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Dorothy L. Hodgson is Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University. She is also President-elect of the Association for Feminist Anthropology. As a historical anthropologist, she has worked in Tanzania, East Africa, for almost twenty-five years on such topics as gender, ethnicity, cultural politics, colonialism, nationalism, modernity, the missionary encounter, transnational organizing, and the indigenous rights movement. She is the author of Once Intrepid Warriors: Gender, Ethnicity and the Cultural Politics of Maasai Development (Indiana, 2001); The Church of Women: Gendered Encounters between Maasai and Missionaries (Indiana, 2005); and Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous: Postcolonial Politics in a Neoliberal World (manuscript under review); editor of Gender at the Limit of Rights (under contract, Pennsylvania), Gendered Modernities: Ethnographic Perspectives (Palgrave, 2001) and Rethinking Pastoralism in Africa: Gender, Culture and the Myth of the Patriarchal Pastoralist (James Currey, 2000) and co-editor of “ Wicked” Women and the Reconfiguration of Gender in Africa (Heinemann, 2001). Her work has been supported by awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fulbright-Hays, American Council for Learned Societies, National Science Foundation, American Philosophical Society, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Social Science Research Council, and Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

Ngozi Obiajulum Iloh PhD is a lecturer in the department of Foreign Languages, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, NIGERIA. She is a specialist in Translation Studies, African Literature and  Comparative Literature; she is currently researching in Gender and Women Studies and a strong unionist.

Z’étoile Imma is a PhD candidate in English at the University of Virginia. Her dissertation project examines African masculinities and spatial politics in contemporary African feminist fiction and film. She is of Haitian descent and maintains a strong commitment to Haitian people, culture and politics.

Eliza Mary Johannes received her B.A from the Evergreen State College, M.A in African Studies and a Ph.D in Policy Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently teaching courses in African American History and Black women in the Diaspora. In addition, she is an adjunct professor at Parkland College in Champaign Illinois.

Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Ph.D is the Director of The John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies and Associate Professor of Performance Studies in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin. She is an artist/scholar who is currently engaged in performance ethnography around the Yoruba deity Osun, and is writing a collaborative ethnography on the use of a jazz aesthetic in theatre. While on a Fulbright Fellowship in Nigeria (1997-98), Dr. Jones taught at Obafemi Awolowo University and contributed Theatre for Social Change workshops for the Forum on Governance and Democracy in Ile-Ife. Her articles on performance and identity have appeared in Text and Performance Quarterly, The Drama Review, Theatre Topics, Theatre Journal, and Black Theatre News. She is the founder of The Austin Project—a collaboration of women of color artists, scholars, and activists who use art for re-imagining society. Her performance ethnography includes Searching for Osun, sista docta, and Broken Circles: A Journey Through Africa and the Self.

Chioma Joseph -Obi PhD., is a lecturer in the social Psychology unit of the Department of Sociology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt Nigeria. Her scholarly works on gender and psychology have appeared in local and international journals.

Janet Kassilly is a lecturer of Religion, Culture and Gender at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya.She has authored various articles on Religion and Culture . She has also co-edited the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management  of Masinde Muliro University 2009.She is currently a lecturer at the Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya.

Sheyi Ezekiel Kehnny is a musicologist and a performer who is also a lecturer in the Department of Music, University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Felix Kiruthu teaches at the Department of History, Archaeology and Political Studies, at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. He has interests in the field of African political economy and gender studies. He has undertaken research and published on: Biographies of some African leaders; History of small scale economic enterprises in Kenya; History of colonial laborers in Nyeri- Kenya; Impact of Globalization in East Africa, and the socio-economic and political impact of Asian Diaspora in Kenya.

