Welcome to The West African Transitional Justice Centre

For Social Justice & Transformation

The West African Transitional Justice Centre is designed for education, research and programming on transitional justice in West Africa and globally.

Research

Our Centre is devoted to the developing evidence-based research outputs that include Books, Policy Briefs, Technical Papers, Reports and Documentaries on transitional justice and social justice issues in general. We produce quarterly communique on global topical issues discussed at our Africanist Scholars fora.

Programmes

Our flagship events are held quarterly during the first week of each month. We hold the Distinguished Personality Lecture Series during the first month, the Authors’ Spotlight event during the second month and the Africanist Scholars’ Forum on the third month of each quarter

Bibliography of African Transitional Justice

Our internship programme has been tailored towards building a bibliographical database for transitional justice and other social issues. With a dedicated coordinating team, we are working towards structuring them to develop a curriculum for teaching transitional justice in Africa

Collaborations

We are open to providing technical support for organisations on the theoretical underpinnings of the study and  implementation of transitional justice in Africa and globally

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A Board of Peace in Time of War

Preamble The adoption of Resolution 2803 by 13 members of the UN Security council, with the abstention of China and ...

Decoloniality and Development in African Literary Tradition

WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Dr Adaobi Nkeokelonye, Visiting Lecturer, African University of Science and Technology; Research Fellow, ...

Dr Adaobi Nkeokelonye

Adaobi holds a Doctorate in Literary and Cultural Studies (University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia), an M.A. in Development Studies (Institute ...

SANKOFA: The Algorythm of One Day at a Time in the 21st Century Academy (Part 2)

SANKOFA: Leveraging Indigenous Knowledge Systems for the Future of the Academy The return of technology to the service of humanity ...

SANKOFA: The Algorythm of One Day at a Time in the 21st Century Academy (Part 1)

Philip Ademola OLAYOKU, PhD …and we, can all make a change So I'm told, but I haven't seen the change ...

The Benin Coup Attempt and Political Instability in West Africa

Preamble On the morning of December 7, 2025, there were reports of gunfire at the Beninese Presidential Palace in Cotonou, ...

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