Peace & Conflict Resolution in West Africa

Peace & Conflict in West Africa panel discussion at the Cambridge Main Library
On Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 6:30 pm, the West African Research Association (WARA), a consortium of scholars and institutions with interest in West Africa, will host a panel discussion on Peace and Conflict in West Africa in collaboration with the Cambridge Peace Commission. The event will take place in the... [read more]

Peace & Conflict in West Africa panel discussion at the Cambridge Main Library
On Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 6:30 pm, the West African Research Association (WARA), a consortium of scholars and institutions with interest in West Africa, will host a panel discussion on Peace and Conflict in West Africa in collaboration with the Cambridge Peace Commission. The event will take place in the auditorium of the main branch of the Cambridge Public Library.

The panel discussion will take place under the auspices of the West African Peace Initiative, a multi-faceted project organized and implemented by the West African Research Association with support from the US Department of State, which works to advance research, dialogue, peace-building and conflict resolution in the region. Discussion will revolve around peacebuilding efforts and the challenges being faced right now in the region.

There will be three featured panelists with extensive experience analyzing conflicts in the region. They include;
• Professor Abu Bakarr Bah, Professor of Sociology at Northern Illinois University, founder and Editor-in-chief of the African Conflict & Peace-building Review (ACPR), a peer reviewed journal which grew out of the West African Peace Initiative.

• Professor Wilson- Fall, Director of Africana Studies at Lafayette College, who serves on the steering committee of the West African Peace Initiative and has written extensively about Africa and the African Diaspora.

• Ms. Janet Johnson who covered the civil wars in Liberia for over 20 years and is featured prominently in the documentary film Pray the Devil Back to Hell, which chronicles the contributions of women in bringing an end to the civil wars in Liberia.

Learn more about the histories, the struggles, and peacebuilding practices of West Africans at the Peace & Conflict in West Africa discussion. Learn more about the West African Peace Initiative at www.westafricapeace.org. To learn more about the work of the Cambridge Peace Commission visit the Peace Commission’s website at http://www.cambridgema.gov/peace.aspx. For more information regarding this event and to RSVP, please contact Stephanie Guirand via email at west.african.research.association@gmail.com or Muna Kangsen at mkangsen@cambridgema.gov.

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