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African cultural and philosophical studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Robert K. Chigangaidze
University of Staffordshire
2
Priyamvada Gopal
Centre d'études de l'emploi
3
Dorine E. van Norren
Leiden University
4
Bernard Mayaka
HAN University of Applied Sciences
5
Hamza R’boul
University of Tabuk
6
Robert Kudakwashe Chigangaidze
Oxford Brookes University
7
Leon Moosavi
University of Liverpool
8
Frederick Ochieng-Odhiambo
University of the West Indies
9
Tibelius Amutuhaire
University of Bayreuth
10
Josias Tembo
HAN University of Applied Sciences

Rising Stars Papers

1
Against <i>epistemological theft and appropriation</i> in applied linguistics research
Applied Linguistics Review|2024
10 cit.
2
English as a subtle technology of distraction in postcolonial contexts: undoing linguistic colonialism by linguistic coloniality
Current Issues in Language Planning|2024
10 cit.
3
The Future of Sustainable Development Goals and Culture: Addressing Missing Dimensions from Four Cosmovisions African Ubuntu, Latin-American Buen Vivir, Buddhist Happiness and Nordic Sami Arbediehtu
European Journal of Development Research|2025
7 cit.
4
The National Coordination of Forcibly Contracted Teachers (NCFCT) as a social movement in Morocco: educators’ unionism and social justice activism
Globalisation Societies and Education|2024
4 cit.
5
Some religious, myths, beliefs, and cultural dispositions as contributors to child sexual abuse in Zimbabwe
Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work Social Thought|2024
4 cit.
6
Attempts at including, mediating and creating ‘new’ knowledges: problematising <i>appropriation</i> in intercultural communication education and research
Applied Linguistics Review|2024
4 cit.
7
‘Parallax language planning and policy’ as a theory for navigating (con)(diver)gent interpretations of English Medium Instruction (EMI)
Current Issues in Language Planning|2024
4 cit.
8
Domesticated decoloniality: taming critique in language scholarship
International Journal of the Sociology of Language|2025
4 cit.
9
Alternative knowledges in intercultural education and educators as epistemic subjects
International Journal of Educational Research|2024
3 cit.
10
‘Woked up the bum’ and other moral panics about academic decolonisation in the British news media
Comparative Education|2025
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Kelne Khudu-Petersen
University of Botswana
2
Manyane Makua
Mangosuthu University of Technology
3
Tohiera Bagus
Unknown
4
Tereza Čajková
University of British Columbia
5
Seth Agyemang
University of Ghana
6
Adeyemi O. Aremu
North-West University
7
Admire Chereni
London Metropolitan University
8
Manjeet Ramgotra
SOAS University of London
9
Dalia Gebrial
London School of Economics and Political Science
10
Tafadzwa Roniah Katsuro
Midlands State University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Racial platform capitalism: Empire, migration and the making of Uber in London
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space|2022
115 cit.
2
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by indigenous knowledge holders to manage healthcare needs in children
PLoS ONE|2023
54 cit.
3
Indigenous Knowledge on the Uses, Sustainability and Conservation of African Ginger (Siphonochilus aethiopicus) among Two Communities in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Diversity|2022
40 cit.
4
Ethnobotanical Survey of Local Flora Used for Medicinal Purposes among Indigenous People in Five Areas in Lagos State, Nigeria
Plants|2022
39 cit.
5
Ethnoveterinary Practices and Ethnobotanical Knowledge on Plants Used against Cattle Diseases among Two Communities in South Africa
Plants|2022
37 cit.
6
Development of Chitosan-Based Active Films with Medicinal Plant Extracts for Potential Food Packaging Applications
Processes|2023
29 cit.
7
In Silico Evaluation of the Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Dermatocosmetic Activities of Phytoconstituents in Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.)
Cosmetics|2023
22 cit.
8
Plants as an alternative to the use of chemicals for crop protection against biotic threats: trends and future perspectives
European Journal of Plant Pathology|2024
19 cit.
9
An analysis of the ethnoveterinary medicinal uses of the genus Aloe L. for animal diseases in Africa
South African Journal of Botany|2022
17 cit.
10
Development and Biomechanics of Grewia lasiocarpa E. Mey. Ex Harv. Trichomes Exudate
Plants|2023
17 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Jean Comaroff
University of Chicago
2
John Comaroff
Harvard University Press
3
Zerihun Woldu
Addis Ababa University
4
Richard Wright
Dartmouth College
5
Yalemtsehay Mekonnen
Addis Ababa University
6
Danielle Lorenz
University of Alberta
7
Joanne Sharp
University of Glasgow
8
Joseph B. R. Gaie
University of Botswana
9
Thaddeus Metz
University of Pretoria
10
Dallas Hunt
University of British Columbia

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Justice as Fairness: A Restatement
The Philosophical Review|2002
3.5k cit.
2
Millennial Capitalism: First Thoughts on a Second Coming
Public Culture|2000
1.5k cit.
3
Occult economies and the violence of abstraction: notes from the South African postcolony
American Ethnologist|1999
1.5k cit.
4
Theory from the South: Or, how Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africa
Anthropological Forum|2012
1.3k cit.
5
Ethnography and the Historical Imagination
Ethnohistory|1993
974 cit.
6
Law and disorder in the postcolony*
Social Anthropology|2007
771 cit.
7
Modernity and Its Malcontents: Ritual and Power in Postcolonial Africa.
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews|1994
725 cit.
8
Body of Power, Spirit of Resistance: The Culture and History of a South African People.
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews|1987
704 cit.
9
Ethnography and the Historical Imagination
The International Journal of African Historical Studies|1993
673 cit.
10
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Zay people in Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnopharmacology|2003
603 cit.

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