Civil Society and Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone: Donors, Government, and Human Security

This book investigates the important role of actors in Sierra Leone in helping to foster peace and provide for the needs of vulnerable populations after the civil war. This book will be of interest to researchers and stakeholders across the fields of African peacebuilding, development, and conflict resolution.

Vandy Kanyako is Director of the Conflict Resolution Program at Portland State University where he teaches various courses in conflict resolution, including human rights, civil society, peacemaking and peacebuilding, transitional justice, and post-war reconstruction. From 2004 to 2005 he was the Coordinator of the United Nations-NGO Conflict Prevention Working Group in New York, an initiative that explored the role of global civil society in conflict prevention. He has written widely on civil society and the political economy of conflict. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Masters in Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA; and a PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University, USA.