# IN MEMORIAM  
We would like to express our gratitude to the experts below for their contributions to the new General History of Africa, Volumes IX-XI:  
Professor Ambassador (retired) Olabiyi Joseph Babalola Yai, Benin, member of the International Scientific Committee for the drafting of the new volumes of the GHA Professor Alain Anselin, Guadeloupe, France, author
Professor Mamadi Dembele, Mali, author
Professor Harry Goulbourne, UK, author
Professor Patrick Harries, South Africa, author
Professor Catherine Servan-Schreiber, France, author
Mr Mohamed Ziadah, Sudan, Programme Specialist, member of the coordination team Professor Graham Connah, UK, author