Kujenga Amani: Peacebuilding in Africa

In this episode of the Kujenga Amani podcast, Dr. Olajumoke (Jumo) Ayandele, scholar-practitioner and a clinical assistant professor of transnational security at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University (NYU), addresses the importance of African scholarship in bridging the gap between knowledge and practice in a context of structural and emerging challenges on the continent.   Drawing...

In this episode of the Kujenga Amani Podcast, Professor Siphokazi Magadla reflects on her journey as a South African scholar of political science and journalism, and an activist who aims to center the existence, imagination, and hopes of African women, girls, and children in the work towards ensuring a future that sustains the dignity, vitality and creativity of human life. Professor Magadla refle...

Our guest today is Dr. Monde Muyangwa, an expert on conflict resolution and peacebuilding in Africa, democracy and governance, gender, US foreign policy, and the African Union. She currently serves as the director of the Africa Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center where she leads programs designed to analyze and offer effective, practical solutions to Africa's most pressing current and future issu...

For the latest installment of the African Peacebuilding Network's Kujenga Amani podcast, we sat down with Search for Common Ground's vice president of programs, Lena Slachmuijlder, an accomplished journalist, editor, human rights defender, director, producer, performing artist, cultural facilitator, trainer, and project manager with over twenty-five years of experience in peacebuilding. Lena joine...

Since the founding of the African Union (AU) in 2002, its role in promoting peace and security on the continent has evolved considerably. Compared with its predecessor, the Organization of African Unity, the AU has played a more active role in peacekeeping and peace support operations. For the third episode of the APN's Kujenga Amani podcast, we sat down with Paul D. Williams, a professor of Secur...

International peacebuilding efforts in conflict-affected countries, including the DRC, typically prioritize top-down approaches. According to Séverine Autesserre—an expert on peacebuilding, humanitarian aid, and African politics—international peace organizations rarely tap into local knowledge and expertise or consider the voices of local communities. For episode 2 of the APN (SSRC) Kujenga Amani...

Ambassador Macharia Kamau is Kenya's Principal Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and immediate former Ambassador of Kenya to the United Nations. He has also served as Chairperson of the UN Peacebuilding Commission, UNICEF Executive Board President,  Co-Chair of the General Assembly Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and as co-facilitator of the post-2015 Developm...