Oxford Peace Talks: In Honour of Kofi Annan

Speakers:

• Sadat Zagah Zziwa, former gang member turned peace ambassador who recruits gangsters
• and people from the ghetto in order to engage them productively and contribute to Uganda’s development.
• • Fatima Al Ansar, Mali’s youngest diplomat serving as head of mission at the Ministry of Foreign
• Affairs and International Cooperation, social entrepreneur and activist for girls’ education and
• women’s rights.
• • Daniel Mpilo Richards, award winning South African actor who currently serves as the creative
• director for the Ruben Richards Foundation – a non-profit organization that aims to heal the
• hearts, minds and souls of traumatized communities through various programs in the areas of
• Therapy, Job Creation, Conflict Mediation and Art Therapy.
• • Anupah Makoond, peacebuilder from Mauritius who has worked on projects in conflict affected
• societies, Co-chair of the 2019 Oxford Africa Conference, and currently pursuing an MA in Evidence
• Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation.
• • Sellah King’oro, Assistant Director of the Research, Policy and Planning Department of Kenya’s
• National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and social researcher with interests in
• measuring peace, ethnic relations, genocide prevention, and social cohesion.
• • Hajer Sharief, Founder of Libyan organization “Together We Built it” that promotes the role of
• women and youth in peace, Young Leader from Kofi Annan Foundation’s Extremely Together Initiative.

More speakers to be announced soon