Patrício V. Langa is Professor of Sociology, Higher Education, Science and Policy Studies, at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique, Chair of the Africa Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (Ghana), Research Affiliate at the Forum International Wissenschaft, University of Bonn, and Senior Research Fellow at the University Alliance Ruhr, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Essen, Germany.David Kaldewey is Professor for Science Studies and Science Policy at the University of Bonn and co-spokesperson of the Rhine Ruhr Center for Science Communication Research. He holds a doctorate in sociology from Bielefeld University. He has published widely on the changing relationship of science, society, and politics. His research interests include the identity work of scientists and science policy makers, the crisis of truth as a challenge to science communication, and the sociology of universities in world society.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of TablesNotes on Contributors1 Towards a Conceptual History of the University in Africa: Grand Narratives and Competing ModelsPatrício V. Langa and David Kaldewey2 Weaving the Local into University Knowledge in AfricaElísio Macamo3 Advancing the African Pluriversity as a Decolonial ImaginaryKasturi Behari-Leak4 Innovative Practices in African Higher Education: Teaching, Research, and Community EngagementTeboho Moja5 Higher Education Massification and the Power of Academic Practices: Experiences and Insights from a Public University in KenyaMariah Mosomi6 Decolonisation and Internationalisation of Higher EducationLerato Posholi7 The Idea of an Islamic University in Africa: A Discourse on Knowledge PoliticsBakheit Mohammed Nur8 Negotiating Ambivalences between the Global and the Local: An Empirical Study of Hybridisation of Higher Education in AlgeriaLeonie Schoelen9 The Advent of a New Model of the African University: The Case of the University of Dschang in CameroonDestin Feutseu Dassi10 Building African University Capacity through Research Output: The Case of One South African University of TechnologyLaetus O. K. Lategan, Eli M. Bitzer and Cecilé Swart