The Corporation’s Andrea Johnson highlights the wins and continued obstacles in African peacebuilding chronicled in a new publication from the Wilson Center’s Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding
In March 2021, the Wilson Center Africa Program hosted a book launch for The State of Peacebuilding in Africa: Lessons Learned for Policymakers and Practitioners, edited by Terence McNamee and Monde Muyangwa. The virtual event featured six experts in peacebuilding in Africa who contributed to the book, as well as the Corporation’s Andrea Johnson, a program officer with the Higher Education and Research in Africa and Peacebuilding in Africa team.
The State of Peacebuilding in Africa is published under the Corporation-funded Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP). The SVNP is a continent-wide network of African policy, research, and academic organizations that works with the Wilson Center’s Africa Program to bring African knowledge, analyses, and perspectives to inform U.S., African, and international policy on peacebuilding in Africa. The State of Peacebuilding in Africa builds on 30 years of research from the SVNP, chronicling key issues such as the often-overlooked role of local voices in lieu of external actors, the critical role Africa’s youth should play in peacebuilding processes, and the need for more patience, understanding, and knowledge exchange.
“The voices of African scholars in debates over peacebuilding, its definition, and strategies and tactics are not heard or heeded often enough,” Johnson explained during her opening remarks. “The array of programs the Corporation supports aims to strengthen the researcher pipeline, some research itself, linkages between African researchers and their peers around the world, and dissemination vehicles that help funnel African research results into global and regional peacebuilding discussions.”
The Corporation has long invested in efforts to build capacity for research management in Africa, as well as connecting African experts and practitioners focused on peacebuilding with peacebuilding communities from around the world.
Download the publication The State of Peacebuilding in Africa: Lessons Learned for Policymakers and Practitioners.
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