A significant contribution to the field of Intelligence Studies . . . useful for scholars, students and international agencies cultivating relations with African countries diplomatically and strategically . . . offers a new understanding on African intelligence services.

Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies

Exceptional research . . . African Intelligence Services might seem aimed at the specialist, but this anthology is valuable for anyone seeking to understand Africa’s broader security issues.

Studies In Intelligence

In African Intelligence Services: Early Postcolonial and Contemporary Challenges, Ryan Shaffer brings together contributors to explore the histories and transformations of African intelligence services. The book offers an impressive introduction to the role of intelligence services in Africa and will give a strong incentive to researchers to further explore the emerging intelligence literature in African Studies.

LSE Review of Books

The reader who takes the book in their hands will receive very detailed information about the IC of the countries discussed in it and the history, political life, economic, cultural, and other backgrounds of the countries and how they will deal with any challenges. Thus, the book will provide valuable material for a long time to come, not only for intelligence and security studies but also for researchers in other fields who have been less involved in African intelligence.

International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence

[A] must-read for academics, political stakeholders, and government officials, both in Africa and beyond. The thoroughly researched case studies, all written from historical and transnational perspectives will also appeal to international agencies and countries that have diplomatic and strategic relations with African states.

Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism

With publication of this edited volume on intelligence in Africa, Shaffer has performed a long overdue service for the international community of scholars concerned with the history and politics of the national security state. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It will become the standard work on African intelligence services for years to come.

R. Gerald Hughes, Director of the Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies, Aberystwyth University