Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions ISSN: 2276-8386, 2408-5987

Editorial Board (General)

• Prof. Jonathan O. Chimakonam, University of Pretoria, Editor-in- Chief
• Dr. Pius M. Mosima University of Bamenda, Cameroon Assoc. Editor (French)
• Dr. Idom T. Inyabri, University of Calabar, Assoc. Editor (English)
• Dr. Ada Agada, The CSP, Copy Editor I
• Dr. Aribiah Attoe, Wits University, Copy Editor II
• Dr. Bernard Matolino, University of Pretoria, Member
• Dr. L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya, The CSP, Member
• Dr. Segun T Samuel, University of Johannesburg, Member

Editorial Consultants

• Professor Innocent Asouzu, University of Calabar, Nigeria
• Professor Oladele Balogun, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria
• Professor Apollos Nwauwa, Bowling Green State University, USA
• Professor Olatunji Oyeshile, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
• Professor Bruce Janz, University of Central Florida, USA
• Professor Uduma O. Uduma, Ebonyi State University, Nigeria
• Professor Fainos Mangena, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
• Professor Louise du’ Toit, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
• Professor Dorothy Oluwagbemi-Jacob, University of Calabar, Nigeria

Editor’s Contact:

The Conversational School of Philosophy (CSP), University of Calabar. Box 3684 Unical Post Office, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

Filosofiatheoretica@unical.edu.ng; csp.info@unical.edu.ng

Aim and Scope

FILOSOFIA THEORETICA was founded by Jonathan O. Chimakonam in May 2010 and the aim is to make it a world class academic journal with a global brand that thrives on standard, quality and originality, promoting and sustaining conversational orientation in African Philosophy. The journal’s scope is African studies, specifically the areas of African philosophy, African history, African culture and African religions. It is published quarterly in both print and online editions with separate ISSN. It is archived by Ajol, South Africa.

Editorial/Review Process

This journal operates three layers of review, one editorial review and a double-blind peer-review process, where two anonymous reviewers review anonymised manuscripts. Authors should expect the Editor to reach (and inform them of) a decision, including recommending corrections, if any, or acceptance/rejection of any manuscript within three months of receipt. It is important to note that Editors are not committed to the views expressed in articles. Authors must take the time to proofread their works. Poorly written and incoherent articles would be summarily rejected during Editorial review. Where an editor judges a manuscript to be of high quality after editorial review, one blind review only may be carried out. Only manuscripts that meet the required standard would move on to the peer review stage.

Authorship/co-authorship Criteria

An author is one who produced a manuscript following all standards of manuscript production involving referencing, citations, quotations, consultations, interviews, reviews, discussions, argumentations, articulation, speculation, critical engagement, etc. Such a person would be able to claim originality to the work and must have not plagiarised another author. A co-author is one who has participated in a research and produced a work following all standards of research.

Publication Ethics Statement

The journal strongly opposes all forms of publication malpractices and complies with the code of ethical publishing as set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics. This involves manuscript submission, processing, publications, and issues concerning conflict of interest, etc.

Authors are required to declare any and all possible conflict of interest/competing interests cases. Complaints, allegations and appeals are handled deftly by given all parties a chance to present their case and supporting evidence, before a decision is made by the editorial board. All complaints and appeals are to be sent to info@cspafrica.org. The journal policies on data sharing and reproducibility is in line with the current COPI Act on publishing. The journal also asserts and maintains author intellectual property rights to their essays. Journal’s option for post-publication discussions, corrections and ethical oversights is a peaceful discussion until consensus is arrived at. This may be carried out through email exchanges or Zoom meetings, where necessary. All ethical and malpractice cases are to be reported to the journal at info@cspafrica.org.  Issues concerning corrections and post-publication discussions are to be channelled to the publishing editor at admin@cspafrica.org.  

Plagiarism Policy

Manuscripts submitted to this journal are subjected to routine plagiarism screening using the Grammarly software. An acceptable percentage is below 10% but should ideally be less than 5 %. Authors should submit an anonymised version of their article as well as a separate title page that includes the title of their article, their names, email address, ORCID number, University affiliation, in that order.

Statement of Peer Review

Articles submitted to this journal are subjected to external double, and in rare cases, single blind review following a satisfactory single internal editorial review. Authors should submit an anonymised version of their article as well as a separate title page that includes the title of their article, their names, email address, ORCID number, University affiliation, in that order.

Copyright terms/Licensing Terms

Filosofia Theoretica retains copyright to all articles published. No one may reuse, copy or distribute the material published by this journal in any medium or format without prior permission by the Editor of the Journal.

Article Processing/Publication Charges

Filosofia Theoretica does not charge any fees for article processing or publication.

Indexing Information:

Filosofia Theoretica is abstracted/indexed in SCOPUS, EBSCO Humanities Source, Scimago, Philosopher’s Index, AJOL, Google Scholar, OCLC Worldcat, Archive.org, Scribd, SABINET, The African Journal Archive (AJA), African Digital Repository, Academia.edu, AfricaBib, Stanford.edu, EBSCO Database, Black Studies Center Index, Ovid, ProQuest, JournalTOCs, etc.

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