The Review has a largely UK-based editorial working group supported by an international advisory group and by contributing editors from Africa, Europe and the Americas.

The International Advisory Board consists of Sarah Bracking, Bonnie Campbell, Fantu Cheru, Jean Copans, Caroline Ifeka, Shubi Ishemo, Gabrielle Lynch, John Markakis, Giles Mohan, Adebayo Olukoshi, Sara Pantuliano, Issa Shivji, Morris Szeftel, and Gavin Williams.

We remember the following comrades who were closely involved with the journal: Chris Allen, Samir Amin, A M Babu, Carolyn Baylies, Björn Beckman, Lionel Cliffe, Basil Davidson, Ruth First, Bill Freund, John Loxley, Jitendra Mohan, Sam Moyo, Raufu Mustapha, Stephen Riley and John Saul.

• Hakim Adi – University of Chichester
• Alex Beresford – University of Leeds
• Janet Bujra – University of Bradford
• Ray Bush, Briefings and Debates Editor – University of Leeds
• Farai Chipato – University of Glasgow
• Chinedu Chukwudinma, Website Editor – Oxford of Oxford
• Reginald Cline-Cole, Editor – University of Birmingham
• Hannah Cross, Chair of EWG – University of Westminster
• Peter Dwyer – Independent researcher
• Bettina Engels – Freie Universität Berlin
• Alastair Fraser – SOAS London
• Yao Graham, Africa Editor – Third World Network, Accra, Ghana
• Elisa Greco, Editor
• Graham Harrison – Durham University
• Mebratu Kelecha – University of Westminster
• Peter Lawrence, Editor – Keele University
• Raga Makawi – Independent researcher
• Chanda Mfula, Deputy Chair of EWG – University of Sussex
• Nelson Oppong – University of Edinburgh
• Ben Radley, Website Editor – University of Bath
• Clare Smedley, Production Editor
• Colin Stoneman Hon. Treasurer
• Jörg Wiegratz – University of Leeds
• Tunde Zack-Williams – University of Central Lancashire
• Leo Zeilig, Editor – University of the Witwatersrand