Launch of AKN Podcast
Voices and Images of Migration, Exploitation, Reintegration and Emancipation
in Nigeria (VIOMEREN)
Principal investigator: Dr Chibuzo Ejiogu
De Montfort University
Co-investigators: Professor Ayobami Ojebode (University of Ibadan); Dr Amanze Ejiogu (Univerity of Leicester); Ngunan Ioron Aloho (Sanuel Ioron Foundation)
Country: Nigeria
Survivors' Voices, Stories, and Images: Survivor-led Empowerment Through Ethical Story-Telling and Participatory Photography
Principal investigator: Helen McCabe
University of Nottingham – The Rights Lab
Co-investigators: Emily Brady (University of Nottingham);Sophie Otiende (HAART Kenya); Ruth Sorby (World Reader)
Country: Kenya
Our Round 1 phase 2 projects started in December 2018 and will be running between 12-18 months. Descriptions of each project can be found in the Brochure.
Emerging Voices
Principal investigator: Phillip Clayton
City Hearts
Co-investigators: Karen Bianchi (City Hearts Africa); Professor Gary Craig (Research Consultant)
Country: Ghana
LESLAN – Legacies of Slavery in Niger: Mobilising Memory, Heritage and Politics to End Abuse.
Principal investigator: Benedetta Rossi
University of Birmingham
Co-investigators: Ali Bouzou (Timidria), and Mahaman Tidjani Alou (Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey)
Country: Niger
Find out more and follow LESLAN’s activities on its website and blog: https://leslan.org/
Bil pi Kuc: Creative Art Based Therapies’ for the prevention, reintegration and healing of ex-child combatants in Northern Uganda.
Principal investigator: Geoffrey Omony
Youth Leaders for Restoration and Development (YOLRED)
Co-investigators: Jassi Sandhar (University of Bristol). The Goldin Institute (Chicago) are also collaborating on the project in an advisory capacity
Country: Uganda
Community Stories
Principal investigator: Dr Peter Day
University of Brighton
Co-investigators: Jerry Agalo (Rongo University); Enock Mac’Ouma (Rongo University); Isabell Zattu (Rongo University)
Country: Kenya
Hidden Histories: The Untold stories of James Town and Slavery
Principal investigator: Dr Stephen Collins
University of the West of Scotland
Co-investigators: Collins Seymah Smith (James Town Community Theatre); Nii Kwaterlai Quartey (James town walking tours)
Country: Ghana
Project updates are available on the JTCT blog: https://act4changegh.jimdofree.com/blog/
Visualising Liberte: Producing a graphic novel and an animation on the history of slavery and emancipation in Kayes, Mali
Principal Investigator: Marie Rodet
SOAS
Co-investigators: Moussa Kalapo (Association Donkosira); Mamadou Cissé (Association Donkosira)
Country: Mali
From Hope to Despair: An Ethnography of Youth Experiences of Human Trafficking
Principal Investigator: Dr Willis Okumu
Anglican Development Services
Co-investigators: The Reverend Rachel Carnegie (Anglican Alliance)
Country: Kenya
Healing Spaces for Human Trafficking Survivors: Developing an Evidence-based design framework for care facilities serving human trafficking survivors in East Africa
Principal Investigator: James Mitchell
Orkidstudio
Co-investigators: Agnes Igoye (Deputy National Coordinator - Prevention in Trafficking in Persons), Prof Christopher Platt (The Mackintosh School of Architecture- The Glasgow School of Art), Architect Mtamu Kililo (Orkidstudio)
Country: Kenya and Uganda
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