Emily studied political science and philosophy at Fordham University in New York, and completed field research in Cyprus, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Turkey, and Greece. She has a graduate certificate from the International Institute of Genocide and Human Rights Studies at the University of Toronto and this year she will begin her pursuit of an MSc at the School of Oriental and African Studies in Violence, Conflict, and Development in London. Currently Emily is a Programme Assistant with a Sudanese human rights organisation and living in Kampala, Uganda.
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The African Iceberg
The African Iceberg attempts to sketch the interconnections between conflict, identity, and gender in Africa. Of course, in addressing these issues, this blog is merely the tip of an enormous iceberg. Yet I hope that by exposing elements below the surface, a conversation about some very real problems and possible solutions in and about Africa is fostered.
