Autor: Enocent Msindo

Susan Arndt holds a Ph D in African Literature from Humboldt University, Berlin.  She served as co-founding director of the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies. She has published widely  on intertextuality, intersectionality and critical race studies, focussing on British and anglophone African Literatures.  Yacouba Banhoro holds a Ph D in African History at the University of Hamburg in Germany in 2005. He is Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the University Joseph Ki-Zerbo of Ouagadougou. He has several publications on the history of Health and Diseases in Africa. He is the Director of the Joseph Ki-Zerbo University’s African Cluster which is part of the African Multiple, a scientific cooperation program between the University of Bayreuth and 4 African Universities. Taibat Lawanson holds a Ph D in Urban and Regional Planning from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. She is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Co-Director of the Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. She is an urban development specialist whose research focuses on the interface of social complexities, urban realities and the pursuit of spatial justice in Africa.  Enocent Msindo obtained a Ph D in African History from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.  He is currently the Dean of Humanities at Rhodes University, South Africa. He is a social and political historian who has published widely on issues of Ethnicity; information policy; and other aspects of African history. Peter Simatei is a Professor of Comparative Literature at Moi University, Kenya. He has a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Bayreuth, Germany. He works in the broad fields of postcolonial studies, Anglophone literature, and Diaspora studies. He has published widely in the area.