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Carren Ginsburg, University of the Witwatersrand; Chantel Pheiffer, UMass Boston; Mark A. Collinson, University of the Witwatersrand, and Michael White, Brown University

Damilola Peter Olatade, Lagos State University

Thendo Mutshekwa, Rhodes University; Lubabalo Mofu, National Research Foundation, and Samuel N. Motitsoe, University of the Witwatersrand

Rehana Cassim, University of South Africa

Alba du Toit, University of the Free State and Faith Matiza Ruzengwe, University of the Free State

Giulio Lucarini, National Research Council (CNR); Cyprian Broodbank, University of Cambridge, and Toby C. Wilkinson, University of Cambridge

Zoe Groves, University of Leicester; Anusa Daimon; Henry Dee, and Julie Weise, University of Oregon

Marinei Herselman, University of Fort Hare

Arthur Shirichena, University of Manchester

Jerome Loveland, University of the Witwatersrand

Anneleen van der Meer, Leiden University

Jack Swab, University of Tennessee and Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee

Petra Holden, University of Cape Town; Cherié Janine Forbes, University of Cape Town; Gerald Ngoma, University of Cape Town, and Martine Visser, University of Cape Town

Marin Cvitanovic, Bournemouth University; Jack Olley; Laura Bunt-MacRury, University of Glasgow, and Tilak Ginige, Bournemouth University

De Wet Swanepoel, University of Pretoria

Hossein Bonakdari, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Kamaldeen O L Omosanya, University of the Western Cape

Angela van der Berg, University of the Western Cape

Obasanjo Bolarinwa, York St John University and Abdul-Aziz Seidu, James Cook University

Felix Dube, University of Venda

Jia B. Kangbai, Njala University

Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town; Amelia Clarke, University of Waterloo; Domenico Dentoni, Montpellier Business School; Frank de Bakker, IÉSEG School of Management, and Martina Linnenluecke, University of Technology Sydney

Anneleen van der Meer, Leiden University

John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University

Abdoulaye Ndiaye, New York University

Oyewale Tomori, Nigerian Academy of Science

Suleman Lazarus, London School of Economics and Political Science

Tamsin Bradley, University of Portsmouth

Nancy L Clark, Louisiana State University and William H. Worger, University of California, Los Angeles

Stewart Maganga, Nelson Mandela University

Jonathan Munemo, Salisbury University

Malizgani Paul Chavula, University of Zambia and Cosmas Zyambo, University of Zambia

Davies Tsikayi, University of the Witwatersrand

Lars Buur, Roskilde University

Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria; Ana Saggioro Garcia, PUC-Rio; Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ); Kennedy Mbeva, University of Cambridge, and Sandy Africa, University of Pretoria

Glen Nwaila, University of the Witwatersrand and Grant Bybee

Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria

Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria

Karin Barber, University of Birmingham

Maurizio Esposito La Rossa, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)

Mathew Tembo, Copperbelt University

Grace Khunou, University of South Africa

Christian Ungruhe, University of Passau

Mahfoud Amara, Qatar University

Cathy Wilcock, University of Manchester

Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Harvard University

Markus Engstler, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg and Daniel Masiga, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

Robyn Tyler, University of the Western Cape

Kevin Winter, University of Cape Town

Bomikazi Zeka, University of Canberra and Raechel Johns, University of Canberra

Lewis C. E. Mason, Kingston University

Ahmed Elbediwy, Kingston University and Nadine Wehida, Kingston University

Hoani Smith, Lincoln University, New Zealand and Conrad Goodhew, University of Canterbury

Phoebe S. Moore, UMass Chan Medical School; Megan Kelly, UMass Chan Medical School, and Yael Dvir, UMass Chan Medical School

Salah Ben Hammou, Rice University

Sougueh Cheik, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)

Yap Boum, Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Marie Roseline Belizaire, Universidad de Alcalá

Thierry Vircoulon, Université Paris Cité