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1. INTRODUCTION                                                                                

This document and the styles in it have been prepared to assist authors in formatting their manuscripts for submission to the publication of Journal of Dagaare Studies (JDS). JDS strives to publish high quality peer-reviewed research articles in various areas of the Arts and Sciences that bear on the language, culture, history, and society of the Dagaaba of West Africa. The editorial board also encourages shorter contributions in the form of thesis proposals, dissertation abstracts, book reviews, poems, short stories, riddles, and reports of economic, scientific and technological developments that have direct bearing on the Dagaaba and their neighbours. This document (sent as an attachment) contains descriptions of the styles as well as suggestions about how to format your paper. If you have questions, please contact Adams Bodomo at the following address:

abbodomo at hku dot hk

The best way to use this attachment file is to save a copy of it under a different name and either paste or enter your text directly into the new document. We ask that you use 12 point Times or Times New Roman font for formatting the main text of your document. If you are not using Windows 95 (English version) Microsoft Word 7.0, then please use this as a visual aid to assure that your final document and formatting efforts closely resemble this file.

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2. FIRST PAGE

           The first page of your paper should appear as follows:

TITLE OF YOUR PAPER

Author Name(s)

Affiliation(s)

Abstract

Please provide an abstract of about 200 words here. If you have any acknowledgement footnote, place it at the end of this abstract, keyed with an asterisk.^*

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3. TYPESTYLES

In general, make the appearance of the manuscript as simple as possible. Avoid desktop publishing effects. Use italics for cited linguistic forms and examples in the text. Use boldface or underlined for emphasized material within indented examples or italicized cited forms.

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The words in this paragraph is to show how long quotations should be indented

and spaced. Such quotations should be indented on both left and right margins

     with single line spacing so as to separate them from the main text.

Ellipsis is indicated by three dots, close set, with a blank space before and after, like ... this. Add a fourth dot if the ellipsis is at the end of a sentence. Use a comma before the last member of a series of three or more coordinate elements: A, B, and C;  X, Y, or Z. Do not use a comma after the expressions e.g. and i.e.

5. CITATIONS IN THE TEXT

Within the text, give only a brief citation in parentheses consisting of the author’s surname, the year of publication, and page number(s) where relevant: (Nakuma 1989) or (Kuuwaabong 1991: 75-6). If a cited publication has more than two authors, use the surname of the first author, followed by et al. If the author’s name is part of the text, then use this form: Sobiesuo (1989: 167) comments ....

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6. FOOTNOTES

The use of footnotes as opposed to endnotes is strongly encouraged. Footnotes are to appear at the bottom of the page but not violating the margin requirements. They should be numbered serially throughout the manuscript. The footnote reference number in the body of the text is a superscript numeral following the work or passage to which it applies; it is not enclosed in parentheses, and is not followed by parentheses or a period. Place footnote numbers at the ends of sentences wherever possible, after all punctuation marks.

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7. EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Type each numbered example on a separate indented line with the number in parentheses; indent after the number; use lowercase letters to group sets of related items:

(1)     a.  Down the hill rolled the baby carriage.

          b.  Out of the house strolled my mother's best friend.

In the text, refer to numbered items as (1), (2a), (3a)-(3c), etc.

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8. GLOSSSES AND TRANSLATIONS OF EXAMPLES

Examples of words and sentences not in English must be romanized, translated or glossed as appropriate. Sometimes both a translation and a word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme gloss are appropriate.

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9. HEADINGS

Use the same font size as the body of the text for all titles and headings. Do not use more than two levels of headings, e.g. 1 or  2.3, but not 3.2.4.

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10. RFERENCES                                                                                   back to menu

At the end of the manuscript, provide a full bibliography, double spaced, beginning on a separate page with the heading REFERENCES. Arrange the entries alphabetically by surnames of authors, with each entry as a separate hanging indented paragraph. List multiple works by the same author in ascending chronological order. Use suffixed letters a, b, c, etc. to distinguish more than one item published by a single author in the same year. Do not replace given names with initial unless the person normally uses initials.

Each entry should contain the following elements in the order and punctuation given: (first) Author’s surname, Given name(s) or Initial(s). Given name and surname of other authors. year of publication. Full title and subtitle of the work. Place of publication: Publisher.

Please use the style for capitalization, punctuation, and order of elements in the following examples (see The Chicago Manual of Style):

REFERENCES:

Bodomo, A. B. 1997. Linguistic relativity in the light of Mabia temporal systems: Evidence from Dagaare  and Dagbane. In Cahiers Voltaiques / Gur Papers I, 95 - 103.

Dapila, Fabian N.1995. Inculturation and Ancestor Veneration: The Case of  the Dagaaba Catholic. Unpublished Ph.D dissertation submitted to the University of Ottawa, Ottawa.

Der, G.B. 1980. "God and Sacrifice in the Traditional Religions of the Kasena and Dagaaba of Northern  Ghana". JOURNAL OF RELIGION IN AFRICA 11, 172-187

Dery, Peter P. 1979. "The coming of the Christian Faith to the Upper West". In: V. Gregoire  (ed.) That    They may have life: An Account of Activities of the Church in North-West Ghana 1929-1979. Wa, Ghana: Wa Catholic Press.   

Kuwabong, Dannabang. 1992. Naa Konga and other Dagaaba Folktales. Accra,   Ghana: Woeli  Publishing Services.    

Nakuma, Constancio K. 1998. Phonie et graphie tonale du dagaare: langue voltaique du Ghana. Paris,  France: L'Harmattan.          

Sobiesuo, A. 1996. "Africa as Metaphor and Parodic Frame in Luis Goytisolo's Trilogy."  Confluencia. Revista Hispanica de Cultura y Literatura, 12: 178-186.

Yelpaala, K. 1992. "Western anthropological concepts in stateless societies: A retrospective and introspective look at the Dagaaba". Dialectical Anthropology 17 (4): 413 - 430.