About the Journal
The JOURNAL OF ETHIOPIAN STUDIES (JES) publishes scholarly articles in the Social Sciences and Humanities with reference to Ethiopia in particular and the Horn of Africa in general.
Besides original research papers, the JES publishes book reviews, dissertation abstracts, and short communications of research projects. Before submitting their manuscripts for publication in JES, authors should ensure that the following requirements are complied with:
I. LANGUAGE: Amharic and English; under special circumstances only, manuscripts in French and Italian can be considered.
II. RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIEWS: Any statements in an article accepted for publication remain the sole responsibility of the author and should in no way be construed to reflect the opinions of the Editors or the Publisher.
III. COPYRIGHT: Authors submitting manuscripts do so on the understanding that if it is accepted for publication, copyright in the article including the right to reproduce the article in all forms and media, shall be assigned exclusively to the Publisher. The Publisher will not refuse any reasonable request by the author for permission to reproduce any of his or her contributions to the journal.
IV. FORM OF MANUSCRIPT: Manuscripts should be typed in 1.5 line spacing on one side of 8.5-11 inch (A4) white paper not more than 30 pages or 10,000 words long all in all. Use Times New Roman font only. It should be accompanied by an abstract consisting of 250- 350 words. Leave a space of one inch on the left and right margins as well as the top and bottom of each page. All pages should be consecutively numbered. Author's name, institutional affiliation (include location unless obvious in the name), and a complete email address for correspondence should appear only on a separate page. An abstract together with 4-6 keywords must be included on the first page.
Authors may include in a separate file, called "README", any special instructions as to the layout or other features of their manuscripts.
V. NOTES AND REFERENCES: Notes should be numbered consecutively with superscript Arabic numerals in the text and presented separately at the end of the article. They should be as brief as possible. Published works, works accepted for publication, and citable datasets, code, and materials, should appear in the bibliography as Reference List Entries (per Chicago Manual of Style or Author-Date method) in the following manner:
Eshetu Chole. 1993."Privatisation and deregulation in Ethiopian industry: problems, prospects and impact on economy" Journal of EthiopianStudies, XXVI (1): 33-58.
Balibar, Etienne and Machery, Pierre. 1981. "On Literature as an Ideological Form." In Untying the Text, a Post-Structuralist Reader, edited by Robert Young, 79-99. Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Ullendorff, Edward. 1973. The Ethiopians: an Introduction to Country and People, 3rd edition. London: Oxford University Press.
Schulz, William F, ed. 2007. The Phenomenon of Torture: Readings and Commentary. Philadephia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Dersanä Kidanä Mehrät, EMML 1860, ff.34r - 38s.
VI. FIGURES, PLATES AND TABLES: Line drawings (figures) and photographs (plates) must be incorporated into their places in the text, or provided separately as camera-ready copy. These should be numbered consecutively with their captions typed double-spaced on a separate page, not on the illustrations themselves. Number all tables consecutively with Arabic numerals. Each table likewise should be typed spaced 1.5 on a separate page and given its own title. Indicate in the margins where you would prefer to have the tables and illustrations inserted.
VII. FOREIGN WORDS: If there is an English word for a foreign term, use it. Foreign terms not found in a standard dictionary should be italicized and fully transliterated with the appropriate system. However, italicization and transliteration are not necessary with foreign words found in a standard dictionary, the names of heads of state and similarly well-known individuals, and well-known foreign organizations
(e.g., Hamas). Foreign titles should be italicized and transliterated (i.e., däǧǧazmač), unless they can be found in a standard dictionary.
For languages using the Ethiopic (fidäl) script, please follow the system employed by Encyclopaedia Aethiopica as in examples in the following table:
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a) Vowels |
b) Consonants |
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vowels |
Symbol |
Example |
Translit-eration |
Consonats |
Symbol |
Example |
Translit-eration |
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1st order |
ä |
ዘፈነ |
Zäffänä |
ሸ |
š |
ሸሸ |
šäššä |
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2nd order |
u |
ሁሉ |
hullu |
ቀ |
q |
ቆቅ |
qoq |
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3rd order |
i |
ሂድ |
hid |
ቸ |
č |
ቸረቸረ |
čäräččärä |
|
4th order |
a |
ራራ |
rarra |
ኘ |
ñ |
ኞኞ |
ñoñño |
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5th order |
e |
ቤት |
bet |
ዠ |
ž |
ገዥ |
gäž |
|
6th order |
ï/ә |
እግር |
ïgïr/ әgәr |
የ |
y |
ይታይ |
yïttay |
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7th order |
o |
ሆድ |
hod |
ጀ |
ǰ |
ጀግና |
ǰägna |
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For detailed information, please |
ጠ |
ť |
ጠጣ |
ťäťťa |
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ጨ |
čʹ |
ተንጫጫ |
tänčʹačʹčʹa |
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ጰ |
pʹ |
ጳውሎስ |
Pʹawlos |
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ፀ |
sʹ |
ፀፀት |
sʹäsʹät |
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ሟ |
mwa |
ላሟ |
lamwa |
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Oromo orthography should follow the Qubee standard.
VIII. PROOFS: Authors are responsible for correcting the proofs of their articles. The proofs should be returned to the Managing Editor promptly. Authors will be charged for changes (other than corrections of printing errors) in excess of 10% of the cost of composition.
IX. OFFPRINT: Two copies of the printed journal will be provided to authors free of charge.
X. PLAGIARISM: Submitted articles will be checked with Turnitin detecting software, and decisions will be passed in accordance with AAU’s legislation and related policy documents.
All manuscripts for publication and other correspondence should be addressed to:
Managing Editor
Journal of Ethiopian Studies
Institute of Ethiopian Studies
Addis Ababa University
P.O.Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Email: jes@aau.edu.et
Online submission: Submissions | Journal of Ethiopian Studies (aau.edu.et)