Editorial

Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, vol. 43, pp. 1

Abstract

On behalf of the Editorial Board, the Executive Committee and the Publishers of JALL and on my own behalf, I wish to express our immense gratitude to Azeb Amha who served as Co-Editor of JALL with great enthusiasm, dedication and a high sense of duty and professionalism, from 2005 to 2021.I would also like to thank the long line of Editorial Assistants who have worked with us over the years.The last one was Nina van der Vlugt.For the past three years Nina van der Vlugt has helped to keep JALL moving including during the height of the pandemic.Thank you!I wish both Azeb and Nina all the best in their endeavours.It is hoped that in the latter part of the year, 2022, a new Editorial Team would be in place to continue to steer the affairs of JALL to greater heights.We also express our indebtedness to several researchers who continue to assist us in reviewing submissions.This is an essential and important task in the publication of research output, but which is not appropriately rewarded.Thank you for your support and for helping us to maintain the high standard of scholarship in African linguistics that JALL represents.JALL will continue its mission (see Volume 1 1979) to publish articles that contain "new data, analyses or interpretations" of African languages, and "add significantly to our knowledge of the languages and linguistic phenomena being treated".We also welcome articles that raise new questions and extend the frontiers of current research in African languages and linguistics.I would like to remind our cherished authors to follow as close as possible our style guidelines in preparing their manuscripts.This saves the Editorial Team some work at the copy-editing phase.Thus, all linguistic examples should appear in bold, and

Authors 1

1. Felix K. Ameka corresponding Aachen

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University Centre for Linguistics , PB 9515, 2300 RA Leiden , The Netherlands