Editorial Po~icy
           UTAFITI.is a journal of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of the
  ,University of Dar es Salaam, devoted to articles and research information on
   Thnzania and East Africa primarily, and on dev.elopments in the Third World
   and elsewhere in generaL                      .'
           Our subject is to explain what takes place in our environment, why and
   how, the achievements and problems in various development efforts, and researc}l
   insights into possible problem-solving alternatives.                         '
           UTAF!TI cuts across disciplinary boundaries and we would rather not be
   bound by the narrow confines of disciplines. We thus have had articles on themes
    and topics in g~ography, history, economics, technology, education, develop-
    ment planning, social administration, literatUI:e, statistics, law, to mention only
   'a few: People of different ideological stand-points have had occasion to argue
 • out their positions and cases; l:!,ndwe do welcome sllch healthy debates. Natur~
. ally,.the journal has tended to lean towards,the socialist line of approach, but.
    even within that approach, there is no monolithic control of1deas and interpre-
    tations ...
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    Iaformationto       Authors:
         . Articles should be double' spaced and not more than 5,000 Words. In the
    body of the text all paragraphs should be indented by five spaces and all quota- .~
    tions lon,.$er than 1 Yz lines, and not in c.ontinuous text should be indented ten
    spaces. <.)uotations in contipuous text should be in double quotation marks.
    Avoid more than1hree types of headings and subheadings. Thbles, charts,graphs,
    and maps should 'be placed. gn separat(f pages and should preferably be sent in
    original. or camera-ready cppy,suitable          for offs~t ~roduction.,          •• :
            All footnotes and references should be numberea consecutively through-
    out the article and Q.laced at th~ end of the article. Presentation of notesand/or
    bibliography must be standardised as follows:                            .
    for books:
          .author";' name and initials;-title (underlined); place of publication; pub~
    lisher; year of publication; page references (for notes);             ' ..    ,-       -
    for articles:
            author's liame and initials; article title in double quotation marks; journal,
    title (underlined); volume and issue number, date; page references .
       . The author is requested to send at least two copies of the article .
           .Articles are published after the decision of the Editorial Board, although
    the inclusion of any: article does not indicate the Board's approval of the views
    expressed therein.
     ,      10 offprints of e~h article and a complimentary copy of the issue will be ,
     supplied to the author' ...                    "                ...           '