Gugong, Benjamin Kumai is a lecturer in the Department of Accounting, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria. He is a Ph. D student of Accounting and Finance in the Department of Economics and Management Sciences, Nigerian Defense Academic (NDA), Kaduna, Nigeria. His area of interest borders on Rural Development, Poverty Alleviation and Participatory Budgeting in the public sector. He is involved in youth activities. He is currently the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Kaduna State University Chapter, and the Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria, Kaura Chapter, Kaduna State.

Alexander Kure lectures at the Department of English and Drama of the Kaduna State University, Kaduna where he is also the Director, General Studies. His major research interest is in Comparative Literature as it interrogates gender, conflict, and environmental issues. He is a member of the Linguistics Association of Nigeria (LAN), Nigerian English Studies Association (NESA), and English Language Teachers Association of Nigeria (ELTAN).

Adebayo Ayinla Lawal is Professor of History , University of Lagos. A recipient of the Fulbright and Rockefeller Fellowships, a co-editor of Fundamentals of Economic History,(Lagos,2003),an international contributing editor and member of Organization of American Historians, he has authored over fifty chapters in books and articles in leading journals. Professor Lawal is a former head,Department of History and Strategic studies, and former sub-dean, Faculty of Arts , University of Lagos. He has just returned from his sabbatical at the Department of History and International Studies, University of Benin, Benin City. His research areas include African economic history,demographic history,corruption,African traditional medicine,African diaspora,environmental history,and Chinese studies. He has conducted research and attended conferences in North America, Europe, Asia and Sub- Saharan Africa.

Ashley E. Leinweber is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida. She is writing a dissertation titled “Faith Based Organizations and Public Goods in Africa: the Case of Islamic Associations in the Education Sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo”. She received funding for her fieldwork as an African Power and Politics Program (APPP) Fellow. APPP is funded by a grant from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), to a research consortium of which the University of Florida’s Center for African Studies is an institutional member. She was a Foreign Language and Areas Studies (FLAS) Fellow during academic years 2005-06 and 2006-07, as well as summer 2006, for the study of Kiswahili. She was a United States Peace Corps health volunteer in Niger from 2002-04.

Andreia Lisboa de Sousa is PhD candidate at Texas ’ University in the Cultural Studies Program sponsored by Ford Foundation International Scholarship. Currently, she is researching at counter-hegemonic practices high school teachers develop for dealing with pedagogical materials in the African Diaspora. She has a master’s degree in Culture, Organization and Education from University of Sao Paulo and she is a Black movement activist.

Andréa de Souza Lobo received her PhD in Anthropology at the University of Brasília . She has done research on family organization in a context of female emigration in Cape Verde society. She has been Professor at the Department of Anthropology, University of Brasília , since 2009. Her current research interests include the continuous flow of resources, values and goods that characterizes Cape Verde society and its connections of local forms of sociality – family organization, household configurations, gender relations, and parenthood".

Nnamdi O. Madichie , PhD, is currently Assistant Professor of Marketing at the College of Business Administration, University of Sharjah, UAE. Prior to his current position, he was Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader (BA Marketing and BA Business Studies) at the Business School, University of East London, UK. He is currently Associate Editor of the International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets and the African Journal of Business Management. His research interests are in the fields of consumer behaviour, small business and entrepreneurship (corporate, ethnic, social and women) especially in the context of emerging markets - areas in which he is well published. He has also recently published in relevant management journals such as the International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Journal of African Business, and Management Decision (where he is also Book Review Editor). He is also recipient of the Emerald Highly Commended Paper Award 2009 for a paper on entrepreneurship in an emerging market context published in Volume 2, Issue 4, of the Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Volume 2, Issue 4.

Emmanuel M. Mbah is Assistant Professor of History at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island. His research focuses on conflict and ethnicity in colonial and postcolonial Africa, and he is the author of Land/Boundary Conflict in Africa: The Case of Former British Colonial Bamenda, Present-Day North-West Province of the Republic of Cameroon, 1916-1996 (The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008) and; “Disruptive Colonial Boundaries and Attempts to Resolve Land/Boundary Disputes in the Grasslands of Bamenda, Cameroon,” (African Journal on Conflict Resolution, Vol. 9, # 3, November 2009). He has also published chapters in books.

Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué : I am a Ph.D. African history student at Purdue University. My overall research interests include Central Africa, gender, women, beauty, and food.  Currently, my research focuses on Cameroonian women in the post-colonial period. More specifically, my dissertation will be about southern Cameroonian women during the presidency of Ahmadou Ahidjo from 1960 to 1982.

Oludele Adesina Moyofade is a writer, certified poet and has published three volume of his poetry. He is now a lecturer at the achievers university Owo. He is a graduate of international relations department, Obafemi Wolowo University Ile Ife, also hold diploma certificate in choreography from institute of African studies of the same institution. He is a member of MDAM [migration and development in Africa monitors] o.a.u chapter, a non governmental organization with mission on how migration affects development in Africa. Having worked in a financial institution for years, before joining lecturing with the strong believe that teaching is a communicative agent of change in any society. He is married with children.

Brenna M. Munro is an assistant professor in the English Department at the University of Miami, currently completing her first book, Queer Constitutions: Sexuality, Literature and Imagining Democracy in South Africa.

Sridhar Mynepalli, Ph.D. is currently a Professor of Environmental Health Sciences in Nigeria in the College of Health Sciences, at Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State. He obtained his PhD from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, working on sewage treatment and served for 13 years from 1964 before moving to University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 1977 where he was a Professor until retirement in 2008. While at University of Ibadan as postgraduate teacher, he initiated several researches on municipal, industrial and healthcare waste management, community based waste to wealth initiatives, water quality, pollution control, lead and other toxic chemicals, environmental and health impacts, climate change and others. He has over 250 research publications in international Journals and chapters in books.

Oladunni O. Obilade is a Medical House Officer at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile- Ife, Nigeria. She obtained her MB Ch.B at the Obafemi Awolowo University in 2009.Her current area of research interest is the interplay of poverty and power on Women’s Reproductive Health. She is a Women’s Right activist and has been a volunteer member of the NGO, Women Against Rape, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Exploitation (WARSHE, Nigeria) for the past ten years.

Oluyemisi oluremi Obilade is a Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Continuing Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. She obtained her Ph.D from the same university in 1992. She holds the 2006 Executive Business Education Certificates of both the Harvard Univ. Business School (USA) and the Cambridge Univ. Judge Business School (UK). In the 2005/2006 academic session she was an International Women’s Federation (IWF) Leadership Foundation Fellow as well as the HERS-SA Grant Fellow. In 2008 she was a grant Fellow of the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF). Her research interest is in the tripartite area of adult education, gender and development with focus on a contextual critical appreciation of the interface of different matrices of domination with gender in development within patriarchal culture. She is an active founding member of an NGO, Women Against Rape, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Exploitation (WARSHE, Nigeria).

Hannington Ochwada teaches History at the Missouri State University in Springfield. He has published articles in Africa Development, Afrika Zamani, Transafrican Journal of History, Discovery and Innovation, and Journal of Eastern African Research and Development. His is currently researching Sex Tourism in Kenya and South Africa, and Intellectuals and Scholarship in East Africa.

