AuthorsHouriiyah Tegally # 1 2 , James E San 1 2 , Matthew Cotten 3 4 , Monika Moir 1 , Bryan Tegomoh 5 6 , Gerald Mboowa 7 , Darren P Martin 8 9 , Cheryl Baxter 1 10 , Arnold W Lambisia 11 , Amadou Diallo 12 , Daniel G Amoako 13 14 , Moussa M Diagne 12 , Abay Sisay 15 16 , Abdel-Rahman N Zekri 17 , Abdou Salam Gueye 18 , Abdoul K Sangare 19 , Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo 20 , Abdourahmane Sow 21 , Abdualmoniem O Musa 22 23 24 , Abdul K Sesay 25 , Abe G Abias 26 , Adam I Elzagheid 27 , Adamou Lagare 28 , Adedotun-Sulaiman Kemi 29 , Aden Elmi Abar 30 , Adeniji A Johnson 31 32 , Adeola Fowotade 33 34 , Adeyemi O Oluwapelumi 35 36 , Adrienne A Amuri 37 38 , Agnes Juru 39 , Ahmed Kandeil 40 , Ahmed Mostafa 40 , Ahmed Rebai 41 , Ahmed Sayed 42 , Akano Kazeem 43 44 , Aladje Balde 45 46 , Alan Christoffels 7 47 , Alexander J Trotter 48 , Allan Campbell 49 , Alpha K Keita 50 51 , Amadou Kone 52 , Amal Bouzid 41 53 , Amal Souissi 41 , Ambrose Agweyu 11 , Amel Naguib 54 , Ana V Gutierrez 48 , Anatole Nkeshimana 55 , Andrew J Page 48 , Anges Yadouleton 56 , Anika Vinze 57 , Anise N Happi 43 , Anissa Chouikha 58 59 , Arash Iranzadeh 8 9 , Arisha Maharaj 1 , Armel L Batchi-Bouyou 60 61 , Arshad Ismail 13 , Augustina A Sylverken 62 63 , Augustine Goba 64 65 , Ayoade Femi 43 44 , Ayotunde E Sijuwola 43 , Baba Marycelin 66 67 , Babatunde L Salako 29 32 , Bamidele S Oderinde 66 , Bankole Bolajoko 43 , Bassirou Diarra 52 , Belinda L Herring 18 , Benjamin Tsofa 11 , Bernard Lekana-Douki 68 69 , Bernard Mvula 70 , Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade 18 , Blessing T Marondera 71 , Bouh Abdi Khaireh 72 73 , Bourema Kouriba 19 , Bright Adu 74 , Brigitte Pool 75 , Bronwyn McInnis 17 , Cara Brook 76 77 , Carolyn Williamson 9 10 78 , Cassien Nduwimana 55 , Catherine Anscombe 79 80 , Catherine B Pratt 81 , Cathrine Scheepers 13 82 , Chantal G Akoua-Koffi 83 84 , Charles N Agoti 11 85 , Chastel M Mapanguy 60 86 , Cheikh Loucoubar 12 , Chika K Onwuamah 87 , Chikwe Ihekweazu 88 , Christian N Malaka 89 , Christophe Peyrefitte 12 , Chukwa Grace 43 44 , Chukwuma E Omoruyi 33 34 , Clotaire D Rafaï 90 , Collins M Morang'a 91 , Cyril Erameh 92 , Daniel B Lule 3 , Daniel J Bridges 93 , Daniel Mukadi-Bamuleka 37 , Danny Park 57 , David A Rasmussen 94 95 , David Baker 48 , David J Nokes 11 96 , Deogratius Ssemwanga 3 97 , Derek Tshiabuila 2 , Dominic S Y Amuzu 91 , Dominique Goedhals 98 , Donald S Grant 64 65 99 , Donwilliams O Omuoyo 11 , Dorcas Maruapula 100 , Dorcas W Wanjohi 7 , Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko 48 , Eddy K Lusamaki 37 38 51 , Edgar Simulundu 101 , Edidah M Ong'era 11 , Edith N Ngabana 37 38 , Edward O Abworo 102 , Edward Otieno 11 , Edwin Shumba 71 , Edwine Barasa 11 , El Bara Ahmed 103 104 , Elhadi A Ahmed 23 , Emmanuel Lokilo 37 , Enatha Mukantwari 105 , Eromon Philomena 43 , Essia Belarbi 106 , Etienne Simon-Loriere 107 , Etilé A Anoh 83 , Eusebio Manuel 108 , Fabian Leendertz 106 , Fahn M Taweh 109 , Fares Wasfi 58 , Fatma Abdelmoula 41 110 , Faustinos T Takawira 39 , Fawzi 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