The issue features a substantive discussion of student representation in the editorial introduction by Manja Klemencic, James Otieno Jowi and I. It has four country-specific / institution-specific case studies of student politics in Africa covering universities in South-Western Nigeria, the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, student activism in Zimbabwe and in Kenya. It also includes a study on the attitudes of students and student leaders towards democracy at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, University of Cape Town, South Africa, and University of Botswana.
The journal issue also features its regular sections including two reports of student affairs conferences in Africa as well as a book review of Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education , edited by N. Cloete, T. Bailey and P. Maassen and published in 2015 by African Minds. The book includes a chapter authored by me on student engagement and citizenship competences.
