy@ug.edu.gh

Joshua Amuah…………………………………………… Member

Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Music, School of Performing Arts, College of Humanities,

University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana jamuah@ug.edu.gh

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Rachel Thompson, Department of Linguistics, School of Languages,

College of Humanities, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana rthompson@ug.edu.gh

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ADVISORY BOARD

Moradewun Adejunmobi, Professor, African American and African Studies, University of California,

Davis, USA; President, African Literature Association (ALA).

Emmanuel K. Akyeampong, Professor of History; Professor of African and American Studies, Center

for Government and International Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge-MA, USA.

Jane Ande, Professor, Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Jos,

Nigeria.

Li Anshan, Professor of International Relations; Director, Institute of Afro-Asian Studies and Center

for African Studies, Peking University; Vice-President, Chinese African Studies, China.

Elizabeth Ardayfio-Schandorf, Professor Emerita, Department of Geography and Resource

Development, School of Social Sciences, College of Humanities, University of Ghana, Legon; Vice-

President (Arts), Ghana Academy of Arts and Science (GAAS), Accra, Ghana.

Richard Boateng, Senior Lecturer; Head, Department of Operations and Management Information

Systems, University of Ghana Business School, College of Humanities; University of Ghana, Legon;

Coordinator, BSU E-learning and Problem-based Learning, Accra, Ghana.

Audrey Gadzekpo, Associate Professor of Communication Studies; Dean, School of Information and

Communication Studies, College of Education, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.

Susanne Gehrmann, Professor of African Literatures and Cultures, Department of Asian and African

Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Hyun-Chin Lim, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Founding Director of Asia Center, Seoul National

University; President, Korean Social Science Research Council, Korea.

Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor, Department of Development Studies, Professor and Head,

Archie Mafeje Research Institute (AMRI), University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

Dorothy Odartey-Wellington, Associate Professor of Spanish, School of Languages and Literatures,

University of Guelph, Canada.

Tope Omoniyi, Professor of Sociolinguistics; Director, Center for Research in English Language and

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Linguistics (CRELL), Department of Media, Culture, and Language, Roehampton University, UK.

David Owusu-Ansah, Professor of History; Executive Director, Faculty Access and Inclusion, James

Madison University, Harrisonburg-VA, USA.

Nicola Piper, Professor of International Migration, Department of Sociology and Social Policy,

Director of Human Rights and Democratization (Asia Pacific), The University of Sidney; Convener,

Sidney Asia Pacific Migration Network (SAPMIN), Australia.

Laud Ato Quayson, Professor and Director, Center for Transnational and Diaspora Studies,

University of Toronto, Canada.

João José Reis, Professor, Department of History, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.

Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm, Professor of General Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm

University, Sweden.

Cas Wepener, Professor of Religions and Head, Department of Practical Theology, University of

Pretoria, South Africa.

EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE

Editorial correspondence should be addressed to:

The Editor

Legon Journal of the Humanities

School of Languages

College of Humanities

University of Ghana

P. O. Box LG 69

Legon-Accra

Ghana

Email : editorljh@ug.edu.gh; ahasaah@ug.edu.gh

Telephone :+233-302999092

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GUIDE FOR CONTRIBUTORS:

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT Submissions should be typed double-spaced, fully justified, and in Times New Roman Font Size 12

(for the main paper as well as endnotes, quotations, and reference list) on 8.5” x 11” or A4 paper as a

Word document. The usual span of submissions is as follows:

i. article: 5,000-8,000 words (inclusive of abstract, key words, references, and endnotes)

ii. review: 500-2,000 words

iii. interview: 2,000-4,000 words

ABSTRACT AND KEY WORDS The manuscript of an article should include an abstract of not more than 100 words as well as five key

words, placed immediately after the abstract.

DOUBLE-BLIND PEER REVIEW For the purpose of double-blind peer review, the first page of each manuscript should not bear the

name of the author. Nor should there be any detail in the body of the paper to give away the author‟s

identity and institutional affiliation. Members of the editorial team shall treat submitted papers with

the utmost confidentiality.

AUTHOR IDENTIFICATION Each contribution should be accompanied by a separate sheet indicating the title of the paper as well

as the following information about the author: (1) full name (family name last); (2) institutional

affiliation; (3) current status, e.g., Student Researcher, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Professor, etc., and

(4) a short declaration that the manuscript has neither been published nor submitted elsewhere for

publication.

