Center for Memory and Reparations - SL
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Center for Memory and Reparations exists to facilitate remembrance and collective narratives around the Sierra Leonean civil war that occurred from 1991 - 2002.
Lungi, Sierra Leone
Joined November 2019
RT @JKaifala: The scars of Sierra Leone’s civil war remain — but so does the work of healing. In our latest feature, we tell the story of J….
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The scars of Sierra Leone’s civil war remain — but so does the work of healing. In our latest feature, we tell the story of Joseph Ben Kaifala and his mission to preserve memory, support survivors,...
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This is one of the most meaningful conversations right now! . Watch and learn!.—->
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Please be informed that the Peace Museum will be reopened to the public effective Monday 1st September 2025. - By Management
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We are fundraising to build a civil war museum in Sierra Leone. If you can, please consider supporting by donating or sharing the link. Every bit of support makes a huge difference. . We must learn from the past in order to know and do better.
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John Braithwaite is a retired Australian National University Professor who leads a project called Peacebuiling Compared. He is working with Wuya S. Kallon of the Center for Memory and Reparations to have a conversation with various peacebuilding leaders in Sierra Leone.
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Dealing with the past involves teaching civil war history - which also demands a national commitment to collective healing - starting with a Government proclamation of National Reconciliation Day as recommended by the TRC to promote healing and community peace.
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“We have managed to exist with a sort of hubris, ignoring prevalent trauma from a violent civil war that lasted for more than a decade, and this will be to our detriment for decades.”. - Joseph Ben Kaifala | Founder - Center for Memory and Reparations.
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On this day, 26 years ago, the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front signed the Lomé Peace Agreement to end the Sierra Leonean civil war.
On July 7, 1999 the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) signed the Lomé Peace Agreement to end the Sierra Leonean civil war. Our founder, Joseph Ben Kaifala, points out a major contradiction in the agreement.
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On July 7, 1999 the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) signed the Lomé Peace Agreement to end the Sierra Leonean civil war. Our founder, Joseph Ben Kaifala, points out a major contradiction in the agreement.
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Due to ongoing maintenance and repairs work, please be informed that the Peace Museum will be closed to the public tentatively with immediate effect from today 4th July 2025 to the 15th July 2025. We regret any inconvenience caused by this temporary closure. By Management.
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Thank you Memuna Suma for visiting and covering the work we are doing as we continue to call on the Government of Sierra Leone to proclaim National Reconciliation Day as recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for collective healing visit:
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We hosted a group of US visitors at the Civil War Memorial today. We discussed dealing with the past in Sierra Leone and broke bread together.
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The recipient of the National Reconciliation Award 2025, Madam Valnora Edwin, gave a lecture on the Role of Civil Society in the Struggle for Peace in Sierra Leone. We award champions of TJ and human rights. We thank our partner @ATJLF_ and our sponsor Mamba Point Hotel.
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RT @JKaifala: I am best rewarded when I receive an award from children and youth - for it is their future we toil to build. Thank you, You….
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Our founder, Joseph Kaifala, participated in an event organized by Afield Forum in Brussels, Belgium, on Transitional Justice and the Arts. Kaifala presented on our work of Traditional Burial Rites and Collective Healing in Sierra Leone. Proto credit: Veerle Vercauteren
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RT @JKaifala: “I founded @CenterMemory because I know our people need healing. I will keep carrying my people until such a time that a Na….
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