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AIKRN - African Indigenous Knowledge Research Network

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Aim & Scope

RUTA: The Journal of African Indigenous Knowledge and Research (R-JAIKR)) is the official publication of the African Indigenous Knowledge Research Network (AIKRN). This is an association of scholars, academics and intellectuals dedicated to interdisciplinary research that recenters African indigenous knowledges as one of the fundamental frameworks for sustainable development in Africa.

R-JAIKR constitutes the outlet for the dissemination of the association’s research data and outputs that centralizes the place of indigenous knowledge in the search for sustainable development in Africa. R-JAIKR is a peer review journal that focuses on the full spectrum of theoretical and practical analyses, essays and research outputs that have implications for praxis and policies about development on the continent. The objective of the journal is to publish original research articles and reviews that promote exciting scholarly discourses and understanding about indigenous knowledges, experiences and sustainable development in Africa and other regions of the world.

RUTA is committed to peer-review integrity that upholds the highest standards of academic review. A submission to R-JAIKR is first assessed for suitability by the editor(s) before it is then peer reviewed by independent reviewers.

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Instruction for Authors

Submission

All submissions should be submitted to this platform.

The editors are : Evelyn Kipkosgei (evelyn.kipk@gmail.com); Adeshina Afolayan (a.afolayan@ui.edu.ng)

Manuscripts should be between 5,000 and 7,000 words in length, excluding references and appendices.

Manuscripts must be submitted in a MS Word-compatible format.

Manuscript Format

Final submissions must contain the following, in sequence:

  • Title of the contribution: Titles must not be longer than 15 words, and must contain sufficient information for use in title lists or for coding purposes to store or retrieve information.
  • The first name/s (or initials) and surname of every author.
  • Indicate the corresponding author and provide a current e-mail address for this author.
  • The name, and full address of the university/institution of every author.
  • An abstract of maximum 250 words which should not contain any references.
  • Main text of article with in-text and footnotes.
  • Reference list providing all relevant details of sources cited.
  • Photographs and other figures should be submitted as separate files saved (in order of preference) in PSD, JPEG, PDF or EPS format. Graphs, charts or maps can be saved in AI, PDF or EPS format. MS Office files (Word, Powerpoint, Excel) are also acceptable but do not embed these in your manuscript – send the original files. It is the author’s responsibility to obtain the necessary permissions for visuals originating from published sources or from another party.

Style Guidelines

Manuscripts should be written in clear English (UK/American spelling as long as consistency is maintained).

  • Notes should appear as footnotes and not endnotes.
  • Italics should be used for emphasis, not bold or underlining.
  • Quotations longer than four sentences should be indented.
  • Short quotations in the text should appear in double quotation marks.
  • Quotations in any language other than English should be supported by a translation into English in a footnote. (The converse is not required, but authors may choose to provide original language versions of texts they discuss in the English translation.)
  • Subheadings should not be numbered and should be in sentence case. Cross references to other parts of the paper should refer to the section or to the relative location (such as “three paragraphs above”) and not to section/page numbers. First-level subheadings should be bold, second-level bold italic and third-level italic.
  • A list of references should be placed at the end of the article. The journal uses the Chicago Author-Date referencing style.

In-text references References to publications should be included in the text, not in endnotes. They should be given by the name of the author, the year of publication, and the page number if quoting directly, e.g.: “... as Oloruntoba has noted (2018: 39) ...”

Book Smith, Linda Tuhiwai, 2012. Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, second edition. London: Routledge.

Chapter in book Emeagwali, Gloria., 2021. “African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Empowerment of Women,” in Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso and Toyin Falola (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of African Women’s Studies, 123–134. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.

Edited work Olupona, Jacob K. and Abiodun, Rowland O., eds. 2016. Ifá Divination, Knowledge, Power, and Performance. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.

Journal article Ajayi-Lowo, Esther Oluwashina, 2024. “Safe Motherhood Initiative: Whither African Indigenous Birthing Knowledge?” Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism 23(1):263-294.

Website Dabiri, Emma. 2014. “Why I’m Not An Afropolitan.” Africa Is A Country. http://africasacountry.com/2014/01/why-im-not-an-afropolitan/