Thanks and Gratitude

All topics covered and the future of the continent.

Ifedoyin Shotunde: Visual Artist and Sculptor

The rise of democracy, the evolution of tyranny and the nature of coups, the structural adjustment programs, and the intellectual, economic, and political transformations.

Nic Cheeseman: Department of International Development, University of Birmingham.

Nicole Beardsworth: Department of Political Science, University of Pretoria.

Miles Larmer: Department of History, University of Oxford.

United Nations and Africa, the role of Africans, the shifting narrative of Africa within these organisations.

Sacha Hepburn: Department of History, Birkbeck University of London.

Marie Huber: Department of History, Humboldt University of Berlin.

Nicole Beardsworth: Department of Political Science, University of Pretoria.

The international nature of the resistance, uMkhonto we sizwe, the utilization of global organisations for the struggle.

Brendon Nichols: School of English, University of Leeds.

Nicole Beardsworth: Department of Political Science, University of Pretoria.

Tamikar Sankar: Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics.

From Nasser to Sadat, the first Arab state to recognize Israel is African, and the role of the continent in the machinations of the Middle East

Yotam Gidron: Department of History, Durham University

Amina El-Abed: Managing Partner, Impart Peace

The battle of ideologies, the role of Africans in the push and pull during the cold war, coup d'etats, civil wars and revolutions.

Olayinka Ajala: Department of Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University.

Tinuke Adigun: School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Marie Huber: Department of History, Humboldt University of Berlin.

The role of literature, the conference, the impact of writing on society, the adoption of English, French, Portuguese as the educational languages of the new African states

Brendon Nichols: School of English, University of Leeds

James Currey: Editor of The African Writers Series at Heinemann (1967 - 1984)

Mugabi Byenkya: Author of Dear Philomena

The creation of the OAU and the emergence of new African states on the world stage.

Adom Getachew: Department of Political Science, University of Chicago.

Birth of Pan-Africanism, Marcus Garvey, The Fifth Pan-African conference in Manchester, formation of political parties, and the brutal struggles.

Hakim Adi: Department of History, University of Chichester.