Sabella O. Abidde is a professor of political science and a member of the graduate faculty at Alabama State University. He holds a B.A. in international relations and an M.Sc. in educational administration from Saint Cloud State University, Minnesota; an M.A.

in political science from Minnesota State University, Mankato; and a Ph.D. in African Studies, World Affairs, Public Policy, and Development Studies from Howard University. He has edited and co-edited several volumes, including Xenophobia and Nativism in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean (Routledge, 2023). Professor Abidde is a lifetime member of the African Studies and Research Forum (ASRF), the American Association for Chinese Studies (AACS), the Midwest Association for Latin American Studies (MALAS), and the Association of Global South Studies (AGSS), where he currently serves as its vice president/president-elect. He is a 2023 MOFA Taiwan Fellow and a 2024 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow. Dramane G. Thiombiano is from Burkina Faso, West Africa.

He is an assistant professor at the National Yun-Lin University of Science and Technology. He previously taught in the International Master Program in Asia-Pacific Affairs at National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where he earned his master's degree (2010) and Ph.D. (2016). His research interests include entrepreneurship, emerging market analysis, China-Africa relations, Taiwan's political economy, cross-strait relations, and Taiwan-Africa relations. His most recent publications include:The Beijing Consensus versus the Washington Consensus in Africa: Why Is the Chinese Model Gaining Ground in Africa?(Sun Yat-sen Journal of Humanities, 2016),The Impact of China on the Agency and Negotiating Power of African Countries: Cases of Angola and Niger(African Journal of Political Science and International Relations, 2020); andA Sentiment Based Text Analysis of the Perception of Chinese Infrastructure Development in Africa(International Journal of Social Science Studies, 2022).