Essays

Introduction Social media is arguably the most widely used digital technology for peacebuilding in Nigeria, especially by civil society. For many scholars, practitioners and users, social media is a double-edged...

Introduction Social media has become part of the everyday communicative, networking, and socialization routines of ordinary Africans. Given its social embeddedness in their lives, digital and social media platforms have...

Introduction Maskani is an ambitious online and offline digital peacebuilding movement that was conceived in 2020. It involved six public universities in Western Kenya, and over sixty students, twelve faculty...

Introduction This special issue of Kujenga Amani focuses on the impacts and implications of social media and Artificial Intelligence (AI) on conflict dynamics, democracy and peacebuilding in Africa. It also...

Kafui Tsekpo is a Next Generation Social Science Doctoral Dissertation (Next Gen) Completion Fellow (2022), and currently a Research Associate at the African Leadership Centre (ALC). His research explores the...

Garikai Chaunza is a Research Assistant at the School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, with interests in Media Activism, Radio & Decolonisation, Media Traditions, Journalism Norms & Practices,...

Introduction One of the formidable challenges facing Ghana as it approaches the 2024 general elections  is how the country can effectively manage its diversity against the backdrop of declining trust...

Ghana faces yet another milestone in its democratic journey in December 2024, as the country heads to the polls to elect a new President and parliamentarians for the 275-member legislative...

Dr. Keneuoe Thibello-Maphosa is a Mosotho. She acquired a PhD in Development Studies from the Department of Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies from the University of Pretoria, in South Africa....

Introduction The year 2024 marks two decades since the publication of the final report of the “Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Sierra Leone” (TRCSL). The report attempted to provide an...

William Musamba (PhD, African History) is a lecturer at Uganda Martyrs University and Makerere University, Uganda. His research interests focus on the twentieth-century history of Busoga, eastern Uganda. His most...

INTRODUCTION Irregular migration in the Southern African region, particularly in the Limpopo Province between South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana, has assumed the dimension of a whole market economy that affects...