News and Press
Reconciliation in Sierra Leone: Local Processes Yield Global Lessons by Elisabeth Hoffman in The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Summer 2008
Our own Libby Hoffman explores what the world can learn from the community reconciliation efforts of
Fambul Tok.
Don't miss this three-part feature in the Christian Science Monitor on Fambul Tok!
"Forum of Conscience on ‘Fambul TOK’ in Sierra Leone" in in the Awareness Times: Sierra Leone News and Information, 23 June 2008
"Sierra Leone: Fambul Tok Exported to Parliament" in in AllAfrica.com: Concord News (Freetown), 23 June 2008
"Forgiving the Past to Live Today" in The National, 13 May 2008
"Sierra Leone: 'Fambul Tok' Reveals the Untold Stories"in AllAfrica.com: Concord News (Freetown),
5 May 2008
West Africa, Sierra Leone ex-combatants make peace with victims in Relief Web, 5 April 2008
Reports on Fambul Tok with perspective from John Caulker and Forum of Conscience, and describes a healing ceremony in the Kailahun District.
Former Sierra Leone Fighters Make Peace with Victims in Mail & Guardian Online, 6 April 2008
Fambul Tok boosts Kailahun District Council in Sierra Leone in the Awareness Times: Sierra Leone News and Information, 9 April 2008
Sierra Leone: Fambul Tok to Compliment Role of TRC in AllAfrica.com: Concord News (Freetown),
8 January 2008
Introduces Fambul Tok as filling the void that the Special Court of Sierra Leone and the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission failed to address – that of reconciliation.
Reconciliation lies with Sierra Leoneans in the Concord Times (Freetown), 18 January 2008
This article interviews Sara Terry, communications consultant for Catalyst for Peace.
Sierra Leone: Fambul Tok Consultations Kick Start in Moyamba, Kenema in AllAfrica.com: Concord News (Freetown), 22 January 2008
This story discusses the beginning of consultations in Moyamba and Kenema and interviews community leaders about why Fambul Tok is needed.
Peace monitors end training: Thirty five participants from fourteen chiefdoms in the Kailahun District have completed a five-day training program on peace and reconciliation in the Awareness Times: Sierra Leone News and Information, 29 February 2008
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding to Work in Sierra Leone in the Winter 2008 Peacebuilder Newsletter of the Eastern Mennonite University Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
Describes the grassroots reconciliation process of Fambul Tok and EMU’s involvement in the project.
Blogs
Sierra Leone 08 en vivo
This is a blog by Forum of Conscience/Fambul Tok intern, Mario, about his experiences in Sierra Leone from January – May 2008.
