Yamikani Ndasauka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Malawi. He holds visiting and senior research positions at the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health at Durham University and the University of Johannesburg.Garton Kamchedzera is an Associate Professor at the University of Malawi. He has been Dean for three terms (1999–2001, 2001–2003, and 2016–2018) at the Faculty of Law, University of Malawi. As a legal educationist and scholar, he has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the Universities of Malawi, Cambridge, Warwick, and Ghent. As a researcher and legal and development consultant, he has also researched, consulted, and trained judicial and other public and private officials. He was guest editor for the East African Law Journal and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law and Social Justice.

• List of figuresList of contributorsAcknowledgementsForeword by Blessings ChinsingaEditorial by Yamikani Ndasauka and Garton KamchedzeraChapter 1. The Quest for Academic Freedom in AfricaYamikani NdasaukaPart 1. State Actors, Democracy and Academic Freedom Chapter 2. Navigating Between Liberal and Communitarian Perspectives of Academic Freedom in AfricaSimon Makwinja, Grivas Kayange and Lawrence MpekansamboChapter 3. Academic Freedom and Democracy in AfricaHajer Kratou and Liisa LaaksoChapter 4. Geopolitics and the Challenge of Academic Freedom in AfricaUchenna Azubuike Ezeogu and Chinweuba, Gregory EmekaChapter 5. Theme-Rheme analysis and ideological representations in Malawian and Zambian online news reporting of Academic Freedom sagasMtende Wezi NtharaChapter 6. Questioning Academic Freedom Invocation in The Glenda Gray ControversySeán M. MullerPart 2. Education Reforms vis-a-vis Academic freedomChapter 7. The Tensions, Contradictions, and Paradoxes of 'Entrepreneurial University' Reforms and Academic FreedomHappy Mickson KayuniChapter 8. Problematising Academic Freedom in Nigerian UniversitiesLucky O. AkarueseChapter 9. African Indigenous Pedagogies as a Key Driver for Academic FreedomPatrick Juma and Jerry RutsatebChapter 10. Conviviality in Journalism Studies and Academic FreedomMwaona NyirongoChapter 11. Professionalism and the Discourse of Academic Freedom in Higher Education Institutions: Evidence from Malawi and JapanFoster Gondwe and Masayasu SakaguchiChapter 12. A Dilemma Regarding Academic Freedom and Public Accountability in Higher EducationThaddeus MetzPart 3. Reflections on Malawi's 2011 Academic Freedom Movement Chapter 13. Police Handling of Academic Freedom Impasse and Students with Disabilities in MalawiElizabeth T. KamchedzeraChapter 14: The Academic Freedom Struggle as a Test of Employee Commitment at the University of MalawiTiyesere Mercy Chikapa- JamaliChapter 15. Metaphorisation of Colour Red During the Academic Freedom Saga in MalawiTimwa LipengaChapter 16. Rhetorical Analysis of Slogans in the Struggle for Academic Freedom in MalawiAnthony Mavuto GundeChapter 17. Battle Lines in Africa’s Struggle on Academic FreedomGarton KamchedzeraIndex

Yamikani Ndasauka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Malawi. He holds visiting and senior research positions at the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health at Durham University and the University of Johannesburg.Garton Kamchedzera is an Associate Professor at the University of Malawi. He has been Dean for three terms (1999–2001, 2001–2003, and 2016–2018) at the Faculty of Law, University of Malawi. As a legal educationist and scholar, he has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the Universities of Malawi, Cambridge, Warwick, and Ghent. As a researcher and legal and development consultant, he has also researched, consulted, and trained judicial and other public and private officials. He was guest editor for the East African Law Journal and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law and Social Justice.

• List of figuresList of contributorsAcknowledgementsForeword by Blessings ChinsingaEditorial by Yamikani Ndasauka and Garton KamchedzeraChapter 1. The Quest for Academic Freedom in AfricaYamikani NdasaukaPart 1. State Actors, Democracy and Academic Freedom Chapter 2. Navigating Between Liberal and Communitarian Perspectives of Academic Freedom in AfricaSimon Makwinja, Grivas Kayange and Lawrence MpekansamboChapter 3. Academic Freedom and Democracy in AfricaHajer Kratou and Liisa LaaksoChapter 4. Geopolitics and the Challenge of Academic Freedom in AfricaUchenna Azubuike Ezeogu and Chinweuba, Gregory EmekaChapter 5. Theme-Rheme analysis and ideological representations in Malawian and Zambian online news reporting of Academic Freedom sagasMtende Wezi NtharaChapter 6. Questioning Academic Freedom Invocation in The Glenda Gray ControversySeán M. MullerPart 2. Education Reforms vis-a-vis Academic freedomChapter 7. The Tensions, Contradictions, and Paradoxes of 'Entrepreneurial University' Reforms and Academic FreedomHappy Mickson KayuniChapter 8. Problematising Academic Freedom in Nigerian UniversitiesLucky O. AkarueseChapter 9. African Indigenous Pedagogies as a Key Driver for Academic FreedomPatrick Juma and Jerry RutsatebChapter 10. Conviviality in Journalism Studies and Academic FreedomMwaona NyirongoChapter 11. Professionalism and the Discourse of Academic Freedom in Higher Education Institutions: Evidence from Malawi and JapanFoster Gondwe and Masayasu SakaguchiChapter 12. A Dilemma Regarding Academic Freedom and Public Accountability in Higher EducationThaddeus MetzPart 3. Reflections on Malawi's 2011 Academic Freedom Movement Chapter 13. Police Handling of Academic Freedom Impasse and Students with Disabilities in MalawiElizabeth T. KamchedzeraChapter 14: The Academic Freedom Struggle as a Test of Employee Commitment at the University of MalawiTiyesere Mercy Chikapa- JamaliChapter 15. Metaphorisation of Colour Red During the Academic Freedom Saga in MalawiTimwa LipengaChapter 16. Rhetorical Analysis of Slogans in the Struggle for Academic Freedom in MalawiAnthony Mavuto GundeChapter 17. Battle Lines in Africa’s Struggle on Academic FreedomGarton KamchedzeraIndex