Entries from WIP Talk tagged with 'Ed Collaboration'
Separate and Unequal: Sierra Leone’s Conflict with Tradition
“Should government change for the people or people change for the government?” This question posed by a professor in Sierra Leone serves as a major source of friction in this post conflict society. In developing a new governance system, Sierra...
Media and Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone
Coated in red dust, we traipsed across the scorching hot sand dunes, quickly making our way towards the barely clothed, emaciated men who were sieving through endless piles of sand. The agitated workers shouted incomprehensible phrases to us, but the...
An Opportunity for Real Change: Building Peace in Sierra Leone
This was my first trip to Africa. I was traveling with a group researching the challenges Sierra Leone faces in building peace since the end of its 11-year war that lasted from 1991 to 2002. I had realistic expectations for...
Quiet Inequalities: Voices from the Women of Sierra Leone
“There is a culture of silence around gender inequality in Sierra Leone.” As a conflict resolution student, I only began to understand the significance of this statement several days after I arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s jam-packed, edgy capital. For...
Transitional Justice: The Need for a Multifaceted Approach
The slogan during the run up to the 1996 elections, which occurred in the middle of Sierra Leone’s bloody, eleven-year civil war, was “Power is in your hands.” The Revolutionary United Front responded by amputating the hands of anyone who...
Surviving on Hope in Sierra Leone's Isolated Camps
While sitting in a dark, humid room at a war wounded camp on the outskirts of Freetown, one of the residents asked a question: If there is suffering, is there peace? As we walked around this camp, and many others,...
Sierra Leone's Memory of a Violent Past
During our first few days in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, many describe the need to forget and move away from a haunting past. Their optimism is unexpected because we had drawn certain conclusions about their collective trauma and the country’s...
From War to Peacebuilding
“I fought in the war with the Civil Defense Force. I had been a hunter and I had experience with community mobilization. I didn’t need much training to fight. I thought there was no other option but to fight.” An...
Motorbike Riders in Sierra Leone: Menace to Society or Social Indicator?
For as long as I can remember, I have been terrified of cab drivers. The thought of entrusting my life to one stranger for the duration of the itinerary, under the premise that they will receive payment upon my safe...
Witnessing First-hand: The Crux of Sierra Leone's Conflict
I decided to go on a field trip to the West African state of Sierra Leone in January 2010 because studying societies in conflict -- Africa’s in particular -- has been one of my interests. However, it was not an...
Sierra Leone: Will This Place Know War Again?
Our bus cruised down the bumpy dirt road and I stared out the window admiring the landscape. The cool ocean breeze blew through my hair and in these moments I was left alone with my thoughts. Sierra Leone is blessed...
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