Phase 2 projects
Our Round 2 phase 2 projects started in November 2019 and will be running up to 12 months.
Launch of AKN Podcast
Voices and Images of Migration, Exploitation, Reintegration and Emancipation
in Nigeria (VIOMEREN)
Principal investigator: Dr Chibuzo Ejiogu
De Montfort University
Co-investigators: Professor Ayobami Ojebode (University of Ibadan); Dr Amanze Ejiogu (Univerity of Leicester); Ngunan Ioron Aloho (Sanuel Ioron Foundation)
Country: Nigeria
Survivors' Voices, Stories, and Images: Survivor-led Empowerment Through Ethical Story-Telling and Participatory Photography
Principal investigator: Helen McCabe
University of Nottingham – The Rights Lab
Co-investigators: Emily Brady (University of Nottingham);Sophie Otiende (HAART Kenya); Ruth Sorby (World Reader)
Country: Kenya
Our Round 1 phase 2 projects started in December 2018 and will be running between 12-18 months. Descriptions of each project can be found in the Brochure.
Emerging Voices
Principal investigator: Phillip Clayton
City Hearts
Co-investigators: Karen Bianchi (City Hearts Africa); Professor Gary Craig (Research Consultant)
Country: Ghana
LESLAN – Legacies of Slavery in Niger: Mobilising Memory, Heritage and Politics to End Abuse.
Principal investigator: Benedetta Rossi
University of Birmingham
Co-investigators: Ali Bouzou (Timidria), and Mahaman Tidjani Alou (Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey)
Country: Niger
Find out more and follow LESLAN’s activities on its website and blog: https://leslan.org/
Bil pi Kuc: Creative Art Based Therapies’ for the prevention, reintegration and healing of ex-child combatants in Northern Uganda.
Principal investigator: Geoffrey Omony
Youth Leaders for Restoration and Development (YOLRED)
Co-investigators: Jassi Sandhar (University of Bristol). The Goldin Institute (Chicago) are also collaborating on the project in an advisory capacity
Country: Uganda
Community Stories
Principal investigator: Dr Peter Day
University of Brighton
Co-investigators: Jerry Agalo (Rongo University); Enock Mac’Ouma (Rongo University); Isabell Zattu (Rongo University)
Country: Kenya
Hidden Histories: The Untold stories of James Town and Slavery
Principal investigator: Dr Stephen Collins
University of the West of Scotland
Co-investigators: Collins Seymah Smith (James Town Community Theatre); Nii Kwaterlai Quartey (James town walking tours)
Country: Ghana
Project updates are available on the JTCT blog: https://act4changegh.jimdofree.com/blog/
Visualising Liberte: Producing a graphic novel and an animation on the history of slavery and emancipation in Kayes, Mali
Principal Investigator: Marie Rodet
SOAS
Co-investigators: Moussa Kalapo (Association Donkosira); Mamadou Cissé (Association Donkosira)
Country: Mali
From Hope to Despair: An Ethnography of Youth Experiences of Human Trafficking
Principal Investigator: Dr Willis Okumu
Anglican Development Services
Co-investigators: The Reverend Rachel Carnegie (Anglican Alliance)
Country: Kenya
Healing Spaces for Human Trafficking Survivors: Developing an Evidence-based design framework for care facilities serving human trafficking survivors in East Africa
Principal Investigator: James Mitchell
Orkidstudio
Co-investigators: Agnes Igoye (Deputy National Coordinator - Prevention in Trafficking in Persons), Prof Christopher Platt (The Mackintosh School of Architecture- The Glasgow School of Art), Architect Mtamu Kililo (Orkidstudio)
Country: Kenya and Uganda