SUBMISSION

Contributions should be submitted as e-mail attachments to editorljh@ug.edu.gh and

ahasaah@ug.edu.gh. LJH writes to all contributors to acknowledge receipt of submissions within a

week. Contributors should kindly note that, as a rule, LJH does not publish papers from the same

author in consecutive issues of the journal. Similarly, LJH does not publish multiple articles by the

same author in one issue.

CONSISTENCY IN USE OF LANGUAGE

Spelling, punctuation, and usage should, as much as possible, be consistently British (She avers,

„Human behaviour can sometimes be understood in the light of responses to the “family code of

honour”, societal organisation and even cultural artefacts‟.) or American (She avers, “Human

behavior can sometimes be understood in light of responses to the „family code of honor,‟ societal

organization, and even cultural artifacts.”)

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Please note that should the punctuation, spelling, and usage in a quoted text conflict with those of your

adopted style, this should not occasion a variation of the source text nor a [sic] tag in your paper.

GENDER-SENSITIVE LANGUAGE

Contributors are encouraged to use bias-free and inclusive terms, e.g.:

“human resource development” instead of “manpower development”

“to operate/run the front desk” for “to man the front desk”

“comprehensive plan” or “vision” for “master plan”

“work force” or “labor force” for “manpower”

“staff hours” for “man-hours”

“the President‟s first/inaugural speech” for “the President‟s maiden speech”

“neutral zone” or “uninhabited territory” for “no-man‟s‟ land”

“skill” for “workmanship”

“husband and wife” for “man and wife”

“strong enough” for “man enough”

“To each according to their ability” for “To each according to his ability”

“non-identical twins” for “fraternal twins”

“the French” for “Frenchmen”

For more information on gender-sensitive language, please consult

http://www.escwa.un.org/information/conference/1400199.pdf

REFERENCE STYLE

LJH has since Vol. 26 adopted the documentation style of the American Psychological Association

(APA) and therefore, expects all contributors to rigorously format their references using the APA

model.

CITATIONS In line with APA style, citations should be done in the text, not in endnotes or footnotes. In-text

parenthetical citation could take one of the following forms:

i. “The sea was both hostile and docile, the ultimate trickster. It was as large as it was small, as

long as you could claim a portion of it for yourself” (Danticat, 2013, p. 199). *Direct quotation

of less than 40 words

ii. Ajayi (2005) argues:

wealthier states have had the privilege of extended periods of running protectionist

economies. The development of globally competitive industries in these countries can

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be linked both to the important protectionist policies that shielded business

enterprise in its infancy and to creativity. England, for example, was already

a great industrial power before it adopted free trade in the 1840‟s….Thus, the notion

of free trade is illusory….Every state‟s economy is protectionist by most standards. (p.

224)

*Direct block quotation of more than 40 words.

iii. In the opinion of Spivak (1988), some of the most radical criticism emanating from the West is

motivated by the palpably hegemonic desire of maintaining the West as the dominant subject

in discourse and of power (p. 271). *Paraphrase

iv. Further evidence of the relevance of proverbs to everyday life can be found in Tamale (1999),

Hussein (2005), Yankah (1985/2012), and Mieder (2014). *Synthesis

v. As works by Clavell (1975), Onyewuenyi (1993), Steegstra (2005), and Bugul (2014) show,

cultural conflicts dialectically engender cultural coexistence and transformation. *Synthesis

vi. Although Anderson‟s Imagined communities (1983/2006) is largely predicated upon the

political history of the Global South, few can contest the light it sheds on the genesis and

survival of all modern nation-states. *Summary

NB: Please note that endnotes should only be used sparingly for further explication of ideas.

CITATION OF YOUR OWN TRANSLATED PASSAGES

Place your own translated passage in brackets just below the original text, e.g.,

In the words of Eliacheff and Heinich, “ il est aussi des épouses dont la passion se porte plutôt sur le

statut social du ménage, qu‟elles sont chargées de représenter et d‟incarner ” (2002, p. 79).

[“there are also some wives whose passion rather centers on the social status of the couple, status

which they are obligated to represent and embody” (2002, p. 79, own translation)].

REFERENCE LIST

All cited works should be collated at the end of each paper under the heading “References” (boldfaced

and centered).

