The real value of any course lies in its faculty. The Centre of Peace and Sustainable development has worked hard to ensure that the faculty are all highly skilled, highly knowledgeable and highly experienced in their taught fields. Furthermore the faculty has been brought together from all over the Africa continent and beyond.
They come from a wide range of backgrounds that includes, academics, NGOs, the private sector, the government, the military and think tanks or research bodies. This broad type of exposure is what guarantees students that not only will they leave the course with an in depth understanding of Africa today and the challenges it faces but that they will also leave with a greater capacity to meet these challenges and facilitate change.
Dr Levi Zangai
Dr Levi Zangai is currently a private practice consultant. His work focuses on issues related to international development, peace security and democratic governance. He has provided consulting services to UNICEF, GTZ and the UN Economic Commission for Africa. An example of a recent assignment for Dr Zangai is when he conducted a rigorous study of African Regional integration with a particular emphasis on Peace, Security and Governance for the UN.
Dr Zangai is a Liberian and was the Education Minister for the country in the interim government between 1994 and 1996. From 1994-1996 he became the Minister of State for Peacekeeping in the same government. Dr Zangai earned an MA in Government and Political Science from the University of San Francisco and he was a Fulbright Scholar earning a PhD in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. He has taught courses around the world in Political Science, Public Policy development, Rural development, Public Policy analysis and many other topics. His publications are numerous.
Ms Joan Mbagwu
Joan Mbagwu holds a BA in English Education from the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, awarded in 1985, and an MA in Conflict Resolution and Management from Antioch University, Ohio, USA, obtained in 1999. She worked for USAID office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) from 2000-2001 before joining African Strategic and Peace Research Group, (AFSTRAG) later in 2001 as the Program Officer.
As the Program Officer, Joan is intimately involved with Project Leaders on Ford Foundations Projects such as; the Database of Peace and Security in West Africa; Civil Society and Ethic Conflict Management in Nigeria; Civil Society, Good Governance and the challenge of Regional Security in West Africa; Child soldiers, Civil wars and Post Conflict Peace Building in West Africa. She coordinates the Strategic Planning Meetings for AFSTRAG International Projects; write and present papers at Conferences on behalf of AFSTRAG locally and internationally. Ms Mbagwu designs and writes proposals for funding and she is the Resource Person for Women in Peace and War as well as Gender studies.
Dr Mohammed Kuna
Chris Ogan
Mr Dagadu
Jean Bernard
Prof Adebayo Olukoshi
Dr Abiola Lipede
Ms Zainab Bayero
Zainab Bayero has taught and trained in Peace building and Sustainable Development from June 1996 to date. Her specialty area is in Universal Basic Education as a grass root teacher, facilitator and trainer in Literacy and numeracy for the Nigerian child. She is currently involved in Interactive radio Instruction for Primary Education, a LEAB/USAID/FGN sponsored programme. She has collaborated on projects with USAID, the British Council, UNDP, USIS, Kaguna and Benue State governments and the Federal State Government. Zainab has a BA in Education and is currently pursuing a Masters in Education and Administrative Planning in Ahmadu Bello University. She also has built up a vast wealth of experience through participation and coordination of a number of practical workshops both in and out of Nigeria.
Dr I.O. Albert
Dr. Isaac Albert is a senior research Fellow in Peace Studies at the University of Ibadan. He coordinates the Peace and Conflict Studies Programme of the Institute and is also the leader of the 'Traditional African Approaches to Conflict Resolution' (TACOR) Programme of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at Ibadan. He hold a PhD degree of the University of Ibadan in African History as well as a Certificate in Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping of the United Nations International Leadership Academy, Amman, Jordan.
Dr Imran Abdulrahman
Mr Dada A. S. Shekwo'duza
Mr Dada A. S. Shekwo'duza is today a lecturer in Social Studies at the College of Education in Minna, Niger state. He holds a Bachelors degree in Political Science, a Graduate certificate in Education and Master in Political science all from A.B. University in Zaria. From 1990 - 1993 he was a lecturer in Political Science at Niger State Poly, Zungeru. From 1993-1999 he worked for the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after which he joined the College of Education in Minna.
Mjr Gen (rtd) Ishola Williams
Mjr Gen (rtd) Ishola Williams is a retired Major-General from the Nigerian military. His impressive civil and military qualifications are earned from institutions around the world including the Bievet d'etudes at the Institut de Hautes Etudes de la Defence (France 1991); Diploma in Military Telecommunications, School of Signals (UK, 1970); Post graduate diploma in War Studies, King's College (London 1981); Diploma of the National War College (India 1984); Brevet d'etudes-ecole de Guerre Inter Armees (France 1977) and finally a Certificate in Nuclear Studies, The Open University (UK 1986/87).
His key areas of speciality are military telecommunications and Human Security Studies (conflicts, peace support operations, Micro-disarmament and development). Throughout the late seventies, the eighties Ishola Williams was progressively promoted until he resigned in 1993 whilst he was the Chief of Defence Operations, Planning and Training at the Defence Headquarters.
Today Ishola Williams is a leading advocate in Nigeria for democratisation and development on the African continent. To this end he is the Executive Secretary for the African Strategic and Peace Research Group (AFSTRAG), a Pan African think tank and advocacy group that addresses issues of conflict in Africa and the Secretary General for the Nigerian Chapter of Transparency International. He is currently one of three mediators at the Liberian Peace talks in Accra. He is also the President of the African Baseball and Softball Association.
Ishola Williams is frequently asked to present papers and participate in seminars, workshops and conferences around the world and has visited over 40 countries on all continents of the world.
