Chapter One. African Flagship Universities in the Era of "Massification"; Damtew Teferra.- Chapter Two. University of Botswana: A National University in Decline?; Richard Tabulawa & Frank Youngman.- Chapter Three. Cairo University: The Pioneer University at the Pyramids; Mohsen Elmahdy Said.- Chapter Four. Once a Flagship Always a Flagship? Addis Ababa University in Perspective; Elizabeth Ayalew.- Chapter Five. The University of Ghana: Flagship at the Gold Coast; Edward H. K. Acquah & Joseph M. Budu.- Chapter Six. The University of Nairobi: The Flagship in Kenya; Daniel N. Sifuna.- Chapter Seven. The University of Mauritius: A Flagship University in a Small Island State; Henri Li Kam Wah.- Chapter Eight. The University of Ibadan: A Beacon of Higher Education in Africa; Bola Udegbe and G.O.S. Ekhaguere.- Chapter Nine. Cheikh Anta Diop University: Senegal's Flagship; Abdou Salam Sall.- Chapter Ten. African Flagship Universities in Higher Education and National Development: The Case of the University of Dar es Salaam; Johnson M. Ishengoma.- Chapter Eleven. Makerere University as a Flagship Institution: Sustaining the Quest for Relevance; Ronald Bisaso.- Chapter Twelve. The University of Zambia: Contribution as Zambia's Flagship; Gift Masaiti and Nelly Mwale.- Chapter Thirteen. African Flagship Universities: Epilogue; Damtew Teferra.