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Nagwa Nukuna is a pre-Law student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she majors in Economics and minors in Entrepreneurship and African Studies.

Nagella Nukuna, PhD has been cooking African meals for her family and friends for most of her life.

Michael KEHINDE holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Durham University in the UK. He was associate lecturer in African Politics at Newcastle University, UK between 2008 and 2010.

Melissa Hansen is a lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of the Free State (UFS) and a researcher in the Afromontane Research Unit based on the Qwaqwa campus. She obtained her PhD in Sustainability Science from Lund University in Sweden and an alumnus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

M.D. Mbutoh is an award-winning poet from the North West Region of Cameroon. His literary works (poetry and short stories) have appeared in journals, blogs, and newspapers across the world including Refugee Republic (2017) and Praxis, (2017) a Nigerian literary magazine.

Prof Mathew B. Gwanfogbe (1943–2024) was a distinguished Cameroonian historian and educator whose career spanned several decades of impactful scholarship and institutional leadership.

Masafumi Nagao is a visiting Professor and Program Adviser, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, and Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima University.

Mary Ngwebong Ngu is a veteran journalist, writer, and poet. She was a news anchor at Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), and later Economic Correspondent as well as Special Correspondent at the Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon.

Mary S. Fosi is an environmental Consultant and Chairperson of the Myrianthus Fosi Foundation for Biodiversity and Environmental Protection (MyFF), a Non-Governmental Organization that provides public awareness on environmental issues to local communities for improved sustainable livelihoods.

Martin Jumbam holds a bilingual (English/French) degree from the University of Yaounde, Cameroon, a diploma in Spanish studies from La Universidad Complùtense in Madrid, Spain, a Maîtrise en littérature comparée from La Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3; a diploma in translation/interpretation from Georgetown University in Washington DC, and a Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.

Martha M. A. Zama, PhD, obtained a Bachelor of Science in Education/ Zoology and Master of Education in Curriculum and Methodology degrees from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and a PhD in Curriculum Studies and Teaching from the University of Buea.

Marie Ngetiko Fongwa, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, is professor in the doctoral programs (Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP and Doctor of Philosophy, PhD), Graduate Programs, School of Nursing, Azusa Pacific University (APU), California, USA. Dr. Fongwa has taught at the APU School of Nursing since 2010. Born and raised in Cameroon, she trained initially as a nurse-midwife in her native Cameroon and then proceeded to obtain a bachelor’s degree in Health Science and a Master’s in Public Health, focusing on health education from San Jose State University in 1983 and 1985 respectively.