The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (JHSS), formally called Journal of Education, Humanities and Sciences (JEHS), was established by the Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) in 2012. In the year 2022, JHSS established the new scope to enhance the journal’s competitive edge. The journal is published biennially and accepts manuscripts from traditional areas of humanities, social sciences, and multidisciplinary disciplines in humanities and social sciences. It accepts contributions from the fields of anthropology, archaeology, development studies, economics, ethnographic accounts, gender issues, human geography, history, language in education, language in education and linguistics, literature and literary studies, philosophy, political science, public administration, and sociology. The journal also seeks to publish high-quality creations and innovations of the theoretical frameworks in the disciplines mentioned.
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Current Issue: Volume 14, Number 2 (2025) Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology
Ethnobotanical Surveys and Morphological Analysis of Medicinal Plant Names in Lɔ́mɔngo (Lomongo) C60 at the Elandisha Mavaolo Protected Area in Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Jean-Baptiste Grodya Musafiri, Jean-Bosco Njango Ngonda, Reddy Shutcha Ehata, Charles Kumbatulu Sita, Chrispina Alphonce, and Helene B. Mavar Manga Sodila
Decoding Omens from Animal Calls and Sightings: An Ethnozoolinguistic Study among the Iraqw of Tanzania
Chrispina Alphonce
What is in a Plant Name? A Semantic Analysis of Indigenous Plant Names among the Yao of Southern Tanzania
Julius John Taji
Morphological and Semantic Analysis of Plant Names Attested in Hehe Language in Tanzania
Onesmo Simon Nyinondi
Investigating the Relationship between Noun Classes and Plant Folk Taxonomy in Chasu Language of Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania
Peter Rabson Mziray
Mozambican Languages and their Role in Indigenous Ecological Knowledge Preservation: The Case of Medicinal Plants in Anyungwe Community
Crisófia Langa da Câmara and Amani Lusekelo
Editors
- Chief Editor
- Prof. William A. L. Anangisye
- Associate Chief Editors
- Prof. Amani Lusekelo
- Associate Chief Editors
- Prof. Edwin Ernest Babeiya