Please read these guidelines carefully before submitting your submission. If you have any questions concerning these guidelines, please contact the Editor at editor@mojaafrica.net

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Journal

The MOJA Journal of Adult Education was launched in May 2022 following the establishment of the MOJA Digital Platform in April 2021. It is published once a year; each issue is dedicated to one major theme. The Journal is published in English and French and distributed in Africa and internationally. The Journal is mainly online with a small print-run. The Journal is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. It is free of charge and downloadable from the MOJA platform.

Who reads the Journal?

The Journal reaches a wide readership, including adult education practitioners working at all levels of adult education systems in Africa, with interests in facilitation, organisation, and/or administration. Its audience also includes policy- and opinion-makers, as well as researchers and specialists in adult education and related fields such as peace education, health, citizenship, agriculture and community development. The Journal promotes the multidisciplinary and multisectoral nature of adult learning and education in Africa.

SUBMISSIONS

Guidelines

• Submissions should be between 1000-2500 words (exceptions will be made for poetry).
• Submissions should be original, not AI-generated*, and not previously published.
• Writing should be in engaging, accessible language suitable for a broad audience.
• Submissions should be in an editable Word document format.
• In keeping with the non-academic nature of the Journal, referencing should be limited to SIX references (list at end). Please use APA 7 (numerous websites provide examples, such as PURDUE OWL). Endnotes should be used to explain terms, etc. and to provide examples of where further information can be sought.
• All submissions should be related to the role of adult learning and education.
• Relevant, quality photographs/images with captions should accompany the submission. If you use images from a publicly available source, please make sure that the image’s source is mentioned. Only photographs with informed consent will be accepted into the Journal. It is the responsibility of the writer to record consent and to make it available if required. This does not include photographs that are in the public domain (still cite the source). Images from free websites can also be used (cite the source). All images should be high resolution.
• The selected submissions will be published online and in print.

*AI can be used for certain functions like grammar and spelling checks.

Abstracts are to be submitted on or before 2 March 2026 (please see CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS).

Please send your submission by email to the Editor at editor@mojaafrica.net

Publisher’s rights

The Publisher, MOJA, reserves the right to edit all submissions for style, structure, length, consistency and clarity. In addition, the final title of the published submission, subheadings, photographs and other visuals, can be changed by the Editor/Publisher. We will send an edited version of the submission back to you before publishing. You have the right to refuse permission for publishing your submission if you do not agree with the revisions carried out. In this case, you have to indicate your refusal not later than one week after you receive the final version. Otherwise we will assume that you agree with publishing your submission.

MOJA reserves all rights for publication (print, internet, electronic media) for all texts and images. These rights include the right to reproduce your work and the right to authorise others to reprint submissions in the form in which they appeared in the Journal and to authorise posting submissions on websites in the form in which they appeared in the Journal. It also includes the right to translate and to publish texts in other languages. The terms of the creative commons license Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) shall apply in addition to these writers’ guidelines with regard to the use of your submission. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details of what this means.

Your personal data will be published with your submission which you consent to. Apart from that, it will not be used for other purposes and it will not be passed on to third parties.

Choice of law and jurisdiction

These writers’ guidelines shall exclusively be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. Each party shall exercise any right hereunder exclusively before the courts in Bonn, Germany.