Dr Rory Pilossof is a historian of southern Africa based at the International Studies Group, University of the Free State, South Africa. His main research interests are the end of empire, labour and land in Zimbabwe and neighbouring countries.

Dr Andrew Cohen is Senior Lecturer in Imperial History at the University of Kent, UK. He also holds a visiting research fellowship at the International Studies Group, University of the Free State, South Africa. His research interests include the economic history of southern Africa in the twentieth century.