Who we are

Outside Cape Coast Castle, Ghana. Photo courtesy of African Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF)

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Staff

Liliane Umubyeyi

Liliane Umubyeyi is a Rwandan and Belgian Rule of Law and Access to Justice researcher and practitioner. Prior to establishing AfaLab, Liliane worked…

Amah Edoh

Amah Edoh is a cultural anthropologist whose research focuses on the production of knowledge about Africa, and on how "African-ness" is produced…

Geneviève Kaninda

Geneviève, born in Belgium, is of Congolese origin and holds a Masters degree in International Law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. For the…

Hélène Himmer

Hélène is a French national, of Guadeloupean descent. She is a committed activist and professional with a diverse background in racial justice and…

Nyambura Njoroge

Nyambura Njoroge, a Kenyan citizen, is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Sustainable Development at KU Leuven, Belgium. With an unwavering…

Fellows

Menna Agha

Menna Agha is an architect and Assistant Professor at the University of Carleton. She has recently been coordinating the spatial justice agenda at…

Noureddine Amara

Noureddine Amara is a historian and the author of a thesis which examined Algerian nationality: Faire la France en Algérie: émigration algérienne,…

Sihem Bensedrine

Sihem Bensedrine is a writer, journalist, and a figure in the fight for human rights in Tunisia. She has worked for more than three decades to…

Magali Bessone

Magali Bessone is Professor of political philosophy at Panthéon-Sorbonne University, member of the ISJPS (Institut des Sciences Juridique et…

Michel DeGraff

Michel DeGraff is Professor of linguistics at MIT, co-founder of the MIT-Haiti Initiative and founding member of Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen. His writings…

Liepollo Lebohang Pheko

Liepollo Lebohang Pheko is a Decolonial Afrikan Feminist and Senior Research Fellow at Trade Collective. Her research Interests are in African…

Kenda Mutongi

Kenda Mutongi has been a Martin Luther King Visiting Professor of History at MIT, a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and a…

Mame-Fatou Niang

Mame-Fatou Niang is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Carnegie Mellon University and the author of Identités Françaises…

Eva Njoki Munyiri

Eva Njoki Munyiri is a Kenyan documentary filmmaker and producer. Well known for the film Waithira ,she is also the founder of Curious Kid, a Kenyan…

Fania Noel

Fania Noel is an Afro-feminist organizer, thinker, and writer. She is currently a PhD candidate in sociology at The New School for Social Research in…

Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka

Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka is a lawyer, political scientist and Assistant Professor at the University of Mons. He received his doctorate degree from the…

Mireille-Tsheusi Robert

Mireille Tsheusi Robert has been a decolonial, deracial and feminist trainer and author since 1999. She is the president of the Bamko association, a…

Bettina Stoetzer

Bettina Stoetzer is Associate professor at MIT and cultural anthropologist whose research focuses on the intersections of ecology, globalization, and…

Board of governance

Yasmine Abdillahi

Yasmine Abdillahi is a corporate transformation leader based in the US. She is currently Executive Director in Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and…

Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa

Dr Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa is a Belgian and Rwandan International Relations scholar and Senior Research Fellow of the Johannesburg Institute of…

Lionel Zevounou

Dr. Lionel Zevounou is a Beninese and French legal scholar. He currently serves as Associate Professor of public Law at University of Paris Nanterre…