Ibrahim Bangura

Ibrahim Bangura is an Associate Professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. Bangura holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and history and a Master’s degree in Gender Studies from the University of Sierra Leone; another Master’s degree in International Development Studies from the University of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands; and a Doctorate degree in Economics from the Leipzig Graduate School of Management in Germany. He is a recipient of the APN Individual Research Grant (IRG), 2016.

Essays

Transitional Justice, Conflict Prevention, and Violence in Post-War Sierra Leone: Gaps and Opportunities

Ibrahim Bangura and Petra Nederkoorn | November 21, 2024

Dr. Ibrahim Bangura giving a presentation. Both hands are extended and there is an orange wall in the background.

Transforming My Academic Trajectory

Ibrahim Bangura | May 24, 2022

A Call for Constructive Engagement: Youth, Violence, and Peacebuilding in the Mano River Basin Area

Ibrahim Bangura | November 9, 2017

Book Review: The Limits of Democracy and the Postcolonial Nation State: Mali’s Democratic Experiment Falters, while Jihad and Terrorism Grow in the Sahara

Ibrahim Bangura | May 30, 2017

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