Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives

Aims & Scope

CALL FOR PAPERS - UTAFITI Journal of African Perspectives is inviting you to submit your manuscript – any topic in the humanities - for consideration in the next issues.

We subject all papers to two blind peer reviewers and help at the house editing stage.

No fees are charged.

The editorial team anticipates on average a 3-12 month gestation prior from date of submission to readiness for inclusion in the next issue under production.

Please send you submission to the editor (details below).

We seek to publish scholarship that goes beyond the research report stage of conveying scientific findings and providing recommendations.

We are interested particularly in papers that inspire or propose radical, alternative paradigmatic shifts in the standard assumptions and methodologies involved in knowledge production about Africa.

Utafiti is not bound by narrow confines of disciplines and its format does not follow the standard research report framework.

Because of digitization issues we cannot offer Utafiti volumes prior to 2015 (volume 1-10).

The holdings are only available in the library of the University of Dar es Salaam.

Utafiti publishes in English as well as Kiswahili and French.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.179

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22515

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	16

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Decentralisation, Local Governance and Path Dependency Theory

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Ambrose T.

• Moving Towards Decent Work for Street Vendors in Tanzania

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Nasibu Rajabu, Nandera Ernest

• Middle and Later Stone Age Symbolism

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Pastory Magayane

• Lexical Innovation through Swahilisation of English Lexicon in Online Advertisements

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Gastor, Emmanuel

• Nationhood and Statehood: The Impact of a Conflated Discourse on African Polities and their Non-Dominant Ethnic Groups

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Reginald M.J.

• Implicative Denotations of Cigogo Personal Names

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Amani J.

• Neolithic and Early Iron Age Settlements of Mount Kilimanjaro’s Southern Slopes

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Felix A., Valence Valerian

• “Uc4c 2FA8” – A Linguistic Analysis of Sayings on Bajaji Passenger Tricycles in Dar es Salaam City

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Gastor

• Safeguarding Intangible Heritage among the Wajita in Northern Tanzania

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Richard Nandiga

• The Incorporation of the Kiswahili Names of Cereals and Tubers in the Non-Bantu Languages in Tanzania

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Amani

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