Contents

Dedication to Mwalimu Professor Dr. Harold Isaacs (1936—2015) 

Introductory Notes: John Mukum Mbaku: Abdul Karim Bangura                    

Tribute Essay: Doyin Coker-Kolo

Guest Editor's Introduction                     

Onimi Wilcox

From Disintegration to Integration in Africa: The Case for African Regional Integration and Unity | pp. 1-14

Guy Martin

Fragility of a Church-Civil Society Marriage in Zimbabwe: The Case of the National Convergence Platform | pp. 15-30

Tinashe Gumbo

Bridging the Policy Gaps in the Rice Value Chain through Inclusive Policy Processes in Nigeria | pp. 31-43

Cecy Edijala Balogun

 African Continental Free Trade Area: The Practicability of Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in Africa | pp. 44-60

Julius Niringiyimana & Sabastiano Rwengabo

Constructing National Identity in Botswana: Historical and Contextual Developments from Colonial Times to the Present | pp. 61-80

Silindile Nanzile Mlilo

 Cyber-violence against Women and Girls and Femicide in Nigeria | pp. 81-94

Cecy Edijala Balogun

Education on Sale: The Unnecessary Burdens on Academics | pp. 95-110

Esther Nkhukhu-Orlando

Displacement and Women’s Resilience in Africa: Toward a Decolonial Feminist Framework | pp. 111-122

Adebimpe Desire Fashina, Fatima Badurdeen & Madiha Khamis

Grassroots Peace through Faith: Roman Catholic Involvement in Amani Mashinani and the Pokot-Turkana Conflict in Kenya | pp. 123-141

Simon Gisege Omare & Daniel Ng’ang’a

Women in the Family Structure of Pre-colonial Benin Kingdom, Edo State, Nigeria | pp. 142-154

Oghogho Oriakhi

 Indigenous Economic Agency and the Commercial Development of Aba in Pre-Colonial and

Post-Colonial Nigeria | pp. 155-168

Ukegbu Ezionyinye Ebere, Obinna Israel Ohaja & Victoria Olabisi Clement

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