Zaria Historical Journal
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Information concerning the journal Zaria Historical Research (ZAHIR) of the Department of History, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. 

• Articles should not exceed 6000 words and should be accompanied by a short author’s bio data at the end of the references. Book reviews should not exceed 1,500 words.
• Articles should be written in English and carefully edited before submission. All articles are to be submitted via e-mail and through African online domain.
• Single quotation marks (‘ ’) should be used for quotations or original text. If the quotation exceeds three sentences, it should be indented. All non-English words must be italicized. 

Intending contributors should send a non-refundable fee of 5,000 Naira. Contributions should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief ZAHIR, Department of History, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

• Contributions should be typed in Times Roman 12 font, doubled spaced with ample margins and on one side of A4 size paper. The title of the article, author’s name and institutional address (including e-mail) should appear on the first page of the paper.

Notes and References:

Books

References to materials should use the Chicago automatic footnote system with superscript numbers in-text as follows:

Usman Yusufu Bala, The Manipulation of Religion (Kaduna: Ahmadu Bello University Press, 1987), 160-162. 

Hamman Mahmoud, The Middle-Benue Region and the Sokoto Jihad 1812-1869: The Impact of the Establishment of the Emirate of Muri (Kaduna: Ahmadu Bello University Press, 2007), 189.

Journal Article

Barzilai Nohon Keren and Gadi Barzilai, ‘Cultured Technology: The Internet and Religious Fundamentalism’, The Information Society 21, no. 1 (2005): 286. 

Mare Shell, ‘Language Wars’, New Centennial Review 1, no. 2 (2001): 1-17

Theses and Dissertations

Yahya Dahiru, ‘The Making of an Independent Foreign Policy: Sa’di Morocco up to the Death of Ahmad Al-Mansur (1509-1603)’ (PhD Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1975), 49.

Alexander Hawryluk, ‘Friends of Fight: A Study of a Militant Civil Right Organization’ (PhD Thesis, Cornell University, 1967), 58.

Presented Papers

Abubakar Sa’ad, ‘The Historical Development of Muri Emirate’ (Presentation, Muri Youths Forum, Jalingo, 2013)

Heidi McDonald, ‘Men are from Mars: Women are from Ferelden’ (Lecture, Game Developers’ Conference, Moscone Centre, San Francisco, 2013), 78.

Oral Interviews

Interview with Garba Idris, aged 80, Kaduna, 17th August, 2002. 

Interview with Musa Daudu, aged 70, Kano, 6th November, 2009. 

Chapters in Book

Nasidi Nadir Abdulhadi, ‘A Pledge to Martydom: Murtala Ramat Muhammad and the Biafran War’, in War, Society and Leadership in Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Brigadier General Shaibu Ibrahim  (eds.), Osakwe, C.C.C, Tangban, O.E., Ahmed, A.O. and Udeagbala, L.O. (Kaduna: Pyla-Mak Printing Press, 2019), 283-296.  

Cohen Yoel, ‘Mass Media in the Jewish Tradition’, in Religion and Popular Culture (eds.) Danie, S. and Judith, B. (Ames, Iowa State University Press), 97.