Journal of Namibian Studies
History Politics Culture

 

Papers submitted to be considered for publication are welcome any time!

 

Notes for Contributors

 

  • The journal operates in an anonymous peer-review mode. Once a contribution has been received, it will be anonymised and thereafter dispatched to independently chosen reviewers, who also will remain anonymous throughout the process.

  • Final acceptance of submitted articles will be decided after reviewers have submitted an opinion and rests solely with the editors of JSN/publishers Otjivanda Presse.Essen.

  • Material submitted for publication will be accepted in English only.

  • Submissions of articles are to be made to one of the editors by e-mail attachment in either Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format (.rtf). Receipt of all submissions will be acknowledged by email; all subsequent correspondence and editing will be done electronically only.

  • Maps, photographs or other illustrations essential to the subject of the article must be camera-ready.
    Articles must include a brief abstract and a short biography with author's full name, title, current affiliation and a brief description of recent work.

  • Articles submitted to the Journal should be original contributions and not under consideration for any other publication at the same time.

  • Authors of articles and reviews receive a free copy of the journal and five free offprints of their articles.
    All formatting is subject to the editors' final ruling.

 

Format and Style

  • Articles for submission are expected to be formatted according to the conventions as laid down in The Chicago Manual of Style : www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html - we use the humanities style.

  • Spelling and grammar to follow British convention.

  • Quotations from non-English source materials (either translated or in paraphrased form) must be accompanied by their original in the citation.

  • Citations (full bibliographical details to be supplied) and notes must be formatted as footnotes and numbered consecutively throughout the text. No author/date method.

  • Archival citations should be as brief as possible, yet consistent. The identity and location of each archive must be fully spelled out when mentioned for the first time.

  • A full bibliography must be supplied separately.