PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of TablesNotes on Contributors1 Towards a Conceptual History of the University in Africa: Grand Narratives and Competing Models Patrício V. Langa and David Kaldewey 2 Weaving the Local into University Knowledge in Africa Elísio Macamo 3 Advancing the African Pluriversity as a Decolonial Imaginary Kasturi Behari-Leak 4 Innovative Practices in African Higher Education: Teaching, Research, and Community Engagement Teboho Moja 5 Higher Education Massification and the Power of Academic Practices: Experiences and Insights from a Public University in Kenya Mariah Mosomi 6 Decolonisation and Internationalisation of Higher Education Lerato Posholi 7 The Idea of an Islamic University in Africa: A Discourse on Knowledge Politics Bakheit Mohammed Nur 8 Negotiating Ambivalences between the Global and the Local: An Empirical Study of Hybridisation of Higher Education in Algeria Leonie Schoelen 9 The Advent of a New Model of the African University: The Case of the University of Dschang in Cameroon Destin Feutseu Dassi 10 Building African University Capacity through Research Output: The Case of One South African University of Technology Laetus O. K. Lategan, Eli M. Bitzer and Cecilé Swart.