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  • About the Contributors

Mahdi Abdile (Mahdi.Abdile@kua.fi) is at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Helsinki, where he is completing his Ph.D. His research focuses on the role of religion, culture, and the diaspora in the rebuilding of Somalia.

Joseph Alie (joealie49@yahoo.co.uk) is Associate Professor of History and African Studies at the University of Sierra Leone. He has served as head of the History and African Studies Department and in other leadership positions at the University of Sierra Leone.

Paul Dixon (pauledixon@gmail.com) is currently attending the Dartmouth Medical School. He graduated from the University of the South in Tennessee. He has served as a photographer and educator in Sierra Leone, Haiti, and Chile. He is particularly interested in the relationships between war, natural resources, and human health.

Tarila Marclint Ebiede (marclint@gmail.com) holds a masters degree in Development Studies from the University of Port Harcourt. He is currently Lead Researcher with Collaborative Media Advocacy Platform, Stakeholder Democracy Network, in Nigeria. His areas of interest include peacebuilding, development, human rights, and community engagement in the Niger Delta of Nigeria.

Dereje Feyissa (dereje_dfd@yahoo.com) is Humboldt Experienced Researchers Fellow at the University of Bayreuth. He is the co-editor (with Markus Hoehne) of Borders and Borderlands as a Resource in the Horn of Africa. His current research is on Islam in contemporary Ethiopia. [End Page 175]

Ibrahim Gambari is a distinguished diplomat and scholar. He has held key leadership positions at the United Nations and in Nigeria. At the United Nations, he has served as: Joint African Union-United Nations Special Representative for Darfur; Secretary-General's Special Adviser on the International Compact with Iraq and Other Political Issues; and Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa. He also served as: Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs; Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations; and Minister for External Affairs of Nigeria. He has held numerous academic positions at various universities, including the State University of New York (Albany) and Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria.

Markus Virgil Hoehne (mhoehne@eth.mpg.de) is at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. His research is on issues of conflict, identity, state formation, diaspora, and education. His most recent works include Borders and Borderlands in the Horn of Africa (co-edited with Dereje Feyissa) and Milk and Peace, Drought and War: Somali culture, society and politics (co-edited with Virginia Luling).

Isaac Wasswa Katono (ikatono@ucu.ac.ug) is Coordinator of Research and Chair of Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Management at the Faculty of Business, Uganda Christian University. He was formerly the Secretary of Finance and Planning for Mukono District Council in Uganda. His research deals with organizational behavior, marketing, conflict management, and microfinance in Uganda.

Fredrick Ogenga (braco_od@yahoo.com) is an independent media consultant and analyst, a freelance writer, and a lecturer in media and journalism in South Africa. He is the founding director of Tazama Media Consultants and a member of Mediators Beyond Borders. He did his doctoral work at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. He has worked on a wide range of issues, including gender, HIV/AIDS, and elections.

Terrell G. Manyak (manyak@huizenga.nova.edu) is Professor of Public Administration and Management at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, Nova Southeastern University. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2008/2009, he received the Rotary Foundation [End Page 176] Teaching Grant and served as visiting professor at Uganda Christian University. He previously served as a visiting professor at the University of Khartoum, Sudan. His research focus is on issues of governance and economic development in developing countries and comparative cultural value systems.

Sara Meger (sara.meger@gmail.com) is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne. She is conducting research on the international political economy of wartime sexual violence. She holds a Master of International Politics degree from the University of Melbourne and is a recipient of the Melbourne International Research Scholarship.

Desmond George-Williams...

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