The reference list should:

i. begin on a new page

ii. arrange authors‟ names in alphabetical order

iii. incorporate all the cited works in the paper

iv. respect the APA format

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Ajayi, O. O. (2005). Globalization and the politics of marginalization. In O. Vaughan, M. Wright,

& C. Small (Eds.), Globalization and marginalization (pp. 201-235). Ibadan, Nigeria: Sefer.

Anderson, B. (2006). Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism

(Rev. ed.). London, UK: Verso.

Bugul, K. (2014). Aller et retour [Back and forth].Dakar, Senegal: Athéna.

Clavell, J. (1975). Shõgun: A novel of Japan. New York, NY: Random House.

Danticat, E. (2013). Claire of the sea light. New York, NY: Vintage.

Eliacheff, C., & Heinich N. (2002). Mères-filles: Une relation à trois [Mothers and daughters: A

three-way relationship]. Paris, France: Albin Michel.

Hayek, N. (n. d.). Gender-sensitive language: Guidelines. New York, NY: United Nations. Retrieved

from http://www.escwa.un.org/information/conference/1400199.pdf

Hussein, J. W. (2005). The social and ethno-cultural construction of masculinity and femininity in

African proverbs. African Study Monographs, 26 (2), 59-87.

Mieder, W. (2014). Behold the proverbs of a people: Proverbial wisdom in culture, literature, and

politics. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi.

Onyewuenyi, I. C. (1993). The African origin of Greek philosophy: An exercise in Afrocentrism.

Nsukka, Nigeria: University of Nsukka Press.

Spivak, G. (1988). Can the subaltern speak? In G. Nelson & L. Grossberg (Eds.), Marxism and the

interpretation of culture (pp. 271-313). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

Steegstra, M. (2005). Dipo and the politics of culture in Ghana. Accra, Ghana: Woeli.

Tamale, S. (1999). When hens begin to crow: Gender andparliamentary politics in Uganda.

Boulder, CO: Westview.

Yankah, K. (2012). The proverb in the context of African rhetoric (2nd

ed.). New York, NY: Diasporic

Africa Press.

MORE EXAMPLES OF APA DOCUMENTATION FORMAT:

Single-authored Book

Einstein, M. (2008). Brands of faith: Marketing religion in a commercial age. London,

UK:Routledge.

Book with Multiple Authors

Crais, C., & Scully, P. (2009). Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A ghost story and a

biography. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Translated Book

Rondón, C. M. (2008). The book of salsa: A chronicle of urban music from the Caribbean to New

York City(F.R. Aparico & J. White, Trans.). Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North

Carolina Press. (Original work published 1980)

Edited Book

Muponde, R., & Taruvinga, M. (Eds.). (2002). Sign and taboo: Perspectives on the poetic fiction

of Yvonne Vera. Harare, Zimbabwe: Weaver.

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Public Lecture

Mkandawire, T. (2015). Africa: Beyond recovery. The Aggrey-Fraser-Guggisberg Memorial Lectures,

Series 32, delivered at University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, April 17-19, 2013. Accra, Ghana:

Sub-Saharan.

Chapter in Anthology or Edited Book

Higgins-Desbiolles, F., & Whyte, K. P. (2015). Tourism and human rights. In C. M. Hall, S. Gössling,

& D. Scott (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of tourism and sustainability (pp. 105-116).

Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Encyclopedia Entry

Duncan, J. (2006). Cultural geography. In B. Warf (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human geography (pp. 71-

74). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Kim, Y. (2012). Behavior modeling. In W. J. Rothwell & R. K. Prescott (Eds.), The encyclopedia of

humanresource management: Short entries (Vol. 1, pp. 62-67). San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer-

Wiley.

Book by Corporate Author or Government

Republic of Liberia. (2012). Agenda for transformation: Steps towards Liberia rising 2030.

Monrovia, Liberia: Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs. Retrieved from

http://cdcliberia.org/The_Agenda_for_Transformation_AfT.pdf

E-book

Dincauze, D. F. (2000). Environmental archaeology: Principles and practice. Cambridge, UK:

Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from

http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9780511607837

Journal Article

Seniloli, K., & Tawake, R. (2014). Livingarrangements of the elderly in Fiji. The Journal of

PacificStudies, 34 (2), 129-152.

