African Quarterly Social Science Review
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Paper Submission

Papers are submitted in MS-Word compatible formats. This is after logging into the AQSSR portal with their credentials and accessing the Online Submission Link. The authors are then guided by a sequential process to submit their papers. After submission, the authors get an automatic acknowledgment through their email accounts with an especially assigned reference number. The authors will then be contacted directly by our editor.

Paper Format and Page Layout

1. Papers must submitted in MS-Word (.doc & .docx) format
2. The paper should not exceed 20 pages
3. The authors name and institution of affiliation should be clearly indicated.
4. Keywords should not be more than six
5. The spacing for the paper should be as follows: single spacing for the whole document.
6. The font sizes of the papers are as follows: title: 12 font size; names of authors: 11 font size; names of authors’ institutions: 10 font size; abstract and keywords: -10 font size; all other parts: 11 font size
7. The font for the paper should be Times New Roman
8. The page setup should be as follows: Portrait; A4 size; left margin: 1.5 inches; all other margins: 1 inch.
9. Pages numbers should be placed at the bottom and centered. Nothing else, including footnotes, is allowed in the bottom margin of the paper.
10. The papers should be referenced in the APA sixth Edition Style. Automatic referencing is preferred
11. Spelling should be checked automatically through MS word and Grammarly [if possible] to avoid unnecessary grammatical errors and typos
12. Download any of our published papers for guidance.

Structure of Paper

The manuscript is to be arranged in the following order:

1. Title of paper/work; author(s) names, and complete name(s) of institution(s)
2. Contact number (phone) & valid Email address
3. Acknowledgment (optional):
4. Abstract
5. Keywords
6. Introduction
7. Problem Statement [if research gap not brought about under introduction]
8. Objective(s) 
9. Research  Hypothesis if any
10. Literature Review (Theoretical, Empirical & Conceptual [if applicable])
11. Results and Discussions
12. Conclusions
13. Recommendations
14. References (APA, Havard or CMS latest format. They should be listed alphabetically).