Africanists

List of top African studies scholars:

– Martin Meredith

– Alex de Waal (largely has the politics of a jerk, a la Ferguson, nonetheless good scholar)

– Ioan Lewis

– Kenneth Menkhaus

– Paul Collier

– Gerard Prunier

– Robert O. Collins

– Toyin Falola

– Richard Pankhurst

– John Iliffe

 

A provisional list. A somewhat funny list, some have great breadth, others have great depth. Differing angles of economics, disasters, genocides and violence with, of course, loads of history. Sure very important names are left out, to my embarrassment. Not a bad starting compass anyhow.