Mr Fosuaba Banahana is the administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund in Accra, Ghana.  As an Ohio University Alumni, he plays a central role in a MOU with the College of Communication and the Partnership between African Studies and the Otumfuo Fund. He visited the Center of African Studies and met with the Ghanaian students telling them about his experience at Ohio University.

Usman Bugaje is one of the leading opposition politicians in Nigeria. He visited the Center for African Studies during November of 2007. In his short visit to Ohio University, Bugaje lectured to students in the African Studies Program about the current Nigerian political situation. He was also interviewed by Ernest Waititu for The Athens News.

Dr. Bailly Sery is a full Professor at University of Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire. Currently, he is the Director of ERELCL (Research Team in Literature and Civilization), English Department at University of Abidjan. He visited the Center for African Studies February 2008 to speak in the program's regular "Brown Bag" series about post-independence politics in Africa.

Dr. Mohamud Bhadmus Wumi, Associate Professor Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. Dr. Muhammed O. Bhadmus is a visiting associate professor
of theatre and drama from Bayero University, Kano-Nigeria.His interests include reading established dramatists and plays against the grain and finding new meanigs and interpretations for established theatre and drama traditions.

Mr. Moses Aluaigba is a Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher, 2008-2009 in African Studies from Nigeria. He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Political Science and currently a doctoral candidate at University of Abuja, Nigeria. He works with Bayero University, Kano Nigeria. His areas of research interest include ethnic conflicts, conflict resolution, democracy and democratization process in Nigeria.