The issue was edited by two of Raufu's former DPhils, Ami V Shah, now Associate Professor of Anthropology & Global Studies at Pacific Lutheran University, and David Ehrhardt, now Associate Professor at Leiden University.

'Governance, Power, and Diversity in African States: Celebrating the Legacy of Abdul Raufu Mustapha' also includes papers by a number of other former DPhils: Luisa Enria, Ukoha Ukiwo, Nelson Oppong, Daniel Agbiboa and Arnim Langer. 

It includes the following articles:

• David Ehrhardt & Ami V Shah, Introduction: Abdul Raufu Mustapha and the study of difference and power in African states
• Leila Demarest, Arnim Langer & Ukoha Ukiwo, Nigeria’s Federal Character Commission (FCC): a critical appraisal
• Nelson Oppong, Between elite reflexes and deliberative impulses: oil and the landscape of contentious politics in Ghana
• Ini Dele-Adedeji, Rationalising the appeal of the Boko Haram sect in Northern Nigeria before July 2009
• Daniel Egiegba Agbiboa, Vigilante youths and counterinsurgency in Northeastern Nigeria: the civilian joint task force
• Portia Roelofs, Contesting localisation in interfaith peacebuilding in Northern Nigeria
• Luisa Enria, Unsettled authority and humanitarian practice: reflections on local Iegitimacy from Sierra Leone’s borderlands
• Paul Michael Clough (1949-2019), The moral economy of rural Hausaland: a perspective from long-term field research

The issue is currently free to access.

Ami V Shah and David Ehrhardt (eds) (2020) 'Special Issue: Governance, Power, and Diversity in African States: Celebrating the Legacy of Abdul Raufu Mustapha', Oxford Development Studies 48 (4)