Mike Odey is Associate Professor of Economic History with the Department of History, Benue State University, Makurdi Nigeria. He holds a Doctorate Degree (2001) and M.A. (1994), PGDE (1987) and B.A (1980), all from the University of Jos, Nigeria. Since graduation; he has been developing an academic career through a process of learning, research, teaching and personal improvement. He had earlier taught in University of Agriculture, Makurdi (1981-2003), and a visiting lecturer in Imo State University Owerri (2000-2004) before moving to Benue State University, Makurdi in 2003. He is currently supervising five PhD candidates and 9 other M.A students and 5 undergraduate projects. He was Coordinator of Postgraduate program in the Department of History and Chairman; Faculty of Arts Seminar/ Conference Series BSU, Makurdi from 2005 to 2009.He is the current Head, Department of History, Benue State University, Makurdi. He is a member of council, Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN) since 2005. He is editor of several books and co-editor of Historical Research and Methodology in Africa: Essays in Honor of Professor C.C.Jacobs.Dr.Odey is editor of several journals including Journal of Research & Contemporary Issues and has published over 40 articles in Local and International Journals. Two of his forthcoming books include, The Development of cash crop production and Commodity Trade in Central Nigeria and; The Dialectics of Hunger and Rural Poverty in Nigeria’s Benue Area,1920-1995 .He has traveled wide as an active participant in local and international academic conferences including the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture in Ghana, in August,2007 as well as to Africa conference in Texas,USA in march 2009.Dr. Odey’s current research interests include issues in political-economy of war/peace in Africa, food security system, poverty, environment, development issues in Africa among others.

Ebunoluwa Olufemi Oduwole is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Olabisi Onabanjo University , Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria . She has been teaching Philosophy for over twenty years . She joined the employment of her University in October 17th ,1985. She has also taught philosophy as a visiting lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan in 1996/1997 session  and University of Lagos, Lagos 2005/2007 sessions . She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan , Nigeria in 2002. Her research interests are mainly in African philosophy , Women studies and Ethics. She has published widely on African philosophy ,Women Studies and Ethics . Dr Mrs Oduwole has attended scholarly conferences in different parts of the world such as: Rio de Janerio in  Brazil (2005) Windsor in Canada (2007) , Leicester in the United Kingdom (2006) , Leipzig in Germany (2009).

Segun Ogungbemi got his Ph.D in Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas Richardson Texas in 1984. He has taught in several Universities. His University teaching career began at Bishop College Dallas, Texas, Ogun State University now Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Moi University Eldoret, Kenya, Lagos State University, Lagos Nigeria, and currently at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Ondo State Nigeria. He has taught various courses in philosophy namely, Ethics, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, Existentialism, African Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy and Development, Environmental Ethics, etc. He has attended several local and international conferences in Nigeria, Kenya, Lesotho, America etc. He has also given public lectures in Nigeria and at Makerere University, Kampala Uganda. He has several publications among which are, “An African Perspective on the Environmental Crisis” in Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application” ed. Louis Pojman, Boston: Jones and Battlett, 1994, A Critique of African Cultural Beliefs, Lagos: Pumark Educational Publishers, 1997, Philosophy and Development, Ibadan: Hope Publications, 2007, God, Reason and Death: Issues in Philosophy of Religion, ed., 2008 and many journal articles in local and international journals. Apart from his academic credentials, Segun Ogungbemi has served as Head of Department of Philosophy in all the Universities he has taught in Africa. He was the founding Head of Department of Philosophy at Moi University Eldoret Kenya and Acting Dean. He also served on various committees of Senate in all the Universities he has taught. He is currently working on a book titled, Philosophy in the New Age.

Okwechine Emmanuel Okey is a lecturer in the department of English/Literature University of Benin, Benin City Nigeria. His PhD research is on Femi Osofisan’s Dramaturgy. His Research interest is in feminism, dramatic criticism, folklore and gender studies. He is married with children.

Okpeh Okpeh is a Reader/ Associate Professor of African History and Deputy Director Centre for Gender Studies at the Benue State University , Makurdi , Nigeria . He is also consultant on Gender and Development Studies. He has authored/co-authored and edited/co-edited many books including Gender, Power and Politics in Nigeria (Makurdi: Aboki Publishers, 2007); Population Movements, Conflicts and Displacements in Nigeria , Trenton , New Jersey : Africa World Press, 2008); And China in Africa: Threats and Opportunities (Makurdi: Aboki Publishers, 2009). He is the Editor, Journal of Globalization and International Studies.

