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Sarah Nuttall is Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Isabel Hofmeyr is Professor Emeritus of African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She is the author of Dockside Reading. Sarah Nuttall is Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Isabel Hofmeyr is Professor Emeritus of African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She is the author of Dockside Reading. Gabeba Baderoon is Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, African Studies, and Comparative Literature at Penn State University, where she co-directs the African Feminist Initiative. She co-edited the essay collection, Surfacing: On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa. Natasha Erlank is Professor of History at the University of Johannesburg and author of Convening Black Intimacy: Christianity, Gender and Tradition in Early Twentieth Century South Africa. Amanda Esterhuysen is Associate Professor in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and is Head of the Origins Centre. Shireen Hassim is Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and African Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa and Visiting Professor at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She co-edited Go Home or Die Here: Violence, Xenophobia and the Politics of Difference in South Africa. Jonathan Klaaren is Professor of Law & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He is author of From Prohibited Immigrants to Citizens: The Origins of Citizenship and Nationality in South Africa and co-edited Competition Law and Economic Regulation in Southern Africa : Addressing Market Power in Southern Africa. Veronica Klipp is Publisher at Wits University Press and has worked in the South African publishing industry since 1992.  Beth le Roux is Associate Professor in the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria. She is author of A Social History of the University Presses in South Africa and Publishing Against Apartheid: A Case Study of Ravan Press. Siphiwo Mahala is an award-winning short story writer, novelist, playwright and literary critic. He is a senior lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Johannesburg and a research fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study. He is the editor of Imbiza Journal for African Writing. He is the author of Can Themba: The Making and Breaking of the Intellectual Tsotsi. Athambile Masola teaches in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Cape Town. She is an award-wining poet and author of Ilifa. Achille Mbembe is Research Professor in History and Politics at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, and Director of the Innovation Foundation for Democracy in Africa, based at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He is the author of many books, including On The Postcolony, Critique of Black Reason, Necropolitics and Brutalism. Innocentia J Mhlambi is Associate Professor in the Department of African Languages at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She is the author of African-language Literatures: Perspectives on isiZulu Fiction and Popular Black Television Series and co-editor of Mintiro ya Vulavula: Arts, National Identities and Democracy. Hlonipha Mokoena is Director of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.  Sanele kaNtshingana is a lecturer in the School of Languages and Literatures at the University of Cape Town.  Kirsten Perkins is Production Editor at Wits University Press. She completed her Masters in Publishing Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg  Kopano Ratele is Professor of Psychology at the University of Stellenbosch and head of the Stellenbosch Centre for Critical and Creative Thought. His books include The World Looks Like This From Here: Thoughts on African Psychology, and Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity. Srila Roy is Professor of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She co-edited Intimacy and Injury: in the wake of #MeToo in India and South Africa and is the author of Changing the Subject: Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India. Corina van der Spoel is Marketing Coordinator at Wits University Press. She was the founding manager of Boekehuis, a bookshop established in 2000 in Johannesburg.  Ivan Vladislavić is a fiction writer, essayist and editor whose books include The Near North, Double Negative and Portrait with Keys. He is Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.