Cecil Blake: Professor of Mass Communications, University of Nebraska, USA, formerly Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Republic of Sierra Leone Ferdinand Dennis: Writer and Broadcaster, London Ali Mazrui: Albert Schweitzer Professor in African Studies and the Humanities, Binghamton University, New York Kole Omotoso: Professor, Department of Drama and Performing Theatre Arts, University of Stellansbosch, South Africa E. Ike Udogu: Professor of African and International Relations, Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA Ola Uduku: Lecturer in Architecture, Department of Architecture and Building Science, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland Alfred B. Zack-Williams: Professor of Sociology, Department of Education and Social Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England.