Journal Article Accessed from a Database

i. Periodical with Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Azibo, D. A. (2015). Can psychology help spur the rebirth of African civilization? Notes on the

African personality (psychological Africanity) construct: normalcy, development, and

abnormality. Journal of Pan African Studies,8 (1), 146-187. Retrieved from

http://www.jpanafrican.com/docs/vol8no1/8.1-13-Azibo-final.pdf

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ii. Periodical with Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Bilgic, A. (2015). „We are not barbarians‟: Gender politics and Turkey‟s quest for the West.

International Relations, 29 (2), 198-218. doi: 10.1177/0047117814565524

iii. Periodical with Combined URL and DOI

Joseph, C.O. (2005). Theatre for development in Kenya: Interrogating the ethics of practice. Research

in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 10 (2), 189-199.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569780500103836

Paper in Conference Proceedings

Achmat, D. (2010). Leadership, social transformation and healing. In M. Keim (Ed.), Conference

Proceedings: Social Transformation, Leadership and Healing (pp. 71-76). Stellenbosch, South

Africa: SunMedia.

Thesis or Dissertation

Ansah, G. N. (2012). Metaphor and bilingual cognition: The case of Akan and English in Ghana.

(Doctoral thesis). University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK. Retrieved from

http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/61709/1/ansah.pdf

Film or Video

Amata, M. (Producer), & Imasuen, L. O. (Director). (2014). Darima’s dilemma [DVD]. Nigeria:

Royal Arts Academy.

Forward, T., Jablonski, S., & O‟Keefe, A. (Producers), & O‟Keefe, A. (Director). (2015). Crime and

punishment [Motion picture]. Australia: Apocalypse Films.

Musical Recording where the Composer and the Recorder are the Same

Sade. (1988). Paradise. On Stronger than pride [Album]. New York: Epic.

Musical Recording where the Songwriter and the Recorder are Different

Colón, W. (2007). Che che colé [Recorded by Marc Anthony]. On El cantante [The singer]; [CD].

Miami: Sony Norte. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW3_TuRqdME

Lee, N.L. (1991). Birds [Recorded by Miriam Makeba]. On Eyes on tomorrow [CD]. Johannesburg:

Gallo.

Blog/Weblog Post

Edoro, A. (2014, November 6). Novelist Taiye Selasi doesn‟t like passports or nations [Blog post].

Retrieved from http://africasacountry.com/2014/11/novelist-taiye-selasi-doesnt-like-passports-

or-nations-good-for-her/

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Blog/Weblog Comment

Selasi, T. (2014, November 8). Re: Novelist Taiye Selasi doesn‟t like passports or nations [Blog

comment]. Retrieved from http://africasacountry.com/2014/11/novelist-taiye-selasi-doesnt-

like-passports-or-nations-good-for-her/

NB: For further illustrations of the APA style, please consult Publication manual of the American

PsychologicalAssociation (6th

ed.).

SYMBOLS

Conventional, current type-faces are to be used. Special symbols and diagrams should be avoided as

much as possible.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Papers submitted are assessed in these areas:

i. Overall general academic merit

ii. Theoretical grounding in the relevant current literature

iii. Quality of argumentation and reasoning

iv. Sophistication in language usage and expression

v. Technical aspects (i.e., crafting of abstract and key words, respect of journal‟s house

style and APA documentation model, etc.)

FEEDBACK FROM LJH

The LJH team intends to provide feedback to contributors between two and six months upon receipt of

submissions. At the end of the review process, the Editor takes a decision on the publication of the

paper, guided by the verdict of the reviewers to whom the paper has been sent. Typically, reviewers

are requested to make one of the following pronouncements on the paper :

It is suitable for publication in its current form

It is publishable subject to minor changes

Substantial thematic, structural, and/or linguistic changes are required for possible

resubmission and further review

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It is not suitable for publication

Once a decision on publication is made, LJH conveys this, together with reviewers‟ comments and

recommendations, to the contributor. If the paper has been accepted for publication, the Editor will

indicate, in the letter of acceptance, the volume, number, and year in which it will be issued.The dates

of submission and acceptance will be inscribed on the published article.

TYPE PROOFS

Authors will be sent typeset proofs of their manuscripts for their final input before publication. Please

note that at this stage, major revisions are not acceptable.

COPYRIGHT

The copyright of all papers published in Legon Journal of the Humanities is vested in the journal. By

agreeing to publish the accepted version of the paper in LJH, contributors automatically cede

copyright of the manuscript to the journal. This notwithstanding, contributors may use parts of their

published articles for non-commercial purposes, e.g., course material, conferences, and academic

profile webpage.