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Aïdas Sanogo

Lecturer, Centre Universitaire de Manga

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Aghi Bahi

Professor, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny

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Akin Iwilade

Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

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Akosua Adomako Ampofo

Professor, University of Ghana and President, African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA)

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Alexie Tcheuyap

Professor and Associate Vice-President and Vice Provost, International Student Experience, University of Toronto

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Alida Furaha Umutoni

Lecturer, University of Rwanda

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Amal Adel Abdrabo

Lecturer, Alexandria University

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Amy Niang

Associate Professor, The Africa Institute

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Angelo Fick

Director of Research, Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute (ASRI)

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Antonádia Borges

Associate Professor, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

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Artwell Nhemachena

Associate Professor, University of Namibia

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Asanda Benya

Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town

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Ato Kwamena Onoma

Senior Programme Officer and Head of Research, CODESRIA

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Awino Okech

Associate Professor, SOAS University of London

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Basile Ndjio

Associate Professor, University of Douala

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Besi Brillian Muhonja

Associate Vice Provost for Scholarship and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality and African American, and Diaspora Studies, James Madison University

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Carli Coetzee

Editor, Journal of African Cultural Studies

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Cassandra Mark-Thiesen

Junior Research Group Leader, University of Bayreuth

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Chambi Chachage

Assistant Professor, Carleton University

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Cheikh Thiam

Professor and Dean, School for International Training

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Chenai Chair

Special Advisor for Africa Innovation, Mozilla Foundation

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Chirley Mendes

Adjunct Professor, Federal University of Goiás/UFG

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Christopher Ouma

Associate Professor, University of Cape Town

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Colleen Tiny Neo Diswai

Deputy Permanent Secretary, Botswana Ministry of Agricultural Development & Food Security

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Deborah Atobrah

Senior Research Fellow, University of Ghana

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Divine Fuh

Director, HUMA

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Esther Karin Mngodo

Founder, Umbu Online Women's Literary Magazine in Kiswahili

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Euclides Gonçalves

Co-founder and researcher, Kaleidoscopio

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Faisal Garba

Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town

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Fanny Chabrol

Research fellow, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development Research (IRD)

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Fonteh Akum

Executive Director, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

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Francis Nyamnjoh

Professor, University of Cape Town

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Georgina Kemp

Senior Program Specialist: Climate Resilience, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

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Gina Ziervogel

Associate Professor, University of Cape Town

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Godisang Mookodi

Senior Lecturer, University of Botswana

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Grace Musila

Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand

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Hanane Essaydi

Professor, Cadi Ayyad University

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Henri-Michel Yéré

Lecturer, University of Basel

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Iacy Maia Mata

Professor, Federal University of Bahia

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Ibidun Adelekan

Professor, University of Ibadan and co-ordinating lead author: Africa chapter of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report

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Ignasio Malizani Jimu

Head of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practice, Malawi University of Science and Technology

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James Ogude

Professor, University of Pretoria

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Janet Ngombalu

Regional Programmes Coordinator, Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC)

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Jessica Horn

Feminist activist, strategist and writer

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Jordanna Matlon

Assistant Professor, American University

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Jude Fokwang

Associate Professor, Regis University

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Kathryn Toure

Regional Director, IDRC Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa

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Khwezi Mkhize

Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand

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Koyo Kouoh

Executive Director and Chief Curator, Zeitz MOCAA

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Kwaku Arhin-Sam

Executive Director, Friedensau Institute for Evaluation (FIFE)

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Lara Foot

CEO and Artistic Director, Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town

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Lauren Paremoer

Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town

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Mamadou Dramé

Directeur du Laboratoire Didactique des Langues et Sciences Humaines (LaDiLaSH), Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar

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Mame Penda Ba

Professor, Gaston Berger University

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Mamokgethi Phakeng

Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town

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Marcelo C. Rosa

Professor, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

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Maxine Kamari Clarke

Adjunct Professor, University of California Los Angeles and Distinguished Professor, University of Toronto

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Minna Salami

Journalist and Writer, Miss Afropolitan

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Mohamed Jouili

Professor, University of Manouba

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Moses Khisa

Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University

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Nana Darkoa Sekyiama

Writer and Blogger

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Nanjala Nyabola

Independent Writer and Thinker, Nanjala Writes

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Njoki Wamai

Assistant Professor, United States International University-Africa

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Nomusa Makhubu

Associate Professor, University of Cape Town

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Olufunmilayo Arewa

Professor, Temple University

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Patience Mususa

Senior Researcher, Nordic Africa Institute

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Patricia Kingori

Professor, University of Oxford

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Patricia Nying’uro

AGNES negotiator and IPCC National Focal Point

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Pfungwa M. Nyamukachi

Strategic Partnerships & Stakeholder Relations, The Conversation Africa

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Primus Tazanu

Senior Guest Researcher, University of Copenhagen

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Raga Makawi

Principal Editor, African Arguments

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Rama Salla Dieng

Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

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Robert Trent Vinson

Director and Chair, Woodson Institute, University of Virginia and Research Associate, Stellenbosch University

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Rogers Orock

Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand

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S.N. Nyeck

VHC/Emory School of Law, University of Colorado Boulder

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Sabelo Mcinziba

Independent Researcher

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Sadio Ba Gning

Lecturer, Gaston Berger University

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Sandra Manuel

Associate Professor, Eduardo Mondlane University

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Sandra Tamele

Executive Director, Editora Trinta Zero Nove

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Serawit B. Debele

Junior Research Group Leader, University of Bayreuth

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Sheriff Bojang Jr.

Freelance Journalist

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Shose Kessi

Dean: Faculty of Humanities, University of Cape Town

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Simukai Chigudu

Associate Professor, University of Oxford

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Tamara Enomoto

Professor, Meiji University

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Timnit Gebru

Executive Director, DAIR Institute

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Toussaint Kafarhire

Professor, Loyola University of Congo and Vice-President ASAA

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Ukhona Ntsali Mlandu

Director, Greatmore Studios

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Unity Dow

MP (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation), Lawyer and Human Rights Activist

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Vera Songwe

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa

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Walter Gam Nkwi

Associate Professor, Leiden University

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Yolande Bouka

Assistant Professor, Queen’s University