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Melissa Steyn holds the South African National Research Chair in Critical Diversity Studies and is the founding director of the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies. She is best known for her publications on whiteness and white identity in post-apartheid South Africa. William Mpofu is a researcher at the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He is also a member of the Africa Decolonial Research Network. Melissa Steyn holds the South African National Research Chair in Critical Diversity Studies and is the founding director of the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies. She is best known for her publications on whiteness and white identity in post-apartheid South Africa. William Mpofu is a researcher at the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He is also a member of the Africa Decolonial Research Network. Gbenga S Adejare is a doctoral researcher in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Olayinka Akanle is Research Associate in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and a lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Cary Burnett has a background in directing, writing and editing. Her MA dissertation focussed on new forms of youth programming. Jojolola Fasuyi is a doctoral researcher in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Nokuthula Hlabangane is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Robert Maseko is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Morgan Ndlovu is Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Zululand. Pinky Patricia Ndlovu is a lecturer at the Department of Sociology at the University of South Africa and a PhD candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Sibonokuhle Ndlovu is a postdoctoral fellow at Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni is Research Professor and Director of Scholarship in the Department of Leadership and Transformation (DLT) in the Principal and Vice-Chancellor’s Office at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Charmika Samaradiwakera-Wijesundara is a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg School of Law, Associate Researcher at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies and an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa. Brian Sibanda is Researcher, Facilitator and Academic Literacy Coordinator in the Unit for Language Development, Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of the Free State, South Africa. Tendayi Sithole is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Sciences, University of South Africa. He is a founding member of Africa Decolonial Research Network. Siphamandla Zondi is a professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa and coordinates the Department’s Institute for Strategic and Political Affairs.