COVID-19 and African Borders in Transition

Samuel Okunade holds a Ph.D. in Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Specifically, he researches borders and migration, especially concerning human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Africa. He equally advances the course of border communities that have an age-long history of marginalization and neglect by the government.

Leon Mwamba Tshimpaka is a senior postdoctoral research fellow at GovInn, SARChI Chair in the Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region, University of Pretoria, South Africa and adjunct professor at the School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Woxsen University, India. He researches migration, citizenship, borders, Africa-EU relations, alternative regionalism, anti-corruption, and Development.

Willie Eselebor holds a Ph.D. in Peace and Conflict Studies, specializing on borders and migration. He was a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and had an early career with the Nigeria Immigration Service (1980–2012), serving in diverse schedules on border control (air, sea, and land) and consulting for the UN-IOM, EU, AU, ECOWAS, ICMPD, and GIZ