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Simon Pooley, FLS, Birkbeck, University of London

Sheila Petty, University of Regina

Nhlanhla Mpofu, University of Notre Dame Australia and Simthembile Xeketwana, Stellenbosch University

Junior Amboko, Florida Atlantic University and Kate Detwiler, Florida Atlantic University

David James Cantor, School of Advanced Study, University of London

Marc Van Goethem, University of Pretoria

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

Tom Shipley, University of Sussex and Ketakandriana Rafitoson, University of Sussex

Bradley A. Mortin, King's College London

Lawrence Nkosikhona Malinga, South African Sugarcane Research Institute; University of KwaZulu-Natal

Craig McGregor, Stellenbosch University

Karin Barber, University of Birmingham

Michael Oluwatosin Bodunrin, University of the Witwatersrand; Abdalrhaman Koko, National Physical Laboratory, and Nihad Omer, Sudan University of Science and Technology

Vidya Diwakar, Institute of Development Studies

Kevin Winter, University of Cape Town

Amanda Bisong, European University Institute

Onyekachi E. Nnabuihe, Caleb University

Nicole Beardsworth, University of the Witwatersrand

Jonathan Munemo, Salisbury University

Tim Forssman, University of Mpumalanga

Lars Buur, Roskilde University

Linton Munyai, University of Limpopo

Carina Venter, Stellenbosch University

Mathew Tembo, Copperbelt University

Tanya Doherty, South African Medical Research Council and Christiane Horwood, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Trevor Hill, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Alistair Clulow, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Anthony Palmer, Rhodes University; Richard Kunz, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Shaeden Gokool, University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Sukhmani Mantel, Rhodes University

Bismark Aha, Nottingham Trent University; Abubakar Sadiq Abass, Middle East Technical University; Philip Kofi Alimo, ENTPE, and Richmond Juvenile Ehwi, Oxford Brookes University

Anselmo Matusse, University of Cape Town

Macharia Munene, United States International University

Emmanuelle Veuillet, University of Juba

Dan Paget, University of Sussex

Sam Jones, United Nations University

Nick Wheelhouse, Edinburgh Napier University

Sabine Lee, University of Birmingham; Heather Tasker, Dalhousie University, and Susan Bartels, Queen's University, Ontario

Justin Visagie, University of the Witwatersrand

Jean-Michel Fustin, University of Manchester

Badri Zolfaghari, University of Cape Town; Mikael Samuelsson, University of Cape Town, and Susanne Nilsson

Adrino Mazenda, University of Pretoria

Martin Magidi, University of Cape Town and Tariro Chivige

Enrico Nichelatti, University of Luxembourg

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

Christian Ungruhe, University of Passau

Mark Tekena, The Rivers State University of Science and Technology

Mahfoud Amara, Qatar University

Grace Khunou, University of South Africa

Cathy Wilcock, University of Manchester

Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Harvard University

Marloes Janson, SOAS, University of London

Joshua Brahinsky, McGill University; Jonas Mago, McGill University, and Michael Lifshitz, McGill University

Azwihangwisi Judith Mphidi, University of South Africa

Lennert Veerman, Griffith University and Yohani Dalugoda, The University of Queensland

Tilman Brück, Humboldt University of Berlin; Karen Devries, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Marcella Vigneri, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Olusegun Fadare, University of Greenwich, and Vegard Iversen, University of Greenwich

Hanne O. Mogensen, University of Copenhagen and Julaina A. Obika, Gulu University

Aliasger K. Salem, University of Iowa

Sharayah Carter, RMIT University

Cyril Grueter, The University of Western Australia; University of Oxford

Francesco Bailo, University of Sydney

Saliou Dieng, Université Numérique Cheikh Hamidou Kane

Christian Abadioko Sambou, Université Numérique Cheikh Hamidou Kane

Merling Phaswana, University of the Witwatersrand and Philippe Gradidge, University of the Witwatersrand

Bamba Gaye, MD, MPH, MSc, PhD, Emory University