A good illustration, increasingly common in contemporary Africa, concerns success and failure in examinations.
The magazine was named after "Joe", a common man who used humour to deal with and expose the realities of urban life in contemporary Africa.
It aims not just at academics and students, but also at general readers and practitioners with a concern for contemporary Africa.
Is the same true in contemporary Africa?
Dr. Campbell is in high demand as an expert commentator on issues relating to contemporary Africa and the world.
The show promises to offer a new perspective both on Islam and on contemporary Africa itself.
Siemon Allen - A fiction of authenticity: contemporary Africa abroad.
There is much to glean from this provocative examination of what defining identity means in contemporary Africa.
Admission to the talk, which will focus on rapidly changing mores, literature and women's issues in contemporary Africa, is free.
Rubadiri's poetry has been praised as being among "the richest of contemporary Africa".