Legon Journal of the Humanities is a peer-reviewed academic publication dedicated to advancing scholarly discourse across the humanities disciplines. The journal publishes original research that examines cultural, historical, philosophical, linguistic, and creative dimensions of human experience with particular emphasis on African perspectives and contexts. It serves as a platform for both established and emerging scholars to share innovative methodologies, theoretical frameworks, and critical analyses that contribute to our understanding of humanities scholarship within global and local frameworks. The journal welcomes interdisciplinary approaches that bridge traditional boundaries between humanities fields and engage with contemporary issues. Through its commitment to rigorous scholarship and intellectual diversity, Legon Journal of the Humanities fosters dialogue that enriches academic conversations while addressing the complexities of human expression, thought, and cultural production in Africa and beyond.

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, human 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 issue of the journal and/or through listserv/mail shots. 

Editor

Benedicta A. Lomotey
Associate Professor of Spanish and General Linguistics
Modern Languages Department
Director, Centre for Latin American Studies (UG). 
University of Ghana
balomotey@ug.edu.gh

Assistant Editor
Rachel Thompson, Research Fellow
Language Centre
University of Ghana
rthompson@ug.edu.gh 

 Editorial Assistant

Kofi Asante Twumasi, twumasante@yahoo.com

Editorial Board

Esi Sutherland-Addy, Associate Professor
Institute of African Studies, College of Humanities
University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
esutherland-addy@ug.edu.gh 

Susanne Gehrmann, Professor of African Literatures and Cultures
Department of Asian and African Studies
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
susanne.gehrmann@rz.hu-berlin.de

Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor/Chair, Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa
Vice-Dean Research, Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence
University of Bayreuth, Germany
sabelo.ndlovu-gatsheni@uni-bayreuth.de

Cas Wepener, Professor of Religions and Head
Department of Practical Theology and Missiology
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
cwepener@sun.ac.za  

Joshua Amuah , Senior Lecturer and Head
Department of Music
School of Performing Arts, College of Humanities, University of Ghana, Ghana. 
jamuah@ug.edu.gh

Please see the submission guidelines here.

The Editor
Legon Journal of the Humanities
School of Languages, College of Humanities
University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 69, Legon-Accra

Principal contact
Benedicta A. Lomotey, University of Ghana, editorljh@ug.edu.gh

Support contact

Rachel Thompson, rthompson@ug.edu.gh

Publisher

Dianna Bell, Project Manager, African Journals Initiative, dianna@plutojournals.com

Pluto Journals, evek@plutojournals.com

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

The journal adheres to the ethical standards endorsed by the Committee on Publication Ethics. In particular:

1. We expect all authors to state in their article if they have a conflict of interest which could
   potentially bias their opinions – for example funding or employment.
2. All named authors on the articles should confirm that they have jointly participated in the research and writing of the article, and that no author has been omitted from the list of authors.
3.  We require authors to warrant that their articles are original, have not been previously
   published, and do not plagiarise or otherwise copy someone else’s work without attribution. (If the article is a translation, we are happy to consider this for publication but the authors must inform the editors on submission).
4. We also require authors to warrant that their article does not defame, libel, or bring another
   person into disrepute, and neither does it contain anything illegal (e.g. copyright infringing).

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.