
Aïdas Sanogo
Lecturer, Centre Universitaire de Manga

Aghi Bahi
Professor, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Akin Iwilade
Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

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

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

Alida Furaha Umutoni
Lecturer, University of Rwanda

Amal Adel Abdrabo
Lecturer, Alexandria University

Amy Niang
Associate Professor, The Africa Institute

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

Antonádia Borges
Associate Professor, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

Artwell Nhemachena
Associate Professor, University of Namibia

Asanda Benya
Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town

Ato Kwamena Onoma
Senior Programme Officer and Head of Research, CODESRIA

Awino Okech
Associate Professor, SOAS University of London

Basile Ndjio
Associate Professor, University of Douala

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

Carli Coetzee
Editor, Journal of African Cultural Studies

Cassandra Mark-Thiesen
Junior Research Group Leader, University of Bayreuth

Chambi Chachage
Assistant Professor, Carleton University

Cheikh Thiam
Professor and Dean, School for International Training

Chenai Chair
Special Advisor for Africa Innovation, Mozilla Foundation

Chirley Mendes
Adjunct Professor, Federal University of Goiás/UFG

Christopher Ouma
Associate Professor, University of Cape Town

Colleen Tiny Neo Diswai
Deputy Permanent Secretary, Botswana Ministry of Agricultural Development & Food Security

Deborah Atobrah
Senior Research Fellow, University of Ghana

Divine Fuh
Director, HUMA

Esther Karin Mngodo
Founder, Umbu Online Women's Literary Magazine in Kiswahili

Euclides Gonçalves
Co-founder and researcher, Kaleidoscopio

Faisal Garba
Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town

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

Fonteh Akum
Executive Director, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

Francis Nyamnjoh
Professor, University of Cape Town

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

Gina Ziervogel
Associate Professor, University of Cape Town

Godisang Mookodi
Senior Lecturer, University of Botswana

Grace Musila
Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand

Hanane Essaydi
Professor, Cadi Ayyad University

Henri-Michel Yéré
Lecturer, University of Basel

Iacy Maia Mata
Professor, Federal University of Bahia

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

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

James Ogude
Professor, University of Pretoria

Janet Ngombalu
Regional Programmes Coordinator, Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC)

Jessica Horn
Feminist activist, strategist and writer

Jordanna Matlon
Assistant Professor, American University

Jude Fokwang
Associate Professor, Regis University

Kathryn Toure
Regional Director, IDRC Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa

Khwezi Mkhize
Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand

Koyo Kouoh
Executive Director and Chief Curator, Zeitz MOCAA

Kwaku Arhin-Sam
Executive Director, Friedensau Institute for Evaluation (FIFE)

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

Lauren Paremoer
Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town

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

Mame Penda Ba
Professor, Gaston Berger University

Mamokgethi Phakeng
Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town

Marcelo C. Rosa
Professor, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

Maxine Kamari Clarke
Adjunct Professor, University of California Los Angeles and Distinguished Professor, University of Toronto

Minna Salami
Journalist and Writer, Miss Afropolitan

Mohamed Jouili
Professor, University of Manouba

Moses Khisa
Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University

Nana Darkoa Sekyiama
Writer and Blogger

Nanjala Nyabola
Independent Writer and Thinker, Nanjala Writes

Njoki Wamai
Assistant Professor, United States International University-Africa

Nomusa Makhubu
Associate Professor, University of Cape Town

Olufunmilayo Arewa
Professor, Temple University

Patience Mususa
Senior Researcher, Nordic Africa Institute

Patricia Kingori
Professor, University of Oxford

Patricia Nying’uro
AGNES negotiator and IPCC National Focal Point

Pfungwa M. Nyamukachi
Strategic Partnerships & Stakeholder Relations, The Conversation Africa

Primus Tazanu
Senior Guest Researcher, University of Copenhagen

Raga Makawi
Principal Editor, African Arguments

Rama Salla Dieng
Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

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

Rogers Orock
Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand

S.N. Nyeck
VHC/Emory School of Law, University of Colorado Boulder

Sabelo Mcinziba
Independent Researcher

Sadio Ba Gning
Lecturer, Gaston Berger University

Sandra Manuel
Associate Professor, Eduardo Mondlane University

Sandra Tamele
Executive Director, Editora Trinta Zero Nove

Serawit B. Debele
Junior Research Group Leader, University of Bayreuth

Sheriff Bojang Jr.
Freelance Journalist

Shose Kessi
Dean: Faculty of Humanities, University of Cape Town

Simukai Chigudu
Associate Professor, University of Oxford

Tamara Enomoto
Professor, Meiji University

Timnit Gebru
Executive Director, DAIR Institute

Toussaint Kafarhire
Professor, Loyola University of Congo and Vice-President ASAA

Ukhona Ntsali Mlandu
Director, Greatmore Studios

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

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

Walter Gam Nkwi
Associate Professor, Leiden University

Yolande Bouka
Assistant Professor, Queen’s University