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'''Joseph Ben Kaifala''' is a Sierra Leonean author, lawyer, historian and human rights activist. He set up the non-profit Jeneba Project, with the aim of providing education for underprivileged girls in Sierra Leone and the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Liberia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.giraffe.org/joseph-ben-kaifala|title=Joseph Ben Kaifala|website=Giraffe Heroes Project|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> and also co-founded the Sierra Leone Memory Project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://salonemessengers.com/joseph-kaifala-becomes-the-first-sierra-leonean-to-receive-ford-global-fellow/|title=Joseph Kaifala Becomes The First Sierra Leonean To Receive Ford Global Fellow|first=Sallu|last= Kamuskay|date=1 November 2021|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> |
'''Joseph Ben Kaifala''' is a Sierra Leonean author, lawyer, historian and human rights activist. He set up the non-profit Jeneba Project, with the aim of providing education for underprivileged girls in Sierra Leone and the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Liberia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.giraffe.org/joseph-ben-kaifala|title=Joseph Ben Kaifala|website=Giraffe Heroes Project|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> and also co-founded the Sierra Leone Memory Project to help communities to cope with and heal from past trauma.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLT7aRgazRs| title=There is more in you than you think. {{!}} Joseph Kaifala {{!}} TEDxYouth@Kingtom|website=TEDx Talks|access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://salonemessengers.com/joseph-kaifala-becomes-the-first-sierra-leonean-to-receive-ford-global-fellow/|title=Joseph Kaifala Becomes The First Sierra Leonean To Receive Ford Global Fellow|first=Sallu|last= Kamuskay|date=1 November 2021|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Kaifala was born in Sierra Leone, where he was raised, as well as spending part of his early childhood in Liberia and Guinea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/24699|title=Theme: Triggering Potentials|work=TEDxYouth@KingTom|date=28 July 2018}}</ref> Later moving to Norway, he studied at the [[Red Cross Nordic United World College]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwcrcn.no/joseph-kaifala-02-04/|title=Joseph Kaifala ('02 – '04)|website=UWC Red Cross Nordic|date=14 March 2017|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> and subsequently enrolled at [[Skidmore College]] in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vermontlaw.edu/directory/person/kaifala-joseph|title=Joseph Kifala|website=Vermont Law School|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skidmore.edu/international-students/davis-uwc/anniversary/profiles/kaifala.php|title=International Students and Scholars {{!}} Joseph Kaifala '08|website=Skidmore|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> |
Kaifala was born in Sierra Leone, where he was raised, as well as spending part of his early childhood in Liberia and Guinea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/24699|title=Theme: Triggering Potentials|work=TEDxYouth@KingTom|date=28 July 2018}}</ref> Later moving to Norway, he studied at the [[Red Cross Nordic United World College]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwcrcn.no/joseph-kaifala-02-04/|title=Joseph Kaifala ('02 – '04)|website=UWC Red Cross Nordic|date=14 March 2017|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> and subsequently enrolled at [[Skidmore College]] in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vermontlaw.edu/directory/person/kaifala-joseph|title=Joseph Kifala|website=Vermont Law School|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skidmore.edu/international-students/davis-uwc/anniversary/profiles/kaifala.php|title=International Students and Scholars {{!}} Joseph Kaifala '08|website=Skidmore|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> |
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His published writings include ''Freed Slaves, Freetown, and the Sierra Leonean Civil War'', about which [[Adam Hochschild]] said: "It's no easy feat to write a country's history in one book, especially when the nation involved has been through as much hope and as much suffering as Sierra Leone. But Joseph Kaifala has managed the job knowledgeably and skillfully, by focusing on key periods of his country’s evolution. This is a first-rate guide to understanding the deep historical underpinnings of the challenges facing Sierra Leone today."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/978-1-349-94854-3|title=Free Slaves, Freetown, and the Sierra Leonean Civil War|website=Springer|access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref> His memoir ''Adamalui: A Survivor's Journey from Civil Wars in Africa to Life in America'' (2018) has been listed as one of the "Best Sierra Leone Civil War Books of All Time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bookauthority.org/books/best-sierra-leone-civil-war-books|title=44 Best Sierra Leone Civil War Books of All Time|website=Book Authority|access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In 2021, Kaifala became the first Sierra Leonean to be honoured as a [[Ford Foundation|Ford]] Global Fellow.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://awokonewspaper.sl/joseph-kaifala-first-sierra-leonean-to-receive-ford-global-fellow/ |title=Joseph Kaifala first Sierra Leonean to receive Ford Global Fellow|website=Awoko|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
==Bibliography== |
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Revision as of 12:31, 2 July 2022
Joseph Ben Kaifala is a Sierra Leonean author, lawyer, historian and human rights activist. He set up the non-profit Jeneba Project, with the aim of providing education for underprivileged girls in Sierra Leone and the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Liberia,[1] and also co-founded the Sierra Leone Memory Project to help communities to cope with and heal from past trauma.[2][3]
Biography
Kaifala was born in Sierra Leone, where he was raised, as well as spending part of his early childhood in Liberia and Guinea.[4] Later moving to Norway, he studied at the Red Cross Nordic United World College,[5] and subsequently enrolled at Skidmore College in New York.[6][7]
His published writings include Freed Slaves, Freetown, and the Sierra Leonean Civil War, about which Adam Hochschild said: "It's no easy feat to write a country's history in one book, especially when the nation involved has been through as much hope and as much suffering as Sierra Leone. But Joseph Kaifala has managed the job knowledgeably and skillfully, by focusing on key periods of his country’s evolution. This is a first-rate guide to understanding the deep historical underpinnings of the challenges facing Sierra Leone today."[8] His memoir Adamalui: A Survivor's Journey from Civil Wars in Africa to Life in America (2018) has been listed as one of the "Best Sierra Leone Civil War Books of All Time".[9]
In 2021, Kaifala became the first Sierra Leonean to be honoured as a Ford Global Fellow.[10]
Bibliography
- Free Slaves, Freetown, and the Sierra Leonean Civil War, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, ISBN 978-1349948536
- Adamalui: A Survivor's Journey from Civil Wars in Africa to Life in America, Turner, 2018, ISBN 978-1681626840
References
- ^ "Joseph Ben Kaifala". Giraffe Heroes Project. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "There is more in you than you think. | Joseph Kaifala | TEDxYouth@Kingtom". TEDx Talks. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Kamuskay, Sallu (1 November 2021). "Joseph Kaifala Becomes The First Sierra Leonean To Receive Ford Global Fellow". Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Theme: Triggering Potentials". TEDxYouth@KingTom. 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Joseph Kaifala ('02 – '04)". UWC Red Cross Nordic. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Joseph Kifala". Vermont Law School. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "International Students and Scholars | Joseph Kaifala '08". Skidmore. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Free Slaves, Freetown, and the Sierra Leonean Civil War". Springer. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "44 Best Sierra Leone Civil War Books of All Time". Book Authority. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Joseph Kaifala first Sierra Leonean to receive Ford Global Fellow". Awoko. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
External links
- Joseph Kaifala website
- "30 Years Later: Joseph Kaifala on Remembrance and Haling", Poda-Poda Stories, 15 March 2021.