The candidates are: Samir Amin, academic, activist (Senegal/Egypt), Jean and John Comaroff, academics (South Africa/United States), Chinua Achebe, writer (Nigeria), Mahmood Mamdani, academic (Uganda), Mamdouh Habashi, academic, politician (Egypt), Kwame Anthony Appiah, academic, philosopher (Ghana/United States), Achille Mbembe, academic (Cameroon/South Africa), J M Coetzee, writer (South Africa/Australia), Issa Shivji, academic (Tanzania), Nawal el Saadawi, writer and activist (Egypt), Wole Soyinka, writer, activist (Nigeria) and Virginie Toure, activist (Cote d'Ivoire).
Los candidatos son: Samir Amin, académico, activista (Senegal/Egipto), Jean y John Comaroff , académicos (Sudáfrica/Estados Unidos), Chinua Achebe, escritor (Nigeria), Mahmood Mamdani , académico (Uganda), Mamdouh Habashi , académico, político (Egipto), Kwame Anthony Appiah, académico, filósofo (Ghana/Estados Unidos), Achille Mbembe , académico (Camerún/Sudáfrica), J M Coetzee, escritor (Sudáfrica/Australia), Issa Shivji , académico (Tanzania), Nawal el Saadawi, escritor y activista (Egipto), Wole Soyinka, escritor, activista (Nigeria) y Virginie Toure , activista (Costa de Marfil).