About the Journal

To ensure the quality of its published articles, Zaria Journal of Liberal Arts (ZAJOLA) deploys a rigorous double-blind peer-review process as outlined below:

The Editor-in-Chief;

  • Receives the submitted manuscript and conducts an initial desk screening to ensure that the manuscript aligns to journal’s guidelines.
  • Conducts a preliminary check for plagiarism using detection software.
  • Assigns the manuscript to two double-blind reviewers with expertise in the relevant subject area.
  • Reviewers provide detailed feedback and recommendations about the suitability or otherwise of the manuscript to the Editor-in-Chief.
  • The Editor-in-Chief reviews the external assessments and makes a final decision on the manuscript.
  • The Editor-in-Chief communicates the decision to the author(s), along with the reviewers' feedback (anonymized).
  • If revisions are requested, the Editor-in-Chief guides the author(s) to revise the manuscript and resubmit it.
  • Once the manuscript is deemed acceptable, the Editor-in-Chief sends a formal acceptance letter to the author(s).
  • Ensures that the manuscript is then sent for copyediting and typesetting.

The Editor-in-Chief;

All articles submitted for publication should adopt APA 7thEdition style of referencing.

  1. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words. Contributors writing in Languages other than English are required to provide an abstract in the English Language.
  2. Each article should be typed double-spaced with sufficient margins and should count between a 4, 000and 6,000 including the abstract, references and appendices.
  3. The title of the article, author's name, institutional affiliation, and email address should appearon a separate page.
  4. Tables, figures and diagrams, where applicable, should be simple and camera ready.
  5. Papers submitted must not be under consideration for publication in any other research outlet.
  6. Letter of acceptance for publication will be issued at the end of a successful peer-reviewprocess.
  7. An electronic version in form of an e-mail should be sent to the:zajola@abu.edu.ng,Cc:abuzajola@gmail.com

References

Book

Usman, Y.B. (1986). Nigeria against the IMF: The Home Market Strategy. Kaduna, Nigeria: Vanguard Printers and Publishers.

Mamdani, M. (2012). Define and rule: Native as political identity. U.S.A: Harvard University Press.

Journal Articles

Colfer, C. (2015). Creating Religious Place in Ireland: Hindu public places of Worship and the Indian sculpture park. Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions Vol.2 (1), pp. 24-46.

Okonkwo, I. E., & Akhogba, A. E. (2013). Uche Okeke as a precursor of contemporary Nigerian Art Education. AFRREV IJAH: An International Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2(3), pp. 53-67.

Chapter in Books

Ogbechie, S. (2002). Ben Enwonwu, Zarianist Aesthetics and the Post-Colonial Criticism of Modern Nigerian Art. In: The Triumph of a Vision: An Anthology on Uche Okekeand Modern Art in Nigeria, London: Pendulum Art Gallery, pp. 247.

Babalola, D.O. (2009). Zaria Art School: A Brief History. In: Buhari, J., Simon, O. I., Caleb, S. and Lamidi, L., Zaria Art School 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Abuja: National Gallery of Art, p. 125-126.

Theses/Dissertations

Filani, T. O. (2003). Classroom Teachers' Beliefs about Curriculum Paradigms in Art Education. (PhD Thesis), University of Missouri.

Nasidi, N. A. (2021). A Contextual Analysis of Sufi Saint Paintings in Kano, Nigeria. (A PhD Thesis), Department of Fine Art. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.