Wilson Gathungu is a Kenyan peacemaker who works to resolve inter-tribal violence in Kenya through peace-building and reconciliation training programs.
Category: Africa
Hizkias Assefa (b. 1948)
Hizkias Assefa is an academician, teaching conflict studies at Eastern Mennonite University, but he regularly leaves the ivory tower for the hot zones of conflict to act as mediator. Hizkias Assefa is a hidden presence behind many of the peace processes that make the news.
Wangari Muta Maathai (1940–2011)
Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan environmental and women’s rights activist whose leadership played a major role in ending the dictatorship of Daniel Arap Moi.
King Negus Ashama ibn Abjar of Abyssinia (d. 630)
Ashama ibn Abjar was a 7th-century Christian king of Axum (part of modern-day Ethiopia) who provided refuge to Arab Muslims fleeing religious persecution.
Adel Imam (b. 1940) & Omar Sharif (b. 1932)
Actors Adel Imam and Omar Sharif starred in the 2008 film “Hassan and Morcos,” which stirred controversy for honestly exposing religious tensions in Egypt.