Category: SPIRITUALITY

Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988)

Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Muslim independence activist who organized a nonviolent army—the Khudai Khidmatgars—to oppose British colonial rule in India.

Anthony Fabrice Kettemalet

Meet Anthony Fabrice Kettemallet, a young human rights activist in the Central African Republic who founded the organization Bird of Peace.

Boaz Keibarak

Meet Boaz Keibarak, a Kenyan peace-builder who mediated the warring Pokot and Turkana communities. He founded Kingdom of Peace and Development.

Lance Muteyo

Meet Lance Muteyo, a young Zimbabwean peacemaker who finds creative implementations of conflict resolution and various types of activism.

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.