Intro -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I Data Protection Architecture -- An Introduction - Data Governance in Africa: A Change in Narrative -- Rights to Privacy and to Personal Data Protection and Convention 108 -- Part II African Approaches and Data Colonialism -- African Approach(es) to Data Protection Law -- African Data Protection Laws: Politics, But as Usual -- Part III Enforcement Aspects -- Adopting Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) in Africa: Lessons from Kenya's DPIA Framework and Experiences -- Does the Law Protect the Privacy of Ghanaians on the Internet? An Exploratory Study -- Digital Identity, Surveillance, and Data Protection in Africa -- Cross-Border Data Flows: Oiling the Wheel of the African Digital Economy -- The Role of Data Localisation in Cybercrime Investigations -- Part IV Re-Imagining the Future -- Data Imaginaries and the Emergence of Data Institutions in sub-Saharan Africa -- Author Profiles.