Speakers

Professor Sola Olorunyomi is a Research Professor of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, and the Director of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan.   He obtained his PhD in African Literature from the same university and his specialization covers textual and narrative structures of literary and performance cultures, covering oral and manuscript, print and […]

Professor Mfon Umoren Ekpootu is a distinguished Professor of Gender and Socioeconomic History in the Department of History and Diplomatic Studies at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Her career reflects a deep and enduring commitment to academic excellence, intellectual rigor, and gender-focused historical inquiry. A widely travelled scholar, Professor Ekpootu’s work transcends traditional disciplinary

Dr Nisha Poyyaprath Rayaroth is a historian and the author of Jumbos and Jumping Devils: A Social History of Indian Circus (Oxford University Press, 2020). She has been a Fulbright fellow at Yale University, Mellon-SSRC fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand, research fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, and most recently at

Professor Cheryl Hendricks is the Executive Director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR). Prior to this she was Executive Head of the Africa Institute of South Africa in the Human Sciences Research Council (July 2018 – September 2021). She was appointed as a Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at

Adewale O. Owoseni (Ph.D.) is a Faculty member of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria where he teaches Philosophy. His research interests include African Philosophy, Environmental Ethics, and Human and Animal Studies. Previously, he was a Research Associate and Postdoctoral fellow (2021 – 2023) at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS), University of Pretoria

Kelly Adams is a Legal Advisor at the Global Justice Center, where she focuses on sexual and gender-based violence in crimes against humanity. She holds a J.D. from the Washington University School of Law, with certificates in International and Comparative Law and Public Interest Law, and a M.P.S. in Intelligence from Georgetown University. Her writing

Professor Tim Murithi is Head of the Peacebuilding Interventions Programme at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town, and Extraordinary Professor of African Studies, at the Centre for African and Gender Studies, University of the Free State, in South Africa. He is an Honorary Research Associate, Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy

Patrick Ahern, Ph.D. is a political and ethical philosopher whose research focuses on themes of Critical Theory, Early Modern Thought, Human Rights Theory, and Critical Social Justice. His previous publications include, “Pathic Identification in Populist Movements: The Spectre of Antisemitism in Right and Left Populist Protests” (in Critical Theory and the Critique of Antisemitism, Bloomsbury

Jendele Hungbo is Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at KolaDaisi University, Ibadan. He is also a Research Associate with the Department on Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His research interests cut across Broadcast media, New (interactive) Media, Social media, postcolonial identities and representations in the media in Africa among others. He previously

Professor Horace G Campbell is a Professor of African American Studies and Political Science at Syracuse University in New York, United States. He is well renowned for his work on international peace and social justice, and has been involved in several of African liberation struggles with remarkable impacts across the Caribbean, North America, Europe and