Zamani is an international biannual journal that welcomes submissions for publication consideration from all over the world. It welcomes submissions that specifically engages with African history or issues that shows relationship between Africa and other parts of the world in historical perspective. The submissions can be on methodological or on conventional thematic histories like political, economic, environmental, demographic, social, cultural, medical, material culture, religion, science and technology histories covering any geographical area of the African continent. The journal promotes African perspectives and thinking on African history, in both writing and research. Thus, the journal is pan-African thematically and geographically. The journal has an international and diverse editorial team of established and proven historians of Africa from Africa itself, Europe and North America.

Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies publishes original articles, review essays and book reviews on Africa, its history, culture and institutions.  The Journal is intended for academics, students and individuals interested in African history and affairs.

Editors

Editor-in-Chief:

Salvatory S Nyanto, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, nyanto.salvatory@udsm.ac.tz

Associate Editor-in-Chief:

Samwel Mhajida, Dar es Salaam University, Tanzania, College of Education, samwel.mhajida@udsm.ac.tz

Managing Editor:

Frank Edward, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, edward.frank@udsm.ac.tz

Book Review Editor:

Emanuel Lukio Mchome, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, mchome.emanuel@udsm.ac.tz

Editorial Board 

Joyce Agofure, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria

Emily Brownell, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Bryan G Nkhoma, Mzuzu University, Malawi

Oswald Masebo, National Defence College, Tanzania

Roland Ndille, University of Buea, Cameroon

Kwesi DLS Prah, University of South Africa, South Africa

Albertus Onyiego, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Bernard Kusena, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Emmanuel Saboro, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Jethron Akallah, Maseno University, Kenya

Takor Nixon, University of Bamenda, Cameroon

Gasiano Sumbai, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Rene Ngek Monteh, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Hugo Silveira Pereira, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal

Yusufu Q Lawi, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Jamie Monson, Michigan State University, USA

James Giblin, University of Iowa, USA

Juhani Koponen, University of Helsinki, Finland

Gregory H Maddox, Texas Southern University, USA

Please see the submission guidelines here. 

Editor-in-Chief
Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies
Department of History, University of Dar es Salaam
P.O. Box 35050
Dar es Salaam 16103
Tanzania.
E-mail: zjahs@udsm.ac.tz

Principal Contact

Chief Editor

Department of History, University of Dar es Salaam. zjahs@udsm.ac.tz

Support Contact

Frank Edward edward.frank@udsm.ac.tz

Book Reviews

Emanuel Lukio Mchome mchome.emanuel@udsm.ac.tz

Publisher

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

Pluto Journals, evek@plutojournals.com

The Journal is published biannually in January and July. The print Journal is archived at University of Dar es Salaam, and the electronic Journal is archived in Portico.

The journal is Open Access and the Open Access statement, Open Access license terms, copyright terms as well as a statement, on its absolute lack of author charges, can be found here.

The journal became Open Access on 1 January 2025 and is published open access on ScienceOpen. This means the Reuse rights of published material is all under the open CC BY 4.0 license as stated here.

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).