Florence Oluremi Olaleye, PhD, is a lecturer at the Department of Educational Foundations and Management at University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.

Cecilia Abiodun Olarewaju is a lecturer in the Department of Home  Economics,Adeyemi College of Education,Ondo.She is also a Ph.D student in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics,University of Agiculture, Abeokuta.She obtained her first and second  degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife.She has her publications in local and international journals.Her reseafch interest is diet in the treatment of common ailments.Her Ph.D research work is on Prevalence Rate of Non Communicable Diseases And Nutrition Evaluation Of The Elderly In Ondo State.

Fayomi Abimbola Olugbenga is a Principal Industrial Officer in the Centre for Industrial Research and Development, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He works in the area of Entrepreneurship Development, Small Business Development and Rural Non- Farm Entrepreneurship. He has published both internationally and nationally in his areas of interest. He is rounding up his thesis on Women in Non –Farm Micro Businesses in Rural areas. He is a well-sought motivational speaker and Business counsellor. He is a presenter of a Business counseling and Empowerment programme series on Nigerian Television Authority, Channel 39. He is a member of International Sociological Association (ISA) and Nigerian National Council for Adult Education (NNCAE).He is also a fellow of Institute of Data Processing and Managememt of Nigeria.

Elizabeth Oloruntoba, PhD, is a Lecturer I in Environmental Health atthe Department of Epidemiology, Medical Statistics and Environmental Health, University of Ibadan. She has sound background in Chemistry and later on Tropical Public Health Engineering before specializing in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering for her PhD in 2005. She joined the services of the University in 2002 after spending more than twenty years in the Oyo State Ministry of Health where she rose to the rank of an Assistant Director. Her research interests are in: Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion, Water and Wastewater Quality Management, Food Hygiene and Safety, Solid Waste Management, Environmental Impact/Risk Assessment.

Yomi Olusegun-Joseph is a lecturer in the Department of English, Lagos State University, Lagos State, Nigeria. His area of research is literary theory and Cultural Studies. He is also a poet, working towards the publication of his first collection, A Tide of Tunes, early next year.

Olufunke Omoju studied General Nursing at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Nigeria and was registered by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria on successful completion of the program. She is also a Registered Midwife (R.M) and a Registered Occupational Health Nurse (OHN). She works presently in an Industrial setting as an Industrial Nurse. Her interest spans across Human Rights issues and advocacy especially as it affects women and female professionals in our society and presently she’s working and developing herself towards becoming a full time Advocate.

Omolade Olomola Currently teaches Family Law, Law of Contract, Land Law and Comparative Criminal Law and Procedure and Law of Succession. She is a PH. D Candidate of the Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan with specific research interest in Reproductive Rights. She was one of the Resource persons for the Oyo State of Nigeria Law Review in November 2008. She worked particularly on Married Women Property Rights and Widows Rights. Mrs. Olomola is a member of The Nigerian Bar Association, The Nigerian Association of Law Teachers, and the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) .She has special interests in gender matters and has some publications in the area. She received both her Bachelor of Laws (with honors) and her Master of Laws from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

She has supervised graduate students research work in Reproductive Rights and related gender areas. Her research work is focused on Gender issues and the rights of women in marital relationships. She has some publications in the area. She is a consistent researcher and this has earned her a MacArthur Foundation funding which she utilize during the fall semester 2009(August – December 2009) at the University of Toronto (International Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights Programme), Canada where she also understudied the curriculum in Reproductive and Sexual Rights and Law. Mrs. Olomola was elected as the Sub-dean of the Faculty of Law in 2008, a position she held until 2009. She is also a lecturer in this same Faculty. Her responsibilities as the Sub-dean include administration of students’ academic records, attendance at some University’s statutory meetings, and membership of the University’s Senate Committee on Curriculum for University of Ibadan.

