Acknowledgments
It is our great pleasure to extend our heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to the scholars who contributed the chapters of this book. The book could not have been realized without their valuable expertise. Each chapter has passed through a thorough peer-review and editorial process, which took more time than expected, and we are very grateful for the enduring patience of all the authors.
Our appreciation and recognition go to Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), University of Bayreuth for their financial support and key role in the conference that was the base for this publication. We also extend our gratitude to the entire network of BIGSAS as the idea was further enriched by the impact of partner institutions. We would like to highlight that BIGSAS is supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and founded in the frame of the Excellence Initiative (2005–2019) aimed to promote top-level research and to improve the quality of German universities and research institutions.
We are also grateful to Miriam Straßer, project support at BIGSAS, for her technical support in the process of formatting the book.
The book is meant to stimulate a new generation of scholars, who are inspired to work on and understand the paradigms of higher education partnerships within an ever-changing changing international and global context.