USA Africa Dialogue Series - Is this Journal Predatory?

I know three of the members of the Editorial Board and I believe they are serious young scholars; now after reading our raging debate on 'predatory journals', I would like to get a fair assessment of the journal given that they say this:

"Authors of accepted paper shall pay a processing fee of N10, 000 (ten thousand naira only). Or $ 50"

By the way, at the risk of biasing responses, let me ask: If many African journals lack resources/subscriptions, why not charge a fee that will enable editors to publish journals of high quality, both in terms of their form and contents?

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From: Tunde Oseni <tundeoseni@gmail.com>
To: USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 5:50 PM
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Call for Papers: AJPS

African Journal of Politics & Society (AJPS): Call for Papers

 

AJPS is a quarterly online publication of the African Democracy Network (ADN). It is intended for African and Africanist scholars. It is accessible via a specialized website and linked with e-platforms, including Academia.edu and Googlescholar, making it globally visible and impactful. Its primary objective is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas across disciplines and academic orientations in the social sciences and humanities, especially studies with focus on African conditions.

 

Editorial Board

Dr. Tunde Oseni (Nigeria) Dr. Mary Poche (Tanzania)

 Dr. Jimmy Ssentongo (Uganda), Godfrey Eloho (Liberia)

Thabani Mkhize (South Africa)

 

SUBMITTED MAUNSRCIPTS SHOULD CONTAIN:

(1)  A short, informative title

(2)Author (s) name (s) and affiliations

      (3)An abstract of about 100 words

      (4)The main of about 5000 words should include all elements, abstracts, references

(5)              Charts and figures should be created electronically, if not each chart or figure should be submitted on clean sheets, data used to create the figure should be submitted with each figure; tables should be typed and placed at the end of the paper

     (6)  A list of references in alphabetical order

      (7) Short biographical sketch about each author.

 

AJPS REFEFERNCE STYLE

References are listed in the text (author, date: page); the list of references is alphabetized. The AJPS prefers the APA style.

 

Authors of accepted paper shall pay a processing fee of N10, 000 (ten thousand naira only). Or $ 50

ALL CORRESPONDENCE

Dr Tunde Oseni,

Editor-in-chief, AJPS & Ag. Head, Department of Politics & IR

Lead City University,

Ibadan, Nigeria

tundeoseni@gmail.com   ajpsquarterly@gmail.com Tel: +234 8161198400

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Dr Tunde Oseni
Ag. Head, Department of Politics & IR
Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
http://ng.linkedin.com/in/tundeoseni

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