Florence Abiola Omoyajowo is an agricultural superintendent at the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service. She works directly in the Glass House section as assistant Horticulturist. Mrs Omoyajowo is keenly interested in rural women empowerment and development. She is currently pursuing her post graduate degree in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development. She is a member of Agricultural Extension society of Nigeria(AESON).

Anthony Olusegun Omoyajowo is a lecturer at the federal college of Agriculture of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Obafemi Awolowo University (Ibadan Campus), Nigeria. He holds two postgraduate degrees, and is currently a PhD student at the University of Ibadan. His areas of research interests include Rural Community Youth/women Development and Empowerment.. Mr Omoyajowo is a member of professional associations such as, Agricultural Extension society of Nigeria(AESON), Nigeria Rural Sociolgical Association (NRSA), Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM) and International sociological Association(ISA).

Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi, formerly Head, Department of History and International Relations, Redeemer's University, Nigeria, studied Classical Studies and later History at the University of Ibadan. He is currently an Independent Researcher.

Harmony O’Rourke earned her Ph.D. in African History from Harvard University and is currently Assistant Professor of History at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. Her dissertation, “Diaspora, Gender, and Identity: Remaining Hausa in the Cameroon Grassfields, c.1890 to Recent Times,” is based on research funded by a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Award and the Frederick K. Sheldon Research Fellowship from Harvard University. Her dissertation is the first major study to address the history of Hausa diasporic communities in the Cameroon Grassfields. Both a social and legal history of this largely Muslim population, it focuses on the ways in which geographic dispersal and complex hierarchies of gender, religion, ethnicity, and race have shaped people’s capacity to define themselves and their communities as Hausa. Grounded in rich material from Islamic court cases and oral interviews, as well as research conducted in colonial, missionary, and government archives in Cameroon, Britain, Switzerland, and France, her work illustrates the myriad ways people of diverse social statuses and cultural backgrounds established, challenged, and exploited various forms of power and authority in order to exert anew their understanding of Hausa identity in the diaspora.

Meshack Owino is an assistant professor of history at Cleveland State University , Cleveland , Ohio . He holds B.Ed. and M.A degrees from Kenyatta University , Kenya , and M.A., and a Ph.D. from Rice University , Houston , Texas . Dr. Owino specializes in the social history of African soldiers in Kenya during the pre-colonial and colonial periods. His academic and scholarly interests also include the origins and nature of the modern African state; the role of ethnicity in African politics; and the prospects of democracy and human rights in Africa . Dr. Owino has taught African history at several universities, including Egerton University , Kenya , and Bloomsburg University , Bloomsburg , Pennsylvania . He has been a visiting professor of African history at Stanford University , Palo Alto , California , and an adjunct professor at Texas Southern University, Houston , Texas .

Stephens Ntsoakae Phatlane is a Senior Lecturer of African and Modern South African History at the University of South Africa. His publications include: The Farce of Homeland Independence: Kwandebele, the Untold Story, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol.37, Nos. 3-5 (2002); Poverty and HIV/AIDS in Apartheid South Africa, Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, Vol.9, No.1 (2003); Diseases of Poverty or Opportunistic AIDS-defining Disease? Apartheid and AIDS in South Africa. UNAIDS-sponsored Conference Proceedings ( University of Botswana, Gaborone, 2002) and Poverty, Medicine and Disease in South Africa: The Era of High Apartheid, 1948-1976 (Germany, VDM Verlag, 2008).

Blase Pinkert is an undergraduate student studying History at Ohio University. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force. His research interests are Military history, political shifts in colonial holdings, and recreating siege engines. He is planning on attending law school in the near future.

Gretchen du Plessis obtained a Master’s degree from the University of South Africa and a Doctorate from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. She is a demographer and sociologist who has published in the fields of demography, women’s health and HIV and AIDS. She is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of South Africa. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Southern African Journal of Demography and coordinates the postgraduate programmes of Sociology. She has a keen interest in methodology and research ethics and women’s studies.

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