Global Africa: Journal of African and African Diaspora Studies
Publication Ethics Statement
The journal is committed to upholding the highest standards of academic integrity, ethical scholarship, and responsible publishing. All manuscripts submitted to the journal must be original works that make a genuine scholarly contribution to knowledge. Authors are expected to conduct and report their research honestly, accurately, and transparently. The journal maintains a strict policy against plagiarism in all its forms, including direct copying, improper paraphrasing, self-plagiarism, and the unauthorized use of another person's ideas, data, or intellectual work. Submitted manuscripts may be screened using plagiarism-detection software as part of the editorial review process. Manuscripts found to contain plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct will be rejected. The journal recognizes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may assist authors with language-related tasks, such as correcting grammar, improving clarity, enhancing style, or formatting manuscripts. However, AI tools may not be used to generate the substantive intellectual content of a manuscript, including its original arguments, analyses, interpretations, findings, or conclusions. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of all content submitted for publication. All manuscripts submitted for publication must be prepared in accordance with the Chicago Style Manual, not parenthetical (in-text) referencing format. Authors who submit manuscripts affirm that their work complies with the journal's ethical standards. Any breaches of publication ethics identified before or after publication may result in rejection, correction, retraction, or other appropriate editorial action.