STUDENT BLOG
Art in Peacebuilding: The Tree of Life in Mozambique
By Li Yao, MA International Public and Political Communication, JNL61004 Communication in Peacebuilding, University of Sheffield. AfricaFocus (2005) states that “the Tree of Life” is a three-meter-high sculpture created and completed by four Mozambican artists. The statue is made entirely from weapons captured after the Mozambique Civil War. The guns were collected by an innovative project called “Transforming Weapons into Tools”, which encourages people to exchange old weapons for...
The Role of Radio in Post-Civil War Peacebuilding: Studio Ijambo in Burundi
By Lucas Mentken, MA International Public and Political Communication, JNL61004 Communication in Peacebuilding, University of Sheffield In a small landlocked African country, radio has played an important role in healing post-civil war ethnic tension. Burundi, which gained independence from Belgian rule in 1962, has long been struggling with ethnic tensions between the majority group Hutus and the minority group Tutsis, just like its neighbour Rwanda. Although Tutsis settled in the Great...