The CIHA Blog is delighted to repost this piece by Sheriff Bojang Jnr in The African Report on “10 African Scholars to Watch in 2024.” Congratulations to our very own Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula, Co-Editor of the CIHA Blog, Managing Director of Centre Arrupe pour la Recherche et la Formation (CARF), and President of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA), who is one of the ten exciting scholars on this list. We congratulate each of the scholars, also including friend of CIHA Divine Fuh, who is the Vice President of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA), co-founded by our very own Akosua Adomako Ampofo.
African scholars – in Africa and in the diaspora – make significant contributions to the wellbeing of people and society both at home and abroad.
From Accra to Tokyo, Harare to Washington, the continent’s pool of research experts, lecturers and other scholars have been making life-changing decisions that help change the world every day. Through their various fields of study/research, they deal with some of the world’s most pressing problems and help shape public debates.
Here are 10 African scholars to